Steady Increase In Teachers’ Recruitment

Par Eulalia AMABO
11 sept. 2018 13:39
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The recruitment of 1,000 bilingual teachers, integration of contract teachers into the public service and the creation of additional teachers training institutions are efforts which showcase the President’s commitment to valourise the educational sector.

Education is said to be the bedrock of development. Once the foundation of education is entrusted in the hands of well trained teachers, the future of the population is well guaranteed given the enlightened nature in which they will be cultured.

It is in this respect that the President of the Republic spares no effort in ensuring the availability of teachers to nurture students who grow up to be dynamic leaders of the country in different spheres of the national life.

In recent years, the recruitment of 1,000 bilingual teachers nationwide, integration of contract teachers both at the basic and secondary education levels into the public service and the creation of additional teachers’ training institutions are measures implemented which attest the Head of State’s engagement in valourisng the educational sector of Cameroon.

Following certain grievances tabled by Anglophone subsystem of education teachers in November 2016, the President last year ordered for the recruitment of 1,000 bilingual teachers across the country.

To that effect, a public examination was launched by the Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms for the 2017 financial year in order to redress the issue of shortage of teachers in the science and technical subjects.

The results were made public and the successful bilingual teachers were posted to the different regions of the country. The recruitment of these 1,000 bilingual teachers adds to those who are on a yearly basis admitted into teacher training institutions. At the basic education sector, there is the frequent recruitment of contract teachers in different phases.

From 2005 till now, close to 50,000 contract teachers have been recruited to foster basic education. On April 19, 2018, the Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms, following instructions from the Prime Minister, launched the recruitment of basic education teachers into the public service.

The concerned were contract primary school teachers of 2007 and contract secondary school teachers dating before December 2, 2017 who were in line with the 2018 exerci...