“At RAPHA Higher Institute of Health Kumba, we want to treat the body, soul and spirit of man”

 

-Rev. Doctor David Njayo Njemo, Superintendent Emeritus of the Full Gospel Mission Schools in Cameroon.

I worked with the Full Gospel Mission for a number of years and when the mission wanted me to retire, it came to mind that I have always had the desire to contribute in the creation of holistic human beings. I should state here that I have not retired from evangelism. I thought of what form this could take and concluded that it should be a school for the training of medical personnel. With regards to what prompted me to do this, it stems back to my family in which my mother had all boys and only one girl. This single girl when she became big died as a result of medical carelessness. She got sick and was taken to the hospital where she died of a boil. She was taken there by the husband but was later abandoned because the money they had was not up to the deposit that was demanded for treatment. She lay there for a number of days and the boil was eating her up. At the time I was in Bamenda, far away from them. Before I learnt of what was happening she was already in comma and when I got there she died shortly afterwards. I think people can save lives if they act compassionately. This occurred in a renowned hospital. I only do not want to mention the name here. I have always been talking to the teachers that they should put it in the head of students that they should practice the medical profession as a vocation.

These cases of carelessness on the part of hospitals seem to abound in Cameroon. There was the case of Monique Koumateke who died at the La Quantainie Hospital in Douala and more recently, the case at the hope clinic in Kumba. How are you contributing towards making the situation better?

Our institute is still very young for me to come to any conclusion on what we are doing towards making the situation better. We are doing our best in the school and you can see that the school is already fenced. This gives you an idea of how disciplined we want the children leaving here should be. The reports we’ve had from people working in hospitals where these children go on internship are very positive. People have given very glowing comments on how children from this school behave during internships in the various hospitals where we send them. I am very happy and I think we are trying. Our teachers are putting in all their best.

How is RAPHA institute prepared from the point of view of infrastructure?

We have started the institute here at Buea Road in Kumba. We started in a modest structure but as time passed on we built the present storey building that houses the establishment. In the nearest future we will take the institution elsewhere with larger land. We already have land not too far from here where we think we will carry the institution to but for now, we think it will be difficult for us to encourage students to go to a place which is about 10 Kilometers from here. The land is enough and just located near here at Bombe waiting to be used when the time comes. Thinking of other areas like the teaching staff, we are trying by all means to get qualified staff. For now, our least qualified staff has a first degree. Some will have PhD degrees soon. Most of them including our Secretary have a Master Degree just like the Director.

On the other hand, we have got some partners and right now one partner is already planting something known as the school of technology. The partner who is based in Switzerland is carrying out some feasibility studies. We are trying hard to strengthen our foundation.

I would want to believe that one of your long term dreams is a hospital.

(Laughs) At the moment, we have two small health centers which are struggling to come up. If not for bottlenecks with the administration, the health center in Douala should have already grown very well. We are still struggling for all the approvals to pass through. There is also another small one that we are struggling to have here. So as for hospitals, we will like to have places of practice for our students. These hospitals should serve as places where they can really practice and where people can go and see what they are doing.

You certainly have a message for your titular ministries and the public generally..

We want to give our utmost service to the society. We want to treat man holistically. At RAPHA Higher Institute of Health Kumba, we want to treat body soul and spirit of man. When you come here in the morning, you think you are in a church since you here people singing and praying. We have Muslims here as well and everybody belongs and it is like family. That is what we are trying to do here and I will be more satisfied when the story has gone out and people are beginning to understand the excellent thing being done here.

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GTHS Kang Barombi, Kumba beefs up logistics ahead of 2016 end of course exams.

 

Mewano Mukoto Mbone Elizabeth, the Principal of Government Technical High School Kang Barombi in Kumba has declared that the establishment she heads is logistically set for the end of course examinations that are beginning on the national territory. She was speaking on Wednesday May 25 in the confines of her office on the school campus.

Mukoto Mewano Mbone Elizabeth

She said so far everything had been set in place and that all the necessary materials needed to prepare for the examination such as stationary were ready. The school administrator further divulged that Secretariat workers to take care of each of the examinations had already been appointed.

Commenting on the cleanliness of the campus and the preparedness of the classrooms she said “the classrooms which will be used during the examinations have been tidied up and the benches are all set for all the classes. The invigilation lists are also ready for all the examinations.”

At the level of the first cycle, she explained that the school was going to host the CAP Industrial Examination and the CAP Commercial which is of the tertiary department. She further said that GTHS Kang Barombi was an Accommodation Center for the GCE Technical O and A Levels and that the school also hosted exams such as the Baccalaureat Technique and Probatoire.

In terms of security, she intimated that the campus is enclosed in a fence with three gates and that each gate had three security officers. Hear her. “I have also informed the Kumba III Commissioner that examinations are on so once in a while they pass around and they may not be in their security uniform because it can stir children. They come like plains clothe security agents and they pass around to make sure that things are moving on well. In case of anything, we have their numbers so in case of need we will call but as of now all is fine.”

Like in any other Accommodation Center, GTHS Kang Barombi has a Superintendent appointed by the GCE Board. This external supervisor she explained oversees the running of the examination alongside internal examiners who have been appointed in the school to man the exams.

She appealed to parents to make sure they get their children up early enough. “When a candidate is in a house you get them up early so that they can catch up with their papers. In our own system of education which is a group certificate, if you are absent in one subject then you have failed.”

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At GraduatioAt graduation of FETCOL, Mutengene, Students promise a hundred percent at GCE Examinations

The graduating students of the Foundation Education Trust College FETCOL Mutengene have promised a hundred percent at the upcoming GCE Examinations. This took place during the advancement ceremony of the 8^th Batch of the First Cycle, the 5^th Batch of the second cycle and the 3^rd Batch of the Industrial Section. This event took place on Saturday May 21 at the FETCOL Campus.

The Director of the establishment, Sam Mbigha addressing the graduating students said “what you are is a gift from God and what you become is your gift to God”. Continuing in his inspirational tone, he said “success always has the smell of sweat.” This certainly was his own way of telling the graduating students that success comes only after hard work. He told the students and the parents who turned out for the occasion that it was better to teach a child to feed than to provide food for the child. Sam Mbigha acknowledged that this was the android generation and said that though these technological advancements came with their own problems, the present generation should rather make use of the advantages that came with modern technology. The android phone and social media provide very useful outlets and that focus should be placed on the constructive aspects of these outlets.

The Principal of the establishment, Njouny Emmanuel seized the occasion to thank everyone who had contributed to the successful academic year. “It has been a long but steady journey, but here we are, ready to graduate. We worked hard to get to this point but we didn’t do it by ourselves” he said.

The principal said a number of people had contributed to this state of things and went ahead to thank the teachers, the parents, the Director and well wishers. Turning to the graduates, he said “the best way you graduates can show your gratitude is to make the most of the opportunity you have been given, and go forward into the world with the intention of making it a better place for the generations that follow you.”H reminded them that they stood on the precipice of the future and that it wasn’t a distant reality anymore.

Director; Mr. Sam Mbigha in the heart of Prize Award Ceremony

The occasion equally saw the impressive participation of ex-students of the establishment who contributed enormously towards the success of the Prize Award ceremony.

Meantime, the outgoing school prefect on behalf of the graduating students expressed gratitude to the proprietor and all those who had contributed towards the building of such a learning environment. The prefect equally encouraged the students directly behind them to know that time is not always on their side. He finally went ahead to predict a hundred percent results in the upcoming examinations.

 

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Presbyterian High School Kumba:8th Edition of the Moni-Charlotte Music Scholarship Award.

 

A welcome address presented by the Principal of PHS Kumba, Nanah Njenji Evaristus on the occasion of the occasion of the 8^th Edition of the Moni-Charlotte Music Scholarship Award Sponsored by The Honourable Senator His Royal Highness Nfon V.E. Mukete, Paramount Chief of the Bafaws-Kumba, Thursday 19^th May, 2016 at the PHS Kumba Chapel.

On behalf of the staff and students in particular and the entire PHS Kumba community in general, I have the singular honour and immense pleasure to warmly welcome you to the cosy confines of PHS Kumba for this 8^th edition of the Moni-Charlotte Music Scholarship Award. Permit me to however welcome in a special way our guest of honour and donor HRH Senator Nfon V.E. Mukete and all other eminent personalities accompanying you to this annual ritual. We want to take this opportunity to congratulate His Royal Highness very heartily for having merited the high confidence of His Excellency President Paul Biya, Head of State and President of the Republic following your appointment as one of the pioneer Senators of the country. Our small community will at all times stand by you and do everything humanly possible to support you so that you can succeed in your very high and demanding mission. We sincerely pray the Almighty God to always protect you and to give you all the wisdom and guidance which you will require in the discharge of your duties. We wish you and entourage an enjoyable and fruitful stay with us.

Let me indicate to our guests and this August audience that music by its definition may mean sounds that are arranged in a way that is pleasant or exciting to listen or it may be the art of writing or playing music; to study music or the written or printed signs that represent the sounds to be played or sung in a piece of music. What ever the definition of music be it classical, Makossa, Jazz, Traditional, Religious, Pop, if it dose not appeal to one’s feelings that is touching the inner most part of the heart or the libido in order to awaken ones feelings of joy or sadness, then it does not sound like music. Music if well played or sung, restores happiness, joy, comfort, brings forth memories of the past, provokes excitement and refreshes the soul. It may interest our guests to know that singing is praying twice and music is like prayer on wheels.

Therefore our dear guests though this exercise is customary there is a lot to be learnt as it leaves us with  indelible memories.

The Divisional Officer Kumba I, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, the creation of this award is intended to train and encourage young Cameroonians to play good music not only in churches during worship services but as a means to earn a living. Dear friends, it may interest our audience to know that our donor Senator Nfon V.E. Mukete has recruited a teacher in the person of Pah Sona Divine Andrew paid by him to teach music in the college and ensure sustainability. Personally, I come from a background where traditional rulers only receive; they do not give no matter their status in the community.

On behalf of the school, I must deeply appreciate what his Majesty is doing for the school. May the good Lord continue to encourage and promote such spirit of benevolence by abundantly giving you the where-withal. A college that started with 70 students has expanded in leaps and bounds with enrollment of 540 nurtured by an academic staff of 37 strong with 17 technical and catering staff. Out of that number some 350 students have received some basic lessons in music both theoretically and practically. Out of the 350 students only 08 students shall be recipients of this award. Today we shall savour the best skills in terms of Piano performance from two students each in form one, two, three and four respectively. Seven boys and only one girl. As young as the candidates are, we expect the new ones to set records for themselves and the old ones to beat their track records.

Dear friends, we want to use this same occasion to honour our students who have excelled academically and morally through out the academic year. We thank all our donors and especially the Presbyterian Secretary, the National Secretary LTE, the Genemal Manager SOWEFCU, Honourable Mbanya Bolivie, Mme Ndingi Helen, Chief Doctor Simon Ndome, the HIV/AIDS Coordinator, the PTA through their EXCO members present here and Ex-students for making their presence felt during this twin occasion.

Permit me to welcome the ex-students, COPEXSAN 1998 batch, you are welcome. To you this is home coming. This campus was home to you. This is the land which you imbibed the culture of discipline and impeccable English. This is the land conjures images of the greatness, standards, excellence and impeccability. What I mean to say is that here, you are in the land that made you what you are today. You college has written several pages in the history books of the country. Today the batch 1998 has come to award prizes. We thank you for coming. We hold you in very high consideration.

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Full Gospel Secondary School Kumba closes up academic year with prize awards

 

 

Speech presented by Mambo Emerencia Koke, the Principal of the Full Gospel Secondary School Kumba on the occasion of the end of year Price Award and Graduation Ceremony of form five students on the 19^th of May 2016.

We are here today to celebrate success. The route to success is rough and rugged. It is full of difficult tasks that call for diligent tools, inconvenient hurdles and demand for hard work, rough challenges that require ruggedness in courage. We are happy that by the special grace of God, we are gathered to celebrate these ones who put in all it required and today we are all joining them to celebrate. We are evaluating what they finished and not what they started. These are those who made up their minds not to accept defeat until they made the last attempt. Such will be going home with a price. We heartily welcome you and it is our desire that you will not consider this sacrifice a waste of time by the time we leave this place. We promise a wonderful moment.

The Full Gospel Secondary School Kumba is an academic mould where children are molded to become responsible citizens of integrity. Last year we were blessed with a wonderful performance at the GCE Ordinary Level. We scored 91.16% and we are hoping for a better result this year.

Mambo Emerencia Koke, Principal FUGOSEC Kumba

To our students who are graduating here today, this is not the end of the academic year. It is just the beginning. We encourage you to make a commitment to excellence which is a fundamental step on the success journey. Putting the best construction on your life style i.e. doing your best in everything you do.

Passion for excellence continues to dominate the thought of every person who aims at great achievement and remains the driving force in the activities of every purpose driven achiever.  We believe you will not settle for mediocrity but strive for excellence. “And daily discipline separates the excellent from the mediocre.” Excellence awaits the diligent and focused person. We will like you to know that there is no short cut to any place worth going. Reaching your potentials require focus. Therefore be determined to excel for determination is the great quality that enables you to overcome all setbacks, disappointment, failure and every obstacle that life throws on your path. You have a destiny you must fulfill. Become the best doctors, engineers, journalists, pastors, evangelists and what have you.

We congratulate our parents, our teachers and all that have put efforts together to enable the success we are celebrating today. May God continue to bless you.

 

“We will work hard and grow into an educational force in Cameroon”

–Rev. Njayo David Njemo-Education Board Chairman, Full Gospel Church Cameroon.

 

 What are your general impressions on this very important occasion that just rounded up here at Down Hill Mbonge Road in Kumba?

It has been very wonderful. I enjoyed what the children did here today and it made me to appreciate more and more what the children are inculcating in this children. Their performances here today showed that they have been receiving something.

Could you give us a brief history of the educational activities of the Full Gospel Mission in Cameroon?

Yes the educational activities of the Full Gospel Mission started about 30 years after the implantation of the church in Cameroon. We did not start this mission alongside with education. We started first of all with the preaching of the Gospel. We went ahead opening churches in various regions of this country and training pastors. However, around thirty years afterwards, we thought of really opening schools. Our aim was to contribute our own little quota to what the Government is already doing. Our aim was also to bring up young people who will have both the head and the heart. They should not only have a full head but also a full heart. This will permit them to better propel the country forward putting God in everything that they do. Our educational emphasis is to train the whole mind in order to produce a total mind.

What is your take on the declaration by some quarters that your mission is one of the growing educational forces in Cameroon?

We are still growing and are not yet where the other big ones are but we are surely working and will grow into something. It is evident that we want to grow to attain our best possible capacity. We will work hard and grow into an educational force in Cameroon.

 

“I can comfortably say that our secondary schools are among the best”

-Musa Charles Nganga- Full Gospel Mission National Education Secretary

What are your impressions after such a wonderful graduation ceremony?

I feel very proud of the activities that our children have performed today before their parents and Government executives as well as the general public. This to show that our children are climbing and doing exactly what we as a Full Gospel Mission intend our children to carry out as products of the Full Gospel Mission. We are running our education from the Nursery, the Primary and Secondary as well as High School education. Even though we started late, the impact of what we are putting in is seen in the fact that our school children are doing an excellent work. In Primary school you hear every year that our schools have scored a hundred percent at the Government Common Entrance and at the First School Leaving Certificate. In Secondary School like in the CAP Exams we score averagely 86%. When you go to the GCE Ordinary Levels just like you heard the results here today our schools score from 92% upwards. This is to show that we are really doing something. You cannot do all of this without the presence of God. God is the only source of energy for us to forge ahead. We first of all train our children to know Jesus. When they know and fear Jesus they will never know failure. Our Secondary and High Schools are doing very well and I can comfortably say that we are among the best. The growth rate falls between 75% and 85%.

225 students at SJCCC Mbengwi now set for the GCE 2016 Session

By Francis Ekongang Nzante Lenjo

According to Reverend Brother Linus Ngam, Principal of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Comprehensive College Mbengwi in Momo Division in the Northwest Region, the 225 students that make up the examination classes (forms 5 and upper sixth) are already set for the General Certificate Examination. He was speaking on Saturday May 14 (two weeks to the beginning of the written part of the GCE) during the Graduation and Prize Award ceremony that took place on the school campus.

The principal said the teachers had worked hard and put in their best to make sure that the 225 GCE candidates were set for the examinations 15 days to kick off time. He however conceded that there were still some few recalcitrant cases that were still indifferent to the fact that the GCE was fast approaching.

 

He said no holiday classes took place due to the fact that out of the 225 students concerned, only 40 parents paid for the holiday classes. Some parents further made things difficult by using every possible trick to take their children home. These problems notwithstanding, he said the students had generally been very hard working. He as such went ahead to thank the graduating students for their contribution in the building of the school.

 

A cross Section of parents during Holy Mass in the School Multi Purpose Hall

The principal did not fail to thank the Parent Teachers’ Association, for the wonderful contribution they’d been putting in to build the school in one way or the other. The PTA of the establishment it was revealed had carried out many projects such as the present construction of the Staff Quarters, the provision of a school bus among many other projects that were still envisaged by the association.

Principal in the heart of Prize Award Ceremony

The outgoing school Government in their speech thanked all those who had contributed in one way or the other towards contributing to their successful stay at the school. They granted a minute of silence to one of theirs who had died in a motto accident on the way to school. They promised to make everyone proud with their results come August 2016.

The Vice President of the PTA said this was a time to measure achievements and prepare for a brighter future. He said it was a time to recognize efforts put in as well as the quality contribution of all the stakeholders. He appreciated the staff for sacrifices made and went ahead to congratulate parents for a job well done. Congratulating the chaplain for a job well done, he called the students to focus on studies advising that this was the only time in their lives that could be dedicated to studies.

Other highlights of the ceremony were the award of Secondary School Leaving Testimonials and a prize award coordinated by the Vice Principal and the Dean of studies.

Also present at the occasion were the Divisional Officer for Mbengwi Central, Magistrate for the Mbengwi Court of First instance, representatives from the Divisional Delegation of Secondary Education for Momo, Reverend Father John Paul Ambe, Parish Priest of the Mbengwi Catholic Parish and a host of others.

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