The Director of Centre for the Promotion
of Professional Education in Mbumland-CEPPEM, Tatah Emmanuel Bantar has written
a letter to the living forces of Mbumland give priority to professional
education as the Pre-Hording Corridor to Emergence in
Mbumland. In his letter, Tatah Emmanuel Bantar recommended pertinent actions to
guide students as school reopens on Monday for the 2016/2017 academic year.
In his letter, CEPPEM Director called on
parents, teachers, vote holders, elites, traditional rulers, religions
authorities’ political flag bearers, media men and women, the development
associations etc to be reminded of the need to oriented and guide mbum youths
another academic year kickstarts. “Please ensure that your children, your
future leaders make the right choices. It is time for career coaching, guidance
and academic orientation”. He emphasized that professional education, technical
education, and vocational education is employment focused and job oriented. To
Tatah Emmanuel, it is also a requisite for growth and progress, a conditions
son qua non for poorly alleviation, the pre-ordained corridor to emergence in
Mbum land and, above all, the surest way to make heaven.
Here below is the letter in its
entirety:
Bamenda
the 18th August 2016.
From:
The
Director
To:
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Mbum Youths and Parents
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Honourable members of parliament Ndu
Nkambe
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Mayor Ndu council
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Mayor Nkambe council
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All churches in Mbum land
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All mosques in Mbum Land
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All community rallies in Mbum land
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All other municipal council Ndu and
Nkambe council
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All civil society organisations
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The National President – WICUDA
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All Branch Residents – WICUDA
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National Youth Council – D/M
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All Traditional rulers
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All Leaders of Political Parties
Professional
Education; The Pre-Hording Corridor To Emergence In
Mbumland.
Recommended Actions As School Reopens
For 2016/2017 Academic Year;
Dear
youths;
Fellow brothers
and sister of Mbumland;
It my
singular pleasure to address to you the recommendation 0f the CEPPEM with regard
to what academic paths our youths should follow as schools open their doors for
admission against the 2016/2017 academic year. let me begin by congratulating
the many Mbum youth who made it at various end of
course certificate examination
like the FSLC,GCE O/L and A/AL Technical
GCE O/L and A/L , CAPP,
Probatoire and BACC . You people did
marvellous jobs.
I equally wish
to encourage those who did not make it. They should work harder in other to have their names written with the golden
pen comes 2017.
I
refer you to the academic revolution which we (CEPPEM, the Member of Parliament
for Ndu, The Lord Mayor for Ndu, Other Municipal authorities, National
president of WICUDA, the Press, Mbum artist and other members of the public) launched
in Ndu at the Ndu council in December 2014 during the ECCOFORUM 2014.
I
equally refer you to the sanitation tours by the direction of CEPPEM especially
that of the__/___/___, during which the primary six purples of the schools in Ndu
sub-division were visited and preached the massage of Professional and technical
education and vocational training. (See photo-copiers of the picture of the tours).
After
the revolution and the several other sensitisation tours, the result are increasingly
by interesting. During the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 academic years, there were signification
increases in enrolment of Mbum Youths in the technical schools, the vocational
training centres and the professional schools.
During
the sub-divisional tour within the 2015/2016 academic year, more awareness was
created and many and serious commitments were taken. Many parents promised a paradigm
shift while teachers resolved to communicate more. Many pupils developed
positive attitudes to go professional.
Today I write to you all, (parents,
teachers, vote holders, elites, traditional rulers, religions
authorities’ political flag bearers, media men and women, the development
associations etc) to remind us of the need to oriented and guide mbum youths as
we prepare for yet another academic year. Please ensure that your children,
your future leaders make the right choices. It is time for career coaching,
guidance and academic orientation. We must be reminded that professional
education, technical education, and vocational education is;
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Employment focused and job oriented.
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A Requisite for growth and progress
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A conditions son qua non for poorly
alleviation.
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The pre-ordained corridor to emergence
in Mbum land and,
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Thus the surest way to make heaven.
At a
time when the country is yearning for emergence and the mbum people are craving
for survival, it is important for any elite or alien, who has the opportunity,
to contribute his or her quota to ensure that the mbum people are rationalized.
Identifying the real causes of unemployment is central to providing a lasting
solution. Many mbum youths select career paths which are incompatible with
available resources; some are completely chopped up by ignorance, a good number
suffer from deceits while others are victims of their own problematic mindsets
and/or wrong attitude...
The repercussions are glaring. Many of
our youths, who for the most part do not go beyond the right school levels, are
found crisscrossing towns and cities and roaming streets in quest for jobs-
many of which they are not qualified for. For the few who go beyond the A/L,
fewer are those who opt for professional studies. Greater proportions prefer
humanities when it comes to sciences. In effect, the consequences of this
misguided educational path are numerous and alarming:
Ø Dependency
is unacceptably high and persistently increasing,
Ø Unemployment
is famous and joblessness seems like and acceptable status,
Ø Poverty
have subjected many to ridicule,
Ø The
economy of Ndu and Nkambe municipality experiencing stagnation and
Ø Mbum
people seem to be married to underdevelopment.
The place of professional education and
by extension the corridor to emergence is largely enshrined in the bible, the
greatest book that ever existed in human history. The scriptures made us to
understand that Joseph, the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, was a
carpenter, wood work engineering). Mathew was tax collector.........
The neglect of professional education,
technical education and vocational training was not just a visionary failure on
our side; it went closer to sinning against God. The issue at stake here,
therefore, goes beyond educational philosophy, visions and objectives to
include salvation. The revival question thus is “what must we do be safe”
To be safe from unemployment,
To be safe from poverty and ridicule,
To be safe from stagnation,
To be safe from further ridicule and
To be safe from under development
I appeal to you to say NO to cloudy educational paths, and choose
professional education as a pre-ordained corridor to emergence in Mbum land.
The
time to act is now;
The person to act is you;
The action to take is to pursue
professional education;
The action to take is to sponsor
technical education and vocational training.
With
Ndu now endowed with several technical schools and vocational training centres
while Cameroon can boost of eight(8)
states universities and one hundred and ninety two(192) private universities
and university institutes, many of which offers professional training and some
just at your door steps, the stage is set for professionalism.
What is left for you is just the choice
of the educational part. In making your choices parents and students are advice
to attempt resolving the education-life equation below;
“Means
(Finance) Ξ Educational Path Ξ Qualification/Skills Ξ Employment”
Going
by this equation, parents and students must find out which educational path is
more compatible with the job market, taking in to consideration the cost and
duration of the training as well as the financial strength of the sponsors.
In
conclusion, CEPPEM advises that parents should make choices which are relevant
to the development of skills needed by the job market.
Thanks
for your kind attention
Yours
sincerely
_____________
Tatah
Emmanuel Bantar
Director
- CEPPEM
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