North West : Efforts that Need Encouragement

Four days into the 2019-2020 school year, the North West Region is yet to experience that explosive vitality that characterise school campuses before the onset of the socio-political and security crisis. By yesterday enrollment in basic education schools in the region rose to 5,062 from less than 1,000 on day one of school reopening. Basic Education Delegate for the region, Wilfred Wambeng Ndong Kimbung, expresses the need for more enthusiasm in parents to send their children to school. "In Bamenda, there is little enthusiasm; only schools that opened
their doors on Monday have remained functional, no other school has reopened," he told CT, noting with regrets that teacher attendance has remained discouraging. He called on teachers to be present on campuses every school day as a away of encouraging parents to send children to school. "Even if pupils have not come let teachers be present," he advised. For second...