Intensive revision classes on-going for entrance exams

Candidates vying for places into professional higher institutions of learning are currently attending preparatory classes.

Candidates vying for places into Higher Institutions of learning in the country, such as the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Yaounde I, the Higher Teachers Training Colleges in Yaounde, Bambili and Maroua, the Higher Technical Teacher’s Training College in Kumba, and the International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC), are presently undertaking intensive preparatory classes in various teaching groups in Yaounde.

Organisers of such classes say the aim is to drill candidates on the techniques, written and practical methods necessary to succeed in any of the examinations.

Yesterday, August 17, 2015 at the Ecole Du Centre Administratif in Yaounde, over eight different teaching groups were seen providing lectures to over 100 students wishing to write competitive entrance examinations into different higher institutions of learning.

While those vying for a place into the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Yaounde I were receiving lectures in Biology, other candidates were being schooled on Modern French and Bilingual Letters.

One of the group coordinators, Joseph Azi, says his group, registers and guides candidates into the different exams depending on the cycle they want.

Candidates are edified on behavioural pattern during such examinations. Besides providing lectures on topical issues that are typical of such examinations, candidates also revise old examination papers; carry out practical sessions on techniques of answering questions.

Joseph Azi says candidates are also prepared physiologically to multiply their chances of succeeding rather than bribing to succeed. Before the official writing of any of the examinations, the candidates are expected to undertake a mock examination which enables the teachers to evaluate their level of performance.

One of the candidates vying for a place at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Yaounde I, Genesis Eyong, says he is 70 per cent ready to face the exam which comes up in a month’s time. Besides undertaking intensive classes each day, Genesis effectively respects his daily reading timetable while praying to God Almighty for a positive outcome.

Another candidate for the Higher Teachers’ Training College in Maroua and Yaounde, Isabelle-Prisca Biabe says she is 75 per cent ready for the examination to hold on September 12, 2015.

Just like other candidates, Isabelle-Prisca Biabe says with the intensive preparatory classes which takes place each day between 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and personal reading scheme, she is sure to get a place into one of the Higher Teachers Training Colleges.