Rescheduling Of GCE 2026: Bonus Time For Candidates To Intensify Preparation

Candidates sitting Ordinary Level and Advanced Level certificate examinations organised by the Cameroon General Certificate of Education Board (CGCEB) in Buea, just like elsewhere in the nation, have gone back to the drawing board, doing last minute revisions. This follows the suspension of the examination for two weeks (June 8 to 22, 2026) by the Minister of Secondary Education, Nalova Lyonga following the leakage scandal. The decision, which does not affect TVEE, the Minister argued, is to preserve the integrity of the two examinations but it has left candidates in Buea stranded and parents very worried. Asonganyi Richard whose two children are taking the examination at Bilingual Grammar School (BGS) Molyko Buea said he was very disturbed when the suspension was announced. Due to the postponement, he said his children might forget what they had prepared for two weeks, a period which they would have concluded the examination and assist him in other things. To make good grades, he has urged his children to concentrate on their studies. Another parent, Godlove Laayee Fon expressed disappointment with the rescheduling as it has obstructed the plans he had for his daughter as from June 22, 2026. “The mindsets of the candidates which had been programmed to write the examinations within the set time will suffer setback,” he pointed out, adding that his daughter does not get up early again to study. He thinks the delay will negatively affect his daughter’s grades. To see that better results are gotten, he is waking her up to study. “I tell her that this period is not for rest. It is a time for hard work and catching up for the things that maybe she did not understand well,” he said. Ngoundiyimoun Nloka Diange Malik, an Ordinary Level candidate at BGS Molyko said he felt bad because he had prepared so well for the examination. Regretting the postponement, he said it has distracted him as he had plans to do other things as from June 22. Though this two weeks will be a time for study, he said it seems he is already on holidays. Itaka Magdalene Jemea is writing 11 Ordinary Level papers at Government High School Buea and said she has gone back to the drawing board redoubling her efforts. Another Ordinary Level candidate at BGS Molyko Buea, Oblesh Gingue Mabunu. noted that she remains focused despit...