By Doh James Sonkey
The Technical ad hoc commission in charge of operations relating to the issuance of higher education certificates met at the Teacher Training College Yaounde last May 11, 2022 under the chairmanship of Secretary General of the Ministry of Higher Education, Prof Wilfred Gabsa representing the Minister of State, Minister of Higher Education and Chancellor of Academic Orders, Prof Jacques Fame Ndongo.
“I am obliged once more to reemphasized the very high instructions of the President of the Republic, H.E Paul Biya on the need to diversify training offers through professionalition thereby allowing the products of Cameroonian universities to be competitive, efficient and innovative on the national and international job markets, with the quality training they would have received in respect of quality assurance, professionalization and the digitization of teaching and the employabity of graduates of our Higher Education system.” Underlined Prof Wilfred Gabsa.
At the end of their meeting, members of the ad hoc Technical Commission recommended that all State universities as well as all private higher education establishments under the academic supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education must align to the process of annual and systemic issuance of certificates to laureates in accordance to the high directive of the President of the Republic, H.E Paul Biya, that all State universities and all private higher institutions under the academic supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education must implement and migrate towards 3rd generation technology that is governing the digital society now, that State universities and private higher education institutions must refresh the administrative posts of focal points of authentication and transmit the information to the Ministry of Higher Education.
They also recommend that the Ministry of Higher Education should be the central regulator of the platform of authentication of the educative subsector of Higher Education, and that State Universities and private higher education establishment under the academic supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education should make soft copies of their results by secured codification and put online by year, cycle and option etc.