ENAM
has failed Cameroon with colonial education and policies! One of the
greatest calamities ever conceived and implemented by a creature
walking on two limbs is this monstrosity called ENAM. The curriculum
was designed in the nineteenth century by the French colonial
masters. It wasn’t fit for purpose then and it isn’t fit for
purpose now. But, the intellectual inactivity of the so-called
academic authorities in French Cameroon have failed to grasp this
simple fact. This nineteenth century model of education was intended
by the colonial masters to educate the natives of the day on
following their orders. It was accepted as true by the colonialists
that the native was intellectually and physically inferior. This
system of education was designed to purport such scandalous
falsehood. This absurdity, still sustained by this idiocy of a regime
is designed for students to study magistracy and administration.
Intakes are admitted after a fraudulent selection process. The old
mantra of ‘it’s not what you know, it’s who you know’ is its
motto. The place is full of the well-connected not the academically
brilliant. Even by its standards, this year’s intake was
embarrassing. When you hear some people talking about this disaster
of an establishment, you might be forgiven to think they are talking
about Harvard Law School or London School of Economics. To accurately
appreciate an educational organization, one would have to look at its
graduates. If a great number of its graduates are making great
contributions to their societies, the logical conclusion is that it’s
a great institution. That can’t be said of ENAM It’s pathetic
that future graduates go in with the dream of coming out to join an
ever expanding public service with one intention- join the bribery
and corruption conveyor belt. Upon graduation, they get their
‘matricule numbers’ and are posted so they can start ripping the
rewards of their labour. Thus we find ourselves with magistrates and
administrators who don’t understand the law, people and are
clueless about administration. Now, the conundrum presents itself.
The products of ENAM are running the country. They are faced with a
crisis, the first real political difficulty to face the nation since
1961 and have no answers. They find themselves with nineteenth
century schooling and directives in the twenty-first century. I
suppose some of the lessons they take at ENAM are; if someone opposes
your policies and politics, offer them a huge bribe to buy their
silence if someone opposes you, ban them from entering the country of
their birth. if someone has a different point of view from you, hunt
them down even if it means breaking international law. citizens
protest peacefully, shoot them. In the twenty-first century, the
political, legal and administrative gods of La Republique, who
habitually products of ENAM collectively believe that it’s not
abnormal to try citizens in a military tribunal. Kim Jong-un must be
aghast at the legal system in La Republique. Many in government
haven’t grasped the enormity of the task facing the nation. The
policies of the last 57 years have failed the people of British
Southern Cameroons woefully. But with a degree of self-importance
never before seen upon planet earth, the administration of La
Republique led by products of ENAM are failing to see their apparent
shortcomings. Until and unless it’s accepted that these colonial
policies and education model are not adequate to deal with
twenty-first century problems, many in Cameroun are in for a massive
shock. The shoot to kill policies of the past intended to quiet
legitimate protests will not work. As Ambazonians, we refuse to
accept outdated and imperialist institutions and instructions as they
have no place in this century. Until these policies and abuse stop,
we shall resist, resist and resist arrogance and occupation till the
end.
Sessekou
Asu Isong
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