The start of the written session of certificate examinations organised by the GCE Board in Douala has been smooth and with a satisfactory conduct.

No late coming has so far been noticed across the Exam Centres Cameroon Tribune visited in the morning of Monday, May 26. At the Government Bilingual High School (GBHS) Deido Centre where 3.056 candidates from various institutions in the economic capital are to compete for the entire 2014 GCE exams, Ordinary level (O/L) candidates for English Literature Paper 1 and Advanced Level (A/L) candidates for Economics Paper 1 all answered present shortly before the official starting time 8 am Monday, May 26.

Immediately the exams started, the campus became reticent so much as to inform any visitor of some serious business going on in the halls. The Chief of Exam Centre and the Principal roamed the campus for about an hour to check any cases of late coming and the general conduct of the start of exams. At the end of the first subject at 9:30 am, there was neither any case of malpractice nor any major incident.

In GBHS New Bell, where all candidates were in time, invigilators were schooled during a Friday sensitisation session on how to behave in exam halls, check candidates, seize all compromising materials and instruments like cellphones, as well as fraud. The written session will end on June 10 for the O/L and June 12 for the A/L.

Practical sessions of the exam held earlier on May 6 to 24 with science students competing for Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Computer Sciences and ICT as well as Food and Nutrition in some centres in Douala.