Tension: 2 teachers already arrested by police at the Santchou Bilingual High School
Tension: 2 teachers already arrested by police at the Santchou Bilingual High School
This is information relayed by the whistleblower Nzui Manto which contrasts with a relatively peaceful start to the new school year. According to the information, two teachers were arrested at the Lycée Bilingue de Santchou, obviously on the orders of the principal.
“The principal has two teachers arrested in the establishment by the police. Mr. Tiyo Boniface Sylvestre, principal of the Bilingual secondary school in Santchou, brought two teachers into his office whom he accused of being the main organizers of the OTS movement. He will then bring in the police who will seize the two teachers and take them to the police station where they will be victims of intimidation and threats of all kinds, ”denounced the whistleblower on his Facebook page. Back to school: panic in the NOSO;
The back-to-school season officially kicks off on Monday, September 5. The Minister of Secondary Education, Pauline Nalova Lyonga set the tone for the start of the 2022-2023 school year.
This new school year is announced against a backdrop of crises. The OTS movement threatens on one side and the Ambazonians on the other side.
Paul Biya’s minister urged parents of students and the educational body to “transform difficulties into opportunities”.
For this return to school, the separatists have unveiled a series of measures in the English-speaking regions of the North-West and South-West.
Mark Bareta, close to several Amabazonian groups and leaders, made the announcements in a post on his Twitter account. It clearly indicates that separatist fighters oppose the resumption of classes in NOSO as planned by the Cameroonian government.
“Resumption of classes: Ambazonia forces, in a circulating video, have stipulated that the resumption of schools this year will only start from October 4, 2022. No schools are to open in September. The fighters have maintained that all schools can resume EXCEPT government schools,” Mark Bareta wrote on his account.
“The fighters insisted that the national anthem of Cameroon should not be sung in schools, that students should not wear uniforms, that the French language should not be taught in any form either in the schools of Amba”, explained the activist.
