MINESEC refuses bribe from principals

According to the l’Epervier newspaper, the Minister of Secondary Education “allegedly declined a welcome envelope from a group of secondary school principals”.

Ernest Ngalle Massena Bibehe, the Minister of Secondary Education (MINESEC) refused to be fooled by the “welcome” envelope from a group of principals. While we are still in the school year, the newspaper reported that the leaders of the schools have lost sleep. Because since the arrival of the new Minister, more and more changes are taking place.

“The big change concerns the principals of high schools in large numbers. The business of places in school will stop. Principals who commit errors will be immediately removed from office without any waste of time “the newspaper said.

It should be noted that Ernest Ngalle Bibehe Massena was appointed on December 15, 2015, at head of the Ministry of Secondary Education. Since, the MINESEC boss have been imposing a new form of governance in his ministry.

“Ngalle Bibehe first withdrew some powers from certain regional delegates. These delegates, for example, don’t more have the right to post teachers in their circle of competence,“ writes the newspaper.

A brief background on the story. Between 2004 and 2015, it was noted that Secondary School establishments looked like business institutions. Form I in secondary schools was the subject of a mafia which could bring a sum of FCFA 40 billion to a principal at a rate of FCFA 100,000 per student.