North West, South West: UN Official Recommends Resumption of Classes
- Par Aureline MELI (Intern)
- 06 févr. 2017 15:44
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François Lounceny Fall had talks with Prime Minister Philemon Yang on February 3, 2017
The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations Organisation to Central Africa, François Lounceny Fall says education is a right and that nobody has the right to prevent children from going to school. He had discussions with Prime Minister, Head of Government Philemon Yang in Yaounde on Friday, February 3, 2017.
Referring to the current situation in the North West and South West Regions where a strike action by teachers’ trade unions spiraled into non resumption of classes at all levels of the education ladder, he encouraged parents to send their children to school because without education the nation cannot progress. He stated, “The UN recommends that classes resume.”
The UN senior official lauded efforts put in place by the government to handle the grievances of teachers as well as that of lawyers in the North West and South West Regions. He advised that government should make a difference between the grievances related to the two corps and those of another nature. Mr Lounceny Fall also welcomed the creation of the National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism as a permanent body to tackle related problems. He told Cameroonians that bilingualism is wealth that has to be exploi...
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