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The North American Baptist Conference has worked along with the
Cameroon Baptist Convention since 1936 to provide Christian
education throughout Cameroon. The schools provide government
approved education while teaching Christian and moral education
to over 30,000 Cameroonians throughout the country. In
 1970,
NABC handed over school operations to the CBC Education Board.
The Cameroonian government agreed to fund a portion of the
educational budget. However, with the growing costs of
education and because of other pressing problems, the government
has been unable to supply all the needs of the schools. Schools
have fallen into disrepair and teacher salaries are in arrears.
The primary and nursery schools within the CBC are especially
facing a crisis that needs immediate action.
Many schools have wooden desks that sit broken because there
are no tools to fix them. Roofs are falling apart and leak on
teachers and students during the rainy season. There are many
schools with broken walls, windows, and dirt floors that will
sit for months or years without being repaired.
Furthermore, most nursery and primary schools do not have
additional funds to buy books and supplies for their teachers.
This has resulted in many teachers without the required
textbooks. It is not uncommon for a teacher to borrow a textbook
from the student on the weekend in order to plan the next week’s
lesson. There are also many students who do not have their own
textbooks and will sit through a day’s lesson without being able
to follow the course material. Lack of reading material has also
added to the fact that illiteracy is rampant throughout many
schools. These conditions are discouraging to students and to
staff who have to teach and learn in this uncomfortable and
unhealthy environment.
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