Government shuts down close to 500 schools in basic education sector
By Stephen TADAHA
The Government of Cameroon through its ministry of basic education has shut down 494 clandestine schools in basic education sector in 6 regions of the country in prelude to the start of the new academic year come September 4, 2023.
In a release from the the Minister of basic education, Laurent Serge Etoundi Ngoa, signed on Wednesday August 23, 2023, the schools have been locked down for serious violations noticed during field trips carried out by teams from the private basic education follow-up department of the ministry of secondary education.
In the West region, 130 schools have been shut down among them are 9 in the Bamboutos division and 2 in Babadjou subdivision.
The Littoral Region is the most affected with 194 schools closed. Other regions concerned are the Centre with 86 schools, the Adamawa with 17, the East with 19 and the South with 47 schools.
