2024-10-03 18:28:35
The winners, numbering 692 pupils and students from various localities of the national triangle, were celebrated in the presence of numerous dignitaries.
More than 12:30 hours this Saturday, September 21, 2024 at the Place des Fêtes in Bafoussam. The rain is threatening. An insider walks back and forth just in the background of the platform traditional chiefs including the senior chief of Bamougoum, Mitterrand Moumbe. The moving individual shakes a black wooden tube carved in the form of a pipe. In all likelihood, he is fighting to counter the rain…The sky is still threatening…A few drops of rain end up pouring onto the site chosen to referee the 9e edition of the Day of School and Academic Excellence in Mifi (Jesam). This rain is not violent. It is short-lived. It did not cause any incident, nor orchestrated demobilization…
The crowd came in large numbers to follow this 9e edition of Jesam remained focused to acclaim the various winners, beneficiaries of the prizes. There are approximately 692 pupils and students from various localities in the national triangle. They were celebrated by numerous dignitaries gathered at the main stand of the Bafoussam festival square. Among his distinguished guests were MM. Adrey Epenté, secretary general of the services of the governor of the Western region, Emmanuel Nzété, vice-president of the Economic and Social Council and head of the permanent regional delegation of the central committee of the Democratic Rally of the Cameroonian People (Rdpc), Arthur Zang , inventor of a medical application, Dr Maurice Doubé, head of a mission attached to the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Maurice Nzogné Nzogné, executive serving at the Presidency of the Republic, Jules Hilaire Focka Focka, president of the Western Regional Council, Professor Bernard Raymond Guimdo, vice-rector in charge of Research at the University of Dschang, Dr Patrice Thomas, Barthélemy Teubo, Joel Nana Nkontchou and many other senior officials, community leaders and heads of ‘business.
How can you not rejoice…
In front, these dignitaries, the day’s winners were celebrated firstly through various speeches delivered to exalt their commitment to excellence. A value promoted by Professor Pascal Nguihé Kanté, deputy secretary general of the Prime Minister’s services and promoter of the Mifi Youth Community Center. This academic expresses his satisfaction with the achievement of the objectives set at the launch of the first edition of the Day of School and Academic Excellence in the Mifi department in 2016. The cult of effort, endurance in action, wisdom in behavior for the quest for excellence are now values distilled in the Mifi department thanks to Jesam. To this end, its initiator underlines: “How can we not be delighted to have among the winners of the Mifi department, the major of the Western region, and perhaps national major of the baccalaureate of general secondary education in the person of the student Fosso Kenfack Carême Vianney from the bilingual high school of Gouaché, winner of the 3rd edition of the “Semences Génies Sciences et Technologies” competition and winner of the general secondary education baccalaureate, series C, with the mention “Excellent”. The considerable improvement in school performance in the Mifi department, which has, for several years already, occupied first place in the official performance ranking in the official performance ranking of the departments of the Western region, confirms our belief in continuation, with your various supports, of this very laudable initiative. » According to this business law teacher, this ceremony is in line with the policy of development of the education sector driven by the masterly hands of the President of the Republic, Head of State, His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya . For this, Professor Pascal Nguihé Kanté presents him as the man of November 6 as a visionary and calls on the young people of Mifi to vote in his favor during the 2025 presidential election. “To you, dear winners, this double ceremony is recognition of your efforts. Efforts continued tirelessly under the supervision and special and permanent attention of your parents. Now that you are lights for your peers, it is up to you to embrace this message from the Head of State and share it wherever you go. Speaking to you on February 10, Sem Paul Biya said exactly this, I quote: “I know I can count on you. You have proven it in the past. You proved it in the present. And I know you will prove it in the future. Thanks to your vitality, your ingenuity and your maturity, you can contribute effectively to building this radiant future to which our country aspires. » »
Acquiring a sense of humanism
A projection in favor of progress which, according to Jacques Bonjawo, specialist in artificial intelligence (AI), requires knowing how to work in a team. For this researcher, the virtues of group work are numerous and undeniable. It lists, among other things, the acquisition of a sense of humanism, the strengthening of professionalism, the complementarity of ideas and the perpetuation and universalization of actions in favor of society. Before him, the deputy mayor of the city, Mr. Negou, praised the dynamic carried out for nine years already by the Jesam organizing committee as an example of teamwork which benefits the capital city of the region of the West and its inhabitants. This local elected official particularly praised Professor Pascal Nguihé Kanté and the members of the Jesam organizing committee for “rigor and determination to promote excellence in all educational establishments, without any discrimination”. More simply, Mr. Negou presents the deputy secretary general of the Prime Minister’s services as “a model of humility and generosity”. Qualities approved by Mr. Pouedogo, in service at the Prime Ministry and president of the Jesam organizing committee for nine editions already. “Over the years, and despite the difficulties, Jesam continues on its merry way,” he concludes.
Marylise SIBATCHEU
Innovations
Taking into account the rights of vulnerable minorities
The internally displaced people of the English-speaking crisis, the Mbororos and the deaf and hard of hearing students were rewarded by Professor Pascal Nguihé Kanté and his team.
An unusual event this Saturday, September 21, 2024 at the Bafoussam festival square. In front of the platform and in front of the eight winners of the 2024 scientific baccalaureate, (C and D) of CERSOM-Specialized Education and Rehabilitation Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a young man translates all communications into sign language to allow deaf people to understand the content of all speeches given. Housed at the podium, Innocent Djonthé, deaf-speaking and promoter of Cersom, certainly welcomes this innovation which, incontestably, contributes to the popularization of sign language, the promotion of the right of access to information and the freedom of expression decreed by article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
This action reflects that of the 21 points on the agenda for the 2024 edition of Jesam, number 19 is significant and attracts curiosity. It concerns the awarding of prizes to internally displaced persons and Mbororos. An approach in favor of the rights of vulnerable minorities. It is also directed in favor of the deaf and hard of hearing, winners of the 2024 baccalaureate, awarded by the Jesam.
Indeed, a good number of young people internally displaced from the Anglophone crisis and members of the Mbororo minority were also awarded prizes during this Mifi School and Academic Excellence Day initiated by Professor Pascal Nguihé Kanté in 2016.
Another special sequence of the 9th edition of Jesam 2024 concerns the award ceremony to the deserving “Science and technology engineering seed competition”, now in its third edition. A total of eight hundred and eighty-six, i.e. 585 for secondary education and 305 for basic education, competed in the tests during the month of April. As a form of positive discrimination, the consideration of the gender approach encouraging female candidates was noted by Samuel Nguedia, principal of the Tougang II technical high school and head of the Mifi Youth Community Center. Valentin Kamdem, former regional mathematics inspector and study manager in the Prime Minister’s services, Auguste Teguem, departmental delegate of the Ministry of Basic Education in Mifi and Professor Lélé, vice dean of the Faculty of Sciences of University of Dschang have invested in the selection of graduates with complete objectivity. Pierre Steve Bidoung Mkpwatt, second prefectural deputy of Mifi, spared no means to ensure the supervision of operations carried out by the Mifi Community Youth Center. The winners of the 3e edition were encouraged and motivated by Arthur Zang, the inventor of a medical application which makes it possible to detect and anticipate cardiovascular diseases. The provision of an incentive bonus of fifty thousand (50,000) FCFA per person to the best primary and secondary teachers, the provision of laptop computers to the best teachers, the consideration of students from the different faculties of the University of Dschang, the consideration of doctoral students from all regions of Cameroon, the delivery of seven sewing machines to Mbororo nationals of the Mifi department, the delivery of twenty modern sewing machines to the technical and professional establishments of the Mifi department make also part of the innovations which show the sense of creativity of the actors and initiators of Jesam.