Prof Nalova Lyonga has officially hands over ICT equipment, electronic boards to 8 Teacher Training Colleges in Cameroon
By Doh James Sonkey
Cameroon's Secondary Education Minister, Prof Nalova Lyonga officially handed over ICT equipment and electronic boards to 8 Teacher Training Colleges in the country last May 22, 2026 at the Distant Learning Centre in Yaounde.
Prof Nalova Lyonga receiving ICT equipment from UNESCO and Japanese Officials
She handed over the ICT equipment donated by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO in the presence of Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Relations in charge of the Commonwealth, H.E Felix Mbayu, Representative of Japanese Ambassador to Cameroon, Secretary of State to the Minister of Secondary Education in charge of Teachers' Training, Boniface Bayaola etc.
8 principals, MINESEC officials pose with Minister Nalova Lyonga and her guests
Speaking at the occasion, Prof Nalova Lyonga stressed on the need to strengthen the capacity of teachers towards promoting sustainable and inclusive access to safe and quality education for the girl child in West Africa.
The Secondary Education boss equally disclosed that "this initiative falls squarely within the framework of implementing the directives of the Head of State with a view to achieving the emergence of Cameroon by 2035. It's a bit long, but it gives you the emphasis on inclusion, on safety, on quality, and the emphasis for girls. The project is funded by the government of Japan and managed by the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa, UNESCO-ICBO. t is a multi-component project spanning several countries."
Prof Nalova Lyonga indicated that "8 schools selected to benefit from this donation are: Government Teacher-Training College Bafoussam, Government Bilingual Teacher-Training College Bamenda, Buea, Bertoua, Edea, Yagoua, Government Technical Teacher-Training College Ebolowa, and Garoua."
The Minister stressed that "Cameroon need to promote the science of production so that we can strengthen the capacity of our students to produce. We want to have industry linkages that facilitate short internships with Japanese firms."
She told reporters that "the Head of State has put an emphasis on the teachers training. These equipment are very expensive. And so when we get donations from different agencies, we are very happy. We are sure that we'll be able to meet our needs as far as students are concerned and as far as the teachers of students are concerned. And for typical teachers, every new thing that you get, you assess it. And so it's going to be assessed, no doubt about that."
UNESCO IICBA Programme Coordinator, Saliou Sall thanked Japan for the donation being handed to Cameroon and other African countries.
The wish of the Japanese government is for Cameroonians to use the ICT equipment and electronics boards adequately for the goal of the donation.
