The Minister of Secondary Education, Nalova Lyonga, has spoken out against a practice described as “deplorable” in some secondary education establishments.
In a firm instruction addressed on February 5, 2026, to regional and departmental delegates, education secretaries, and heads of establishments, the head of MINESEC denounces a maneuver aimed at artificially preserving the success rates of educational institutions.
According to the minister, some heads of establishments, after collecting tuition fees, choose to present students deemed “weak” as private candidates for official exams, on the pretext that they risk failure. This strategy would allow them to avoid a drop in their schools’ success rate.
For MINESEC, this practice constitutes a “disloyal approach” intended to mask the inability of certain establishments to adequately prepare all their students for official exams. It also undermines the equity of the education system and the rights of the learners concerned.
Faced with this situation, the minister instructs educational officials to use the pedagogical resources available on the MINESEC Distance Learning platform to strengthen academic support. She also requires the systematic organization of catch-up and remedial courses for students experiencing difficulties.
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The tone of the statement is unequivocal: the persistence of such practices will lead to sanctions provided for by the regulations in force. Regional delegates, departmental delegates, and education secretaries are responsible for ensuring the strict application of this instruction, to which the minister says she attaches “the highest importance.”
This statement from MINESEC comes in a context marked by growing concerns about the quality of education and the credibility of results in official exams, major issues for the future of the Cameroonian education system.
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