Cameroon GCE 2024 Registration date

Cameroon GCE 2024 Registration date. Has the Cameroon 2024 registration already begun? Students sure will like to know more about the registration process and the different fees.

But before we discuss more on the registration, let’s talk more about the Cameroon GCE and the Board governing the examination – The GCE Board.

The Cameroon General Certificate of Education is a qualification obtained by English-speaking Cameroonians of the classes of form five and Upper Sixth.

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The certificate is divided into the GCE Ordinary Level or General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level and the General Certificate of Education Advanced Leve.

Students of the class of form five will sit for the GCE O-Level (GCE Ordinary Level) at the end of the academic year. As for those in the final year of secondary education (upper sixth) they will have to sit for the GCE A-Level.

GCE Ordinary Level

The GCE Ordinary Level unit is one of the units under the Division of Examination. The Division of Examination is headed by a Deputy Registrar in charge of Examinations while the ordinary Level unit is headed by an Examination Officer. This unit has its responsibilities and duties which include;

• Preparation and distribution of Registration Materials.
• Reception and processing of registration forms from registration centres.
• Moderation of raw test items.
• Supervision of the Proofreading exercise.
• Costing and preparation of practical documents.
• Creation of Registration and Accommodation centres.

 Supervision and monitoring of practical and written examinations.

• Supervision of marking secretariats and marking proper.

The Ordinary Level examination is made of Twenty-One (21) subjects as shown below;

SN	SUBJECT CODE	SUBJECT NAME
1	0505	Accounting
2	0510	Biology
3	0515	Chemistry
4	0520	Commerce
5	0525	Economics
6	0530	English Language
7	0535	Literature in English
8	0540	Food and Nutrition
9	0545	French
10	0546	Special Bilingual Education French
11	0550	Geography
12	0555	Geology
13	0560	History
14	0562	Citizenship Education
15	0565	Human Biology
16	0570	mathematics
17	0575	Additional Mathematics
18	0580	Physics
19	0585	Religious Studies
20	0590	Logic
21	0595	Computer Science

Three of these twenty-one subjects have practical components.  That is to say, nineteen subjects at the Ordinary Level are two paper subjects while Food and Nutrition, Special Bilingual Education French and Computer Science have three papers.

Each of these subjects has its specifications as regards the number of questions set per paper, the number of questions to be answered per paper and the scores and weightings are also different. It is important to note that all paper ones are multiple-choice (MCQ) made up of fifty questions and candidates are expected to answer all the fifty questions.

These subjects also have subject experts who are very knowledgeable in the various disciplines.

For a candidate to go in for the Ordinary Level Examination, he/she must have completed a five-year program at the Secondary School level. He / She is allowed to go in for at least four Ordinary Level Subjects and at most eleven subjects, but the 11^th subject must be Religious Studies.

Another important condition for registration at the Ordinary Level is that the four subjects must include English Language, French and Mathematics. This implies that English Language, French and Mathematics are compulsory subjects at the Ordinary Level. However, candidates can also go in for single subjects.

The GCE Advanced Level

The GCE Advanced Level unit is one of the units under the Division of Examination. The Division of Examination is headed by a Deputy Registrar in charge of Examinations while the Advanced Level unit is headed by an Examination Officer. This unit has its responsibilities and duties which include;

• Preparation and distribution of Registration Materials.
• Reception and processing of registration forms from registration centres.
• Moderation of raw test items.
• Supervision of the Proof-reading exercise.
• Costing and preparation of practical documents.
• Creation of Registration and Accommodation centres.

 Supervision and monitoring of practical and written examinations.

• Supervision of marking secretariats and marking proper

The Advanced Level examination is made of Twenty (20) subjects namely;

SN	SUBJECT CODE	SUBJECT NAME
1	0705	Accounting
2	0710	Biology
3	0715	Chemistry
4	0725	Economics
5	0730	English Language
6	0735	Literature in English
7	0740	Food Science and Nutrition
8	0745	French
9	0746	Special Bilingual Education French
10	0750	Geography
11	0755	Geology
12	0760	History
13	0765	Pure Mathematics with Mechanics
14	0770	Pure Mathematics with Statistics
15	0775	Further Mathematics
16	0780	Physics
17	0785	Religious Studies
18	0790	Philosophy
19	0795	Computer Science
20	0796	Information and Communication Technology

The General Certificate of Education Examinations Advanced Levels shall normally mark the end of the Upper Sixth Form of secondary general education.

The examination shall be broad-based and shall set out to measure the candidate’s knowledge of the world around him, his capacity to think, apply, synthesize and evaluate knowledge and situations in relation to the subjects for which he shall be presenting himself at the Advanced Level.

The examinations shall be open to external candidates on the same conditions as applied to those attending secondary schools. There shall be no limit to the number of sittings.

The Cameroon GCE Board

The Cameroon General Certificate of Education (GCE) Board is the official body in charge of organizing end-of-year examinations for candidates writing the GCE O and A Levels. The Main Office is located in Buea, Southwest Region (Cameroon), and the Current Registrar Dang Akuh Dominic. The Cameroon GCE board was established in 1993 as a public examination body supervised by the Cameroon ministry of secondary education in Yaoundé.

The following examinations are organized by the GCE Board as of 4 March 2019:

• The General Certificate of Education Examination Ordinary Level
• The General Certificate of Education Examination Advanced Level
• The Technical and Vocational Education Examination Intermediate Level
• The Technical and Vocational Education Examination Advanced, and the Professional Certificate Examination

After the Cameroonisation of the London GCE in 1977, things went on smoothly until 1984. From 1984 onwards, the GCE began experiencing irregularities as some London officials began withdrawing. Beginning from 1990, when the University of London Examination and Assessment Council withdrew completely from the role it had played so far on the Cameroon GCE, the irregularities became even more alarming. Some of these irregularities included,

• The used of GCE questions reserved for future sessions for Entrance Examinations into ENS in 1990,
• Change of the format of the GCE question papers in 1991 without prior notice to candidates, poor printing,
• Wrong pagination,
• Wrong spellings,
• Shortage of question papers and materials,
• Late arrival of question papers and the postponement of some papers,
• Wrong instructions on question papers and examination leakages.

 In response to this popular demand, the Prime Minister of the Republic signed an order (Nº: 194/CAB/PM of 11^th September 1992) creating a Technical Committee to carry out studies and make recommendations on the organization and functioning of the GCE Examination Board.

Cameroon GCE 2024 Registration Information

The GCE Ordinary and Advanced have both fixed registration fees that haven’t changed over the past years. Below we have the different Cameron GCE registration fees.

GCE Advanced Level Registration fees

• Registration fee – 9000frs
• Subject fee – 2000frs
• Practical fee – 5000frs
• Franking of form G3 – 1000frs

The above fees are applicable presently at the GCE Board.

The registration fees at GCE Ordinary

• Registration fee – 8000frs
• Subject fee – 1000frs
• Practical fee – 5000frs
• Franking of form G3 – 1000frs

Cameroon GCE 2024 Registration Information – All registration conditions

Candidates for the Advanced Level examination may enter for at most five subjects. 

1. Holders of the Cameroon General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level with pass grades in at least four subjects.
2. Holders of the University of London General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level with pass grades in at least four subjects.
3. Holders of at least Teacher Grade II Certificate.
4. Holders of R.S.A stage II certificate in at least four subjects.
5. Holders of other certificates deemed equivalent by the Board to any of the above. 

On the other hand, candidates for Ordinary Level examinations shall offer at least six subjects which must include the following:

• English Language, French, Mathematics.

However, candidates who already possess a pass in at least four Ordinary Level subjects or other equivalent qualifications may enter for additional single subjects. candidates may enter for at most eleven subjects at Ordinary Level if they desire to include Religious Studies.

Repeat candidates must enter for compulsory subjects unless they show proof that they already possess a pass in the subjects. Photocopies of Results Slips and Certificates must be attached upon registration. 

When will the GCE 2024 Registration begin?

There has been no information has yet been made public as to when the registration of the Cameroon GCE for the 2024-2025 academic year will commence.

Owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, the registration took place in the months of January and February where it started on Jan 26th and ended on Feb 15 2024.

So, based on this information, a similar scenario could take place for the GCE 2024 Registration.