GCE 2022: Cameroon GCE board latest news Update 2023-2024. The Cameroon General Certificate of Education Board is the official body in charge of organizing end-of-year examinations for candidates writing the GCE O and A Levels. The Main Office is located in Buea, Southwest Region, and the Current Registrar Dang Akuh Dominic.

The mission of the Cameroon GCE Board shall be the organization throughout the National Territory of the following Examinations, in conformity with Law No, 98/004 of 14 April 1998 laying down guidelines for Education in Cameroon:

The General Certificate of Education Examination Ordinary Level.
The General Certificate of Education Examination Advanced Level.
The Technical and Vocational Education Examination Intermediate Level.
The Technical and Vocational Education Examination Advanced.
The Professional Certificate Examination.

Introduction

After the Cameroonisation of the London GCE in 1977, things went on smoothly until 1984. From 1984 onwards, the GCE began experiencing irregularities as some London officials began withdrawing. Beginning in 1990, when the University of London Examination and Assessment Council withdrew completely from the role it had played so far on the Cameroon GCE, the irregularities became even more alarming. Some of these irregularities included,

The use of GCE questions was reserved for future sessions for Entrance Examinations into ENS in 1990,
Change of the format of the GCE question papers in 1991 without prior notice to candidates, poor printing,
Wrong pagination,
Wrong spellings,
Shortage of question papers and materials,
Late arrival of question papers and the postponement of some papers,
Wrong instructions on question papers and examination leakages.

In response to this popular demand, the Prime Minister of the Republic signed an order (Nº: 194/CAB/PM of 11^th September 1992) creating a Technical Committee to carry out studies and make recommendations on the organization and functioning of the GCE Examination Board.

Background History of the Board

Evolution of the Board

1.1 The University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate

As far back as 1944, most secondary schools in Nigeria and the then Southern Cameroons took the University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate (UCLES) as their final examination. This Cambridge school Examination was a group Certificate Examination. The examination was taken at three levels. Junior Cambridge was taken in form four, and Senior Cambridge was taken in form six. Upper Sixth form students wrote the Cambridge Higher School Certificate Examination.

1.2 The West African School Certificate Examination

In 1954, Southern Cameroons withdrew from the Cambridge Examination Board to take the West African School Certificate examination, which had been created in 1951. This went on until the reunification of Southern Cameroons with East Cameroon in 1961.

1.3 University of London GCE Examination

After the reunification of Southern Cameroons with East Cameroon, West Cameroon (former Southern Cameroons) withdrew in 1963 from the West African Certificate Examination to the University of London GCE Examinations. West Cameroonians continued with the University of London General Certificate of Education Examination until 1976 when the Cameroon Ministry of National Education took over the conduct of the GCE Examinations.

1.4 Moves towards the Cameroonisation of the GCE Examination

The Cameroonisation of the University of London General Certificate of Education Examinations had been the pre-occupation of the Ministry of National Education. Since the reunification of former East Cameroon with West Cameroon in 1961, the Ministry of National Education was motivated to this decision by the ardent need it felt to have an examination based.

Feasibility studies for the Cameroon GCE were jointly carried out by British and Cameroonian experts. The landmark was the meeting of two delegations in Yaounde from 5^th to 6^th January 1976 in which the main features of the examination were defined. These included name, organization, objectives of the Ordinary level and Advanced level subjects, number of sessions per year, types of questions, marking, grading, security measures etc. on 24^th November 1976, the President signed Decree Nº 76/555 instituting the General Certificate of Education Examination in Cameroon. A tentative programme for the Cameroonisation of the GCE examination was also drawn up, and the first session took place in June 1977.

Other important decisions and conclusions of special note were the British contributions to the creation, organization and implementation of the Cameroon GCE examination. It was agreed that special tripartite liaison arrangements be established among the three authorities involved: The Department of examinations, Senate House, University of London and the British Government.

Such arrangements included assistance in the following areas: drafting of syllabuses, moderation, the supply of consultants and external examiners and the training of Cameroonian personnel.

Finally, it was agreed that subject to the maintenance of appropriate standards, the University of London would be required to do all that it could to ensure the wide-scale recognition of the Cameroon GCE examination results and certificates.

1.5 Cameroon GCE Examinations administered By the Ministry of National Education

The first Cameroon GCE examination was conducted in June 1971. Until June 1987, the marketing of the Cameroon GCE examination was done in the lone centre of Yaounde on a rotatory basis such that the subjects marked in one centre in one year would be marked in another centre the following years.

The birth of the Cameroon GCE Board

1.1 The birth of the Cameroon GCE Board.

The use of GCE questions was reserved for future sessions for Entrance Examinations into ENS in 1990,
Change of the format of the GCE question papers in 1991 without prior notice to candidates,
poor printing,
Wrong pagination,
Wrong spellings,
Shortage of question papers and materials,
Late arrival of question papers and the postponement of some papers,
Wrong instructions on question papers and examination leakages.

In response to this popular demand, the Prime Minister of the Republic signed an order (Nº: 194/CAB/PM of 11^th September 1992) creating a Technical Committee to carry out studies and make recommendations on the organization and functioning of the GCE Examination Board.

On July 1^st, 1993, the President of the Republic signed a Decree Nº:93/172 of 1^st July 1993) creating the GCE Board. The decree empowered the Board to organize the General Certificate of Education examinations at the Ordinary and Advanced Levels.

Following the creation of the Board, the Ministry of National Education set up an Ad Hoc Committee to write the text of the application to the July 1st, 1993 decree. On October 12, 1993, the Prime Minister signed the Text of Application; Order Nº: 112/CAB/PM to define and determine the administrative and financial organization of the Board. This led to the appointment of the pioneer Chairman of the Board. The installation of the Chairman by the Minister of National Education on 25^th October 1993 in Buea marked the starting point in the functioning of the Cameroon GCE Board.

The initial decree was amended and completed by two other decrees: Nº:97/45 and Nº:91/46 both of 5^th March 1997. These amendments widened the scope of activities of the Board to include the organization of examinations in English leading to the award of the Baccalaureat Technique, the Brevet de Technique, the Brevet d’études Professionnelles, and the Brevet Professionnelle Certificates.

The first council of the Board held on 19^th November 1993. Since then GCE examinations in Cameroon have been organized by the Cameroon GCE Board.

1.2 First Sessions of the Board Examination

The Cameroon General Certificate of Education Board organized the first sessions of its examinations as follows:

For the General Education subjects, in June 1994;
For the GCE in Technical Education subjects in June 1995; and
For the Baccalaureat Technique and Related Examinations in June 1997.

1.3 International Recognition of the Cameroon GCE Results

Since the Cameroonisation of the London GCE, the University of London Board has recognized the grades awarded at both the Ordinary Level and Advanced Level as equivalent to the grades awarded in corresponding subjects at the London GCE examination.

Timetable for June 2022 General Certificate Examination Dates

Ordinary Level Dates and Advanced Level Dates

GCE 2022 Start Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
- Morning Session: Begins at 8:00 A.M.
- Afternoon Session: Begins at 1:00 P.M.
GCE 2022 End Date: Thursday, July 14, 2022

Cameroon GCE Board Timeline For The Year 2022/2023 Academic Year

The official timeline of events with regards to exams and other General Certificate of Education as shown below:

June 2022 GCE Practical Timetable

0795 Computer Science: Thursday 10//06/2022.
0595 Computer Science: Tuesday 22/06/2022 to Thursday 24/06/2022.
0780 Physics: Monday 14/06/2022 to Wednesday 16/06/2022.
0546 SBE French: Tuesday 15/06/2022.
0755 Geology: Wednesday 16/06/2022.
0710 Biology: Monday 21/06/2022 to Thursday 24/06/2022.
0746 SBE French: Tuesday 07/06/2022.
0540 Food and Nutrition and 0715 Chemistry: Tuesday 08/06/2022 – Friday 11/06/2022.
0796 ICT: Thursday 17/06/2022 to Friday 18/06/2022.
0710 Biology: Monday 21/06/2022 to Thursday 24/06/2022.
0740 Food Science and Nutrition: Thursday 17/06/2022 – Monday 21/06/2022.

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Cameroon GCE 2022 results release date

For the year 2021, the GCE Board released the examination released in late August. That was on the 21st of the month of August 2021. Below were the statistics obtained for the 2021 GCE exam session;

Results by Regions GCE Ordinary Level

S/N	Region Name	Reg	Sat	Absen	Pass	Fail	Perc
1	Littoral	23714	20448	215	13259	7189	64.84
2	Centre	22799	19922	220	12703	7219	63.76
3	West	10442	8931	68	5512	3419	61.71
4	North West	10629	8276	84	4914	3362	59.37
5	East	1427	1238	12	690	548	55.73
6	Adamawa	1582	1400	13	761	639	54.35
7	South	1733	1539	15	769	770	49.96
8	South West	19509	16936	224	8063	8873	47.60
9	Far North	932	797	9	379	418	47.55
10	North	843	718	8	336	382	46.79

Results by Regions GCE Advanced Level

S/N	Region	Reg	Sat	Absent	Pass	Fail	% Pass
1	West	6426	6331	63	4261	2070	67.3
2	North West	5224	5098	78	3382	1716	66.34
3	Adamawa	732	724	4	471	253	65.06
4	East	697	686	7	441	245	64.29
5	Far North	344	339	3	217	122	64.01
6	Centre	15633	15325	211	9515	5810	62.09
7	Littoral	14725	14448	186	8856	5592	61.3
8	North	343	338	5	204	134	60.36
9	South West	10616	10295	211	5894	4401	57.25
10	South	839	827	7	461	366	55.74

Results by Regions TVEE Intermediate Level

S/N	Region	Reg	Sat	Absent	Pass	Fail	% Pass
1	South	28	25	1	17	8	68
2	Centre	1785	1739	19	1146	593	65.9
3	West	515	495	5	321	174	64.85
4	Littoral	3284	3167	23	1999	1168	63.12
5	Adamawa	21	21	0	13	8	61.9
6	North West	2901	2705	23	1539	1166	56.89
7	South West	4704	4552	44	2436	2116	53.51