Both beneficiaries and their teachers have been exhorted to not rest on their laurels.

Three thousand pupils have received prizes for academic excellence in the 2015-2016 academic year. The pupils, who are from 46 government and mission schools in the Douala II municipality, were honoured during the 9th Academic Excellence Day of the Douala II Council in New Bell June 9.

The award which consisted of stationeries and other packages seeks to help defray the academic cost of the beneficiaries, as well as enable them to continue with school in order to become good citizens of the council area and the nation.

Douala II Council Mayor, Denise Fampou, in the presence of Wouri SDO and other authorities, thanked the pupils and teachers of the various schools for their hard work which has led to the excellent academic results.

She called on them to continue to show proof of their pedagogic skills while also use every material assistance the council has ever given them judiciously in order to better educate pupils.

Instituted way back in 2008, the Excellence Award was given to 500 meritorious pupils that year. Three thousand pupils received the award in year 2009. Over 2,600 pupils and 200 secondary school students were awarded in 2010.

From 2011 till date 3,000 pupils are awarded yearly. Since its start, over 2500 underprivileged children have been assisted with stationeries at the beginning of each school year.

Meanwhile, material supports like benches and didactic materials have been offered to some schools of the municipality. Construction and rehabilitation of over 40 classrooms, boreholes, toilets, as well as clean up of schools and pay PTA teachers have been constant.

There has been the institution of the Most Clean School Competition and the Most Performant School in “Concours d’entree en 6ème” and “CEP.”