The Ministry of Secondary Education (MINESEC) or (Ministère de l’Enseignement Secondaire in the french language) in Cameroon is in charge of the secondary education cycle in the country and is currently headed by the Minster of Secondary Education Pr. NALOVA LYONGA.

Pauline Nalova Lyonga Egbe is a Cameroonian politician from the Fako division, South West region of Cameroon. She has been the minister of secondary education since the ministerial reshuffle of March 2, 2018.

After graduating from the Queen of the Rosary Secondary school Okoyong in Mamfe in 1968, she left for the Cameroon College of Arts Science and Technology in Bambili, where she obtained her GCE A Level (English High School diploma) in 1970. At the University of Yaoundé, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 1973.

She left Cameroon to pursue her studies in England and obtained a master’s degree in African literature from the University of Sheffield. Since 1985, she holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in the US.

The mission of the minster/ministry

The Ministry of Secondary Education shall be under the authority of a Minister, who shall be assisted by a Secretary of State. The Minister of Secondary Education shall be responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating government policy in the area of general secondary, technical and teacher training.

In this respect, he/she shall be responsible for:

the organization and functioning of general secondary, technical and teacher training;
preparing curricula and research on teaching methods for general secondary and technical education and the control of their implementation;
the moral, civic, and intellectual training of general secondary and technical education students;
the development, follow-up, and implementation of the school mapping of this type of education;
the follow-up and control of the administrative and pedagogic management of government and private educational institutions;
designing norms and standards, and controlling their application;
educational counselling and planning;
the textbook policy for this level of education;
the in-service training of teachers, he/she respects the duties assigned to other Ministers in this respect;
liaison with UNESCO for matters in his/her area of competence.

He/She shall supervise the Office du Baccalauréat du Cameroun (O B C) and the General Certificate of Education Board ( GCE-Board).

In the discharge of these duties, the Minister of Secondary Education shall have:

private secretariats;
three (3) Technical Advisers;
an Inspectorate-General of Services;
an Inspectorate-General of Education;
a Central Administration;
external services;
Secondary Education institutions; and
Advisory Bodies, for this type and level of education.

Under the authority of a Private Secretary, the Private Secretariats shall be responsible for the private affairs of the Minister.

Technical Advisers shall perform any duties assigned to them by the Minister or by Secretary of State.

Website and contact details

  Website: https://www.minesec.gov.cm/
  Communication Unit
MINESEC, Door NO. 607

(+237) 222 22 38 43
Mail Service
MINESEC, Door NO. 312

(+237) 222 22 40 11
Certification Service
MINESEC, Door NO.112

(+237) 222 23 02 26
IT Unit
MINESEC, Door NO. 606

(+237) 222 22 67 16