Cameroon: Schools for Scandal

Authorities in Cameroon are engaged in a battle to stem corruption in the education system where, as mathematics teacher Victor Pene describes it, graft "is in the process of institutionalizing itself". "The future of education in Cameroon is looking bleak," adds Father Jean-Claude Ekobena, Secretary for Education in the Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé. "In schools, there is a blatant sale of places for matriculating students, the purchase of diplomas, ‘modification' of report cards, the solicitation of favours by teachers - and misappropriation of school fees by teachers."