After suspension: GCE resumes begins today.

The member of government had taken the decision, following a tripartite crisis meeting between the ministry, exam officials, and the GCE Board Transitional Management Team, over massive leakage. 

The decision had rescheduled all remaining Ordinary Level and Advanced Level subjects, which were initially slated for June 8 to 18, to be written from today, Monday, June 22 to Thursday, July 2, 2026, with the same previously assigned time-slots.

The suspension, it should be recalled, did not affect the Technical and Vocational Education Examinations, TVEE. 

Measures put in place to ensure credibility

The exams are resuming today after a series of measures, taken by the General Certificate of Education Board, the Transitional Management Team, the Ministry of Secondary Education, and other relevant stakeholders, to safeguard the integrity and credibility of the examinations. 

Per a release issued by the Chairperson of the GCE Board of Directors, Prof Ivo Leke Tambo, following the 17th Extraordinary Meeting of June 17, 2026, “practical modalities” have been proposed for collaboration with the Ministry of Secondary Education, “to ensure the smooth management of the remaining papers still to be written”. 

The measures, the release indicated, are “designed to safeguard the integrity of the Board and uphold the credibility of the entire examination process”. 

The Board, through the release, assured all stakeholders, candidates and parents, that every effort is being made in collaboration with the ministry to “guarantee that the examinations proceed without disruption”.

The Prof Leke Tambo-signed release detailed that the GCE Board “remains committed to transparency, fairness, and the highest standards of examination management”. 

The Minister of Secondary Education, Prof Nalova Lyonga, had in a press conference after the suspension, disclosed that government is doggedly working to uphold the standards and dignity of GCE exams.

She said evidence has been gathered and submitted to the competent authorities in order for them to track down and punish those responsible for the exam leaks.

"We have a heritage and I am keeping that heritage. This is what Cameroon opted for," Nalova Lyonga had said, while vowing to together with other stakeholders and authorities maintain the credibility of the exams as it has been in the past. 

Calls for calm

The minister had appealed to heads of examination centres, school administrators, superintendents, and other examination officials; to cooperate fully with measures being put in place by government, in collaboration with the GCE Board.

She had stressed that ongoing investigations will identify those involved in the exam malpractice, so they can be made to account in accordance with the laws in force.

The Head of the Transition Management Team of the GCE Board, Ndi Bernadette Frinwe Ntemsa, had also raised concerns about the conduct of the exams. 

She had also announced that video footage from surveillance cameras installed in all examination centres would be thoroughly reviewed during the marking process. She hinted that preliminary reviews already identified over 2,000 candidates engaged in examination misconduct. 

Ndi had warned that names of implicated students would be formally recorded and that appropriate sanctions would be applied, in line with the Board’s regulations and examination ethics guidelines.

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3825 of Monday June 22, 2026