The Government of Cameroon through its ministry of basic education has shut down 494 clandestine schools in basic education sector in 6 regions of the country in prelude to the start of the new academic year come September 4, 2023.

In a release from the the Minister of basic education, Laurent Serge Etoundi Ngoa, signed on Wednesday August 23, 2023, the schools have been locked down for serious violations noticed during field trips carried out by teams from the private basic education follow-up department of the ministry of secondary education.

Source: Cameroon News Agency