On June 15, 2026, the Minister of Secondary Education published a series of seven communiqués giving 14 days to teaching staff to report to her ministry’s services. Among these staff, 1,205 teachers were declared dead while still alive.
This is the most surprising reality that emerges from one of the seven communiqués signed on June 15 by Minister Pauline Nalova Lyonga. 1,205 teaching staff were declared dead while reportedly still alive. The communiqué from the head of the ministerial department indicates that these staff were declared “deceased by their respective heads of structures during the biometric and physical census operation in April and May 2026”.
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The government member invites them to report to door 507 bis of her ministerial department within 14 days, with documents proving they are alive. They must produce a certificate of life, a valid identification document, proof of actual presence, and a census form. The goal, according to the minister, is to “dispel any misunderstanding”.
The summons of these staff makes public data revealing that maneuvers are taking place within schools. Settling scores against teachers by school principals or teachers who have left the country, opinions differ. Those who are alive are best placed to explain how they ended up on the list of ghosts.
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Like these staff declared dead, hundreds or thousands of other staff have been invited to report to the Ministry of Secondary Education to justify themselves. 5,659 were declared in a situation of abandonment of post; 3,172 are in an unknown position; 2,532 were marked absent during the counting operation that occurred between April and May 2026; 1,738 are in an inconsistent administrative and professional situation; 1,319 are recognized as residing outside the country, and 392 are declared absentee deserters. In total, 16,017 staff are concerned.
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