Buea Central Prison inmates demand admission into the University

Inmates of the Buea central prison, South West Region of Cameroon have made known their desire to enroll at the University of Buea so as to better serve the nation upon their reinsertion into the society.

The inmates through their representative, Gilbert Nyuykong Ntasin, who wrote and passed both Ordinary and Advanced level examinations as a detainee at the Buea central prison noted that access to education is their fundamental right as human beings.

After sitting public exams while in jail, the inmates want more. He tabled their request to the government Wednesday 19 October, 2016 during a solemn ceremony organized at the prison yard by Prison Fellowship Cameroon in partnership with Operation Total Impact, a nongovernmental organization that provides education to inmates of the correction facility.

While it was strange enough to learn that inmates were registered to sit for the Cameroon General Certificate of Education (GCE) exams last year, Gilbert currently gives lectures to his fellow inmates after being among the three prisoners who passed the Advanced Levels this year took many by surprise with his request.

Speaking on behalf of the student inmates who took part in the school program, Gilbert Nyuykong suggested that he appreciated the initiative which according to him goes a long way to facilitate their reinsertion.