Teachers at Breaking Point: COREC Launches National Petition

Teachers in Cameroon are expressing their deep frustration with the government, launching a national petition to demand immediate action on their long-standing grievances. The Collectif des Organisations des Enseignants du Cameroun (COREC) has issued a strong statement, accusing the President and the government of broken promises and a failure to address the deteriorating conditions in the education sector.

The collective highlights the dire situation, pointing to repeated strikes that have been ignored and miserable salaries that are pushing educators to seek opportunities abroad. This exodus, they warn, is contributing to a steep decline in the quality of education, symbolized by a failing grade of 5/20 now considered passing for entry into the sixth grade. The situation has reached a boiling point, with teachers demanding the urgent signing and implementation of a special status for educators.

COREC is also calling for the long-promised National Education Forum, which has been repeatedly postponed since 2019. The collective notes that their proposals for a special status have been submitted twice to the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reform (MINFOPRA) without any progress. With 18 teacher unions backing the petition, the pressure is mounting on the government in Yaoundé to respond to the escalating crisis in the Cameroonian school system.

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