Chinese teachers to quit University of Maroua

Six of the ten Chinese language teachers from the University of Maroua (UMA) left the school campus on March 26, 2016. The information is contained in the columns of L’Oeil du Sahel of April 4, 2016.

The biweekly newspaper stresses that they “leave in some disarray 300 students including more than 250 in the faculty of humanities and about 90 at the Ecole Normale Supérieure” (ENS).

Among the “deserters“, there are two women and four men. The newspaper states that “The official reason for these departures, involved during an academic year, is the insecurity that crosses the Far North region.

Reasons for which the Chinese Foreign Ministry has asked the Confucius Institute in Yaounde to call back their personnel deployed in Maroua, a city classified in the red zone of insecurity, according to their criteria. “

Even if he is affected by this situation, the rector of the UMA hopes these teachers will reconsider their decision, “You know that for reasons of insecurity, most embassies withdrew their compatriots living in the area of Far North.

The departure of Chinese teachers is a precautionary measure until the security situation improves. They will certainly return if the security situation changes,“ believes Prof. Edward Oben Ako.

The teachers in question have offered to officials of UMA three affirmative action: “The first is that the university transfers all Chinese students in Yaounde to complete the academic year. The second, to regularly give courses on CD media to students. And last, engaging training remotely via Skype or simply video conferencing. “

L’Oeil du Sahel informs that “due to the absence of substantial financial resources, the university opted for the third option. The University of Maroua nevertheless wants to recall her three students enrolled in Chinese Language Ph.D. degree in China, to come and support the four teachers still present in Maroua. “