More than 113,000 candidates sitting for Bac

Over 113, 000 candidates in the A, C, D, E and TI from all over Cameroon are taking part in the Bac examinations which starts from Monday June 1 and ends on Friday June 5, 2015.

According to statistics from Office du Baccalauréat du Cameroun (OBC), there are a total of 90,722 for the general undergraduate education, 8722 for the technical commercial education and 6747 for the degree of technical industrial technical education.

4787 candidates are sitting for the technical certificate and 2,226 applicants for the technician certificate in the line of science and technology summing up the 113, 204 candidates.

In terms of the undergraduate general education in the Central Region for instance, more than 29 000 candidates were registered. In Yaoundé and other cities, examination centers have been well informed about the number of candidates for each exam room.

It was noted that even though some students were done studying last Friday, others still had their heads buried in their books until Sunday. Every registered candidate is on the mission towards exceeding the 55.11% pass mark achieved by their colleagues last year. This is especially with the CBO who, on its part, is taking steps to make sure there is serenity in all ten regions of the country during the examinations.

At the launch of this examination session in Yaoundé, Zechariah Mbatsogo, Director of the CBO stated that "the security situation in the Far North and East will not prevent the examinations from being held in a serene atmosphere. The authorities have taken the full measures and arrangements were made for a successful review session ".

The examination sub-centers that posed security threats have been exempted. Applicants from Fotokol and Kolofata High Schools will write at Makary and Mora Secondary Schools.

Also for security reasons, examinations end at 16h for general secondary education while for technical and vocational secondary education ends at 16h 30minites as compared to 17 h or 18 h 30 min closing time in previous years.

After the written phase, the CBO will announce the results at the end of June.