SCHEMES OF WORK ORDINARY LEVEL COMPUTER SCIENCE

The Subject Computer Science was officially placed on the curriculum of the Secondary Education in 2003, allocating two periods a week, hence 66 periods each academic year.

This revised schemes of work for computer science (of August 2013) is formulated from

a)    The work to be covered from form one to form five in Secondary Schools in Cameroon (proposed by the Ministry of Secondary Education) and

b)   The Syllabus from the Cameroon GCE Board to be tested at the end of course examination – Ordinary Level Computer Science –595. This blend is in a bit to meet the aspiration of the Government and to enable Cameroonians to meet up with the challenges in the Computer- driven era, in the global village.

The focus of these schemes is the learner and it is broken up across classes and topics in a way that the learner could have a grip of: the evolution of computers, a wide range of applications and uses of the computer and eventually master the computing environment and pursue careers in computing and computer science. Teachers should always use teaching/learning aids (real computer parts, pictures etc) during lessons. A Cameroonian using these schemes should face similar computer science challenges like any learner elsewhere.

The schemes are arrange under broad topics and lessons. Each lesson proposes the objectives to be attained, followed by guidance notes, resources and duration (teaching periods) to meet the objectives. All schemes are arranged in one booklet to enable continuity, affordability and ease of use.

In each class, a topic may be introduced and it is expected that a teacher continuously reviews and assesses the concepts throughout the course, even if the schemes do not specify so. At the time of introducing a topic in junior class, the basic concepts are recommended while the in–depth concepts are expected to be implicit as the learner matures in age and/or knowledge. Some basic ideas may even be taught directly and better in practical lessons. The environment is enabling for students at different levels.

Programming environment: The programming environment like Pascal, BASIC, C++, etc mentioned in the schemes should be provided by the teacher. The students are expected to master at least one, which they will use for the course examinations.

While each and every one teacher is using these schemes, have in mind that the revision of schemes and syllabuses are always eminent. Make a conscious effort to contribute adequately to enable the growth of the subject. Therefore, you may reorder the topics where necessary.

These schemes of work are produced for the North West Region by the Pedagogic Office in Charge of Computer Science in collaboration with the Computer Studies Teachers’ Association (COSTA).

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Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) and two Specific Partnership Agreements (SPAs)

The University of Bamenda, represented by its Vice Chancellor Prof. TAFAH EDOKAT O. Edward, signed today two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) and two Specific Partnership Agreements (SPAs) on its main campus in Bambili.
The MOUs were signed with the Protestant University of Central Africa(PUCA), Yaounde and with Institut Universitaire Siantou (IUS), Yaounde. The SPAs were signed with the Catholic University of Central Africa(CATUC) and the Higher Institute of Management Studies(HIMS), Buea. The signing ceremony took place in the Auditoruim of the University of Bamenda in the presence of the Representative of the Minister of Higher Education, Prof. Jean Marie Essono, the DVC-TIC, DVC-RCB, DVC-ICE, the Registrar, the Directors of HTTC, HTTTC, HICM, COLTECH, the Deans of FS, FHS and other Directors of the Central Administration.

The University of Bamenda

Here is the integral speech of the Vice Chancellor.

A speech Presented by the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Bamenda, Prof. Tafah Edokat O. Edward during the Signing Ceremony of Memoranda of Understanding  (MoUs) and Specific Partnership Agreements (SPAs) between The University of Bamenda (UBa) and Cameroonian Institutions of Higher Learning on Wednesday October 1, 2014

• The Representative of the Minister of Higher Education
• The Deputy Vice-Chancellors of The University of Bamenda
• The Registrar of The University of Bamenda
• The Proprietors and Promoters of Partner Institutions of Higher Learning
• The Directors of Schools and Deans of Faculties of The University of Bamenda
• The Chief Librarian of The University of Bamenda
• Distinguished Colleagues
• Members of the UBa Community
• Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is an honour for me to welcome you to yet another landmark ceremony of the signing of cooperation agreements between The University of Bamenda and National Higher Institutions of Learning duly-approved by the Ministry of Higher Education. It is in the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and outreach through collaborative initiatives and joint ventures that The University of Bamenda this morning shall be signing two Memoranda of Understanding and two Specific Partnership Agreements with Cameroon National Institutions of Higher Learning.
Distinguished Audience, permit me to express my deep appreciation to the Minister of Higher Education who has not only been endorsing our MoUs and SPAs as soon as they arrive on his desk, but, has decided to be represented at every signing ceremony. His representative here present today is testimony of his unalloyed support to ensure that our partnership agreements are done in keeping with the principles and texts in force.
Despite announcing during a similar exercise last year that we were keeping on hold, the signing of Memoranda of Understanding with National Institutions of Higher Learning in order to monitor the quality of execution of the existing MoUs and SPAs, we are here today, exceptionally, to sign two MoUs with  namely; the Protestant University of Central Africa (PUCA), Yaoundé and Institut Universitaire Siantou (IUS), Yaoundé, as well as concretise our partnership through SPAs with the Catholic University of Central Africa (CATUC), Bamenda and the Higher Institute of Management Studies (HIMS), Buea.
To the Protestant University of Central Africa (PUCA) and Institut Universitaire Siantou (IUS), a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which you shall sign with The University of Bamenda today forms just the intention to collaborate. That is, our MoU is nothing more than a declaration of our intentions to cooperate and such cooperation only becomes concrete with the signing of a Specific Partnership Agreement which is the translation of such intentions. Accordingly, during this signing ceremony, Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda will “graduate” from an MoU to Specific Partnership Agreement (SPA) while the Higher Institute of Management Studies (HIMS), Buea will seek to incorporate its English Language Proficiency to its other programmes which are already a subject of a SPA with UBa.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I will like our partners to understand that the purpose of our partnership is the quest of academic excellence for mutual benefits and fruitful academic and professional initiatives in teaching, research, outreach services and good university governance. To succeed in our pursuit, collective action, institutional collaboration and exchanges amongst partners have to be prioritized. It is in keeping with these objectives that the first UBa partners unanimously constituted themselves into a UBa Partnership Forum (UBPF) on October 23, 2012. I invite you to consider registering with this Forum through the University Cooperation Division (UCD).
I wish to inform our partners that UBa will soon launch programmes for its Postgraduate School. The different academic and professional units shall progressively go operational as the human; financial and infrastructural resources shall become available.
Finally, I will like to thank the Head of State, H. E President Paul Biya whose University Governance Framework continue to serve as a scale on which our vision is placed. On this Framework of University Governance, UBa and its Partners will surely contribute to the advancement of Cameroon’s Higher Education and our transition from a developing nation to the much craved for emerging nation status by 2035.
I wish you all a memorable stay on our modest UBa campus and a safe trip back to your various institutions.

Long live partnerships in Higher Education
Long Live the Ministry of Higher Education
Long Live the Republic of Cameroon

Good Investment Sectors in Cameroon

Cameroon's economic needs and potentials are such that there are a great variety of good investment sectors. Amongst other can be cited:

• The transformation of materials which leads to the production of a finished or semi finished goods;
• Extraction and transformation of mineral resources;
• The transformation of hydrocarbons;
• Forest exploitation assorted with the transformation of wood;
• Agricultural production;
• Production;
• Stock breeding;
• Industrial and local fishing;
• Transformation of agricultural products, animal or halieutic;
• Stocking and conservation activities of food products;
• Making of necessary materials for public buildings;
• Maintenance of industrial equipment focused on the making on spore ports;
• Naval repairs, technological research activities and the management of data;
• Hospitals and pharmaceutical laboratories;
• Trial, analysis and control of raw material laboratories for finished or semi finished products used or produced by the industry;
• Touristic restoration areas when they are integrated in a touristic pack or implanted in a touristic site known by touristic administration.

 Favourable conditions to investment

 The economy has enjoy a growth rate of 5% for some years, which has to increase;

• Democratic institutions and the political stability make of Cameroon a country where the risk concerning investment of minimal;
• Its geographical location between west and central Africa, gives it a unique statistic position in terms of trade exchanges. It gives access to several central African countries and some regions of Nigeria;
• Its extension of 1200km gives it a great variety of natural potentials;
• It has abundant and qualified labour, which is cheap and endowed with a great adaptation and initiative capacity which is indispensable for companies;
• Cameroon has a diversified industrial fabric in expansion, presenting a permanent network of sub contracts;
• It has a regulatory and legislative frame which gives freedom to invest and the free transfer of industrial and commercial benefits as well as salaries;
• It has numerous natural resources (petroleum, gas, bauxite, iron, nickel, wood) and agricultural products (cocoa, coffee, cotton, banana, hevea, palm oil, pineapple);
• It has a vast privatisation programme of public and Para public companies whose list is detailed in the chapter of privatisation. 

THE ELECTRONIC DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY

Dear Customers, It is with great joy and honour that we congratulate our customers and the DV-2014 candidates who have successfully made their interviews and will be making their ways into the USA soon. Also, we encourage the DV-2015 selectees to be confident and strictly follow the instructions as their interview appointments will be coming up soon.

The online registration for the DV-2016 session will begin on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and will end on Monday, November 3, 2014 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5).

Our doors remain open for registration and technical assistance.  Wishing you the best of Luck as you make your entries with us.

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A BETTER WAY TO MAKE QUALITY, COST EFFECTIVE, CLEAR CALLS TO CAMEROON FROM USA

If you are among the people constantly trying to help the people back home, sending money online through moneygram can help you save more, which means more help to those in need.
Information from moneygram.com revealed that sending money from USA to Cameroon, for example, $100 will require you to pay $9.99 in a location and $12.00 online if you choose the 10 minute delivery method.  The truth is that you can save these transfer charges by choosing the 3 day online option. Yes, you need to plan ahead. It has worked for me and, perhaps it will work for you.
This is what needs to be done:
1) create an account with moneygram.com
2) set up a onetime method of payment (bank account)
3) choose the 3 day method when sending money
4)  Wait for 3 business days for the reference number
5) send the reference number to the recipient to collect the money
Other benefits that come with online money transfer:
* It saves gas and time to moneygram location.
* Money can be sent to the same recipient without completing the form that is often required at the moneygram location
* You have a chance to confirm, edit the amount to be sent, and verify that the money has been picked up by the right person
* You can also retrieve the receipts of the previous recipients without having to call moneygram or go to the location where the money was sent.
You can send up to $ 2999.00 per month for free.
 Think of how much you can save in a month if by sending $100 you save $10 approximately.