Primary and secondary schools in the Littoral Region, like elsewhere in the country, went on Second Term holidays on March 18, 2016.

Students who will this year sit certificate and other State examinations in both the Francophone and Anglophone sub-systems of education have not gone on Second Term holidays. They are instead continuing with classes till the start of State examinations in May. In most schools, the classes which will go on for two weeks, are focussing on revision.

Past examination questions and answers, considered as gateway to success, are taken seriously by pupils and students. Some are compiled into booklets and sold to them. For two weeks, teachers and students will answer previous questions in order to prepare for the academic battle ahead.

Students of Government Bilingual High School, Deido and those of Government Bilingual High School, Bonaberi – all in Douala – are taking the two weeks of classes seriously. According to Ernestine Nchafe, the classes are worth the while. “They will afford me the opportunity to ask questions and discuss complex problems in Mathematics and Physics with teachers,” she rejoiced. Meanwhile, evening school students are equally working hard to answer questions with ease in State examinations.

At Success Comprehensive High School Bonaberi, students of the evening school will use part of the break to prepare for their upcoming Mock General Certificate of Education, GCE Examination on March 28, 2016. “It will give me an insight into how the exam look like, given that I am writing the GCE for the first time,” a Form Five student, Kometa Emmanuel disclosed. Though the two-week classes are obligatory, some lazy students are keeping away while some self-sponsored students prefer petty trading in order to raise money for their needs.