The three schools in the North regional headquarters have long completed their syllabuses and have been revising hard for the start of the examinations on May 30, 2016.
The written part of the 2016 examinations organised by the General Certificate of Education, GCE Board, begins on Monday, May 30, 2016, all over the country. GCE practicals that began on May 2, 2016, have since ended. In Garoua, headquarters of the North Region, authorities of the three schools fielding candidates for the GCE examinations – Baptist Secondary School, Premier International College and Government Bilingual High School – say they are set.
Talking to Cameroon Tribune in Garoua recently, the Principal of Baptist Secondary School, Djamboutou, Garoua, said the school, which was officially founded in 2010, has registered 40 candidates - 19 girls and 21 boys – for this year’s General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level. Students wrote the school’s pre-mock and the one for all Cameroon Baptist Convention colleges in the country. “They scored 20 per cent in the CBC Mock; thereby enabling teachers to sit up. We have been working on improving performance by organising extra classes on Saturdays and revising past GCE and other exam questions,” explained the Principal.
Chetima Adama, 18, a Form Five student of BSS Garoua, told Cameroon Tribune he registered 10 subjects. “I am preparing hard by following my personal timetable. I passed in two subjects in the CBC Mock examination and I am now more focused on making it in the GCE,” he explained. Dion Sandrine Nkeng, another GCE Ordinary Level candidate from the same school said she passed in six subjects in the CBC Mock GCE. She expressed confidence to succeed in the GCE, adding that she would like to become a Customs officer. BSS Garoua scored 73.91 per cent in the 2015 GCE Ordinary Level.
At Premier International College, Garoua, 38 candidates are sitting the GCE Ordinary Level this year and 23 for the GCE Advanced Level. The Principal, Ndile Denis Ngome, disclosed that Mock GCE results were published in the first week of May, with pass mark being from 50 per cent per subject. “We have made better preparations this year because most of the candidates for the GCE Advanced Level examinations scored excellent grades at the Ordinary Level two years ago,” said Ndile Denis Ngome. In 2015, the school scored 79 per cent in GCE Ordinary Level and 65.2 per cent in the Advanced Level.
Government Bilingual High School, Garoua, is also set for the GCE examinations. “We are set for the examinations; everything is in place. We registered 91 candidates for the GCE Ordinary Level and 103 for the Advanced Level,” Tegah Hyacinth, a teacher with the school revealed. He said syllabuses were long completed and revision has been going on. As at May 19, 2016, over 90 per cent of teachers were through with their schemes of work, he disclosed. The students wrote the North West Regional Mock GCE, scoring 12 per cent in the Advanced Level and 14.35 per cent in the Ordinary Level. In 2015, the school scored over 60 per cent in both the GCE Advanced and Ordinary Level examinations.
