PRESS RELEASE
THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION, CHANCELLOR OF ACADEMIC ORDERS, INFORMS THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY: TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUPPORT STAFF AND STUDENTS THAT AFTER THE DISTURBANCES THAT HINDERED THE SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF CLASSES lN THE UNIVERSITIES OF BAMENDA AND BUEA, CLASSESHAVETIMIDLY STARTEDlN THESE UNIVERSITIES SINCE THE 6 TH OF FEBRUARY2017 WITH THE LIFTING OF THE STRIKE ACTION BY TEACHERS’TRADE UNIONS AND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENTAND/OR EXAMINATIONS ARE PROGRESSIVELY BEING PROGRAMED AND ORGANISED lN SOME FACULTIES AND SCHOOLS FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER, FOLLOWING AN ACADEMIC CALENDAR ESTABLIHED BY THE VICE-CHANCELLORS lN SYNERGY WITH THE HEADS OF ESTABLISHMENTS OF THESE UNIVERSITIES.
HE FURTHER ASSURES THE BAMENDA AND BUEA UNIVERSITY COMMUNITIES THAT WITH SECURITY MEASURES PUT lN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT A CONDUCIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES PREVAILS lN THE CAMPUSES OF THESE UNIVERSITIES, NOTHING STOPS THE TEACHING OF THEORICAL AND PRACTlCAL COURSES lN THESE CITADELS OF LEARNING, CREATED RESPECTIVELY lN JANUARY 1993 IN BUEA AND ON THE 14 DECEMBER 2010 AT BAMENDA BY THE HEAD OF STATE H.E. PAUL BIYA.
THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION, FINALLY, CONGRATULATES AND ENCOURAGES TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE RESUMED CLASSES AND INVITES TEACHERS AND REGISTERED STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT YET DONE SO TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMPUSES FOR CLASSES lN ORDER TO AVOlD ACADEMIC INCONVENIENCES DUE TO ASENTEEISM DURING CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT AND THE PROGRAMMED EVALUATIONS BY THE TEACHERS.
