By Haruna Mohamadou
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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| Ken Martin (mic) flanked by SDO |
The Ruby Jubilee of November 14th
2015 took place under the patronage of the senior Divisional Officer for Donga
Mantung Division, Ngone Ndodemesape Bernard. It event started with an ecumenical
service which was précised over by Rev. Fricks Assobo Teneng the Presbyterian treasurer
for Donga Mantung Presbytery cum Presbyterian church New Town pastor. Present
not to be told were the Regional Delegate of secondary school Sonjo George who
was the 5th principal of the then GHS Nkambe (1994-1997) as well as
representatives of ex-studnts from America, Germany, France, UK etc.
The PTA chairman Abdou Kanfon Borno and
the School Council Chairperson Afor David expressed gratitude to ex-students
for their massive turnout.
Mr Atumsiry Samuel an engineer in charge
of Sony Designs in UK speaking on behalf of the ex student of GBHS Nkambe lamented that the school is losing steam as compared to the old glorious days.
4th Deputy Mayor for Nkambe
council, Hajara Danjuma reminded the population that the institution has impacted
lives in Donga Mantung and Cameroon as a whole. According to Hajara in 1975 GHS
Nkambe was the lone Government School for the Entire Division, since many could
not afford to pay for the school fees mission schools like JMBC in Ndu and St
Augustine in Kumbo, it was the only melting pot in the division and beyond. They
all expressed the need for govt to provide credits for renovation of the old
building, the need for more teachers and construction and equipping of a
computer lab.
With more than 100 trained teachers in
the 90s, today’s GBHS has only 33 teachers. Speaker after speaker used the
opportunity to appeal to the government through the regional delegate of Secondary
Education to look into the problems of the school.
Tongues are still waging as to why the
event was low keyed, yet millions were projected for it.
(Detail analysis soon)
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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