Pupils receive books, fruit trees on CPDM anniversary

The pupils of groups I and II of the Ecole Publique Gendarmerie National of Yaounde, were happy recipients of some 1,100 volumes of text books and a variety of fruit trees on March 24, during the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, CPDM.

The donation was made by the Member of Parliament, MP, for Yaounde VI, Hon. Roland Pangmashi Fue.

The occasion, which took place on the school campus located within the precinct of the National Gendarmerie, was attended by the Subdivisional Pedagogic Inspector of Basic Education for Yaounde VI, as well as some CPDM party militants.

In a note of welcome, the Headmistress of Group I, Jeanne Ayissi, remarked that they don’t remember when the school last received a personality like Hon. Pangmashi. She called on the MP to assess the difficulties plaguing the institution.

“Our structures are completely dilapidated. There is no water and no electricity on campus. The teachers are working under extremely difficult conditions. The only thing keeping us here is the fact that we have not forgotten that it was pedagogy that brought us around,” Ayissi stated.

She said the teachers of the school are dominantly people of the military corps, who have received adequate pedagogic training. The Post gathered that the school, made up of three groups, has approximately 1,100 pupils.

The Pedagogic Inspector of Yaounde VI, Delphine Florence Mengue, said the school was lucky to receive the donation on the day the CPDM party was celebrating its 30th anniversary.

“It is an honour to the education community of Yaounde VI and pupils of the Ecole Publique Gendarmerie National in particular.”

Mengue called on the teachers and the pupils to make good use of the books, protect the fruit trees and nurture them to fruition. She promised that the other groups that were not part of the donation would receive their consignment in the nearest future.

The MP said, by May, groups that did not benefit would be honoured with their share of the books.

Hon. Pangmashi said when he visited the school last week; he discovered that they did not have a library, reason why he took urgent measures to provide them with the books and a multitude of fruit trees.

He told the pupils that his mission is to help transform them positively through the provision of text books so that they should grow up to be responsible people and transform others tomorrow. He said catering for the fruit trees to grow up and begin to bear fruits is a way of educating them on the need for environmental protection. Encouraging the young Cameroonians to take their studies seriously, he declared that: “what you are learning in school today will help provide food for you, your family and the society tomorrow.”

He called on the pupils to be very vigilant and report all cases of abnormal behaviour from members of the society to their school authorities or to the forces of law and order.

“We need to rally behind our President and the forces of law and order so as to conquer Boko Haram,” he stated. He also, symbolically, planted one of the fruit trees.