Dr Mbencho Andrew Tazi(PhD), The Versatile Cameroonian Educationist

Dr. Mbencho Andrew Tazi and wife viewing distinguished principal Award

This edifice in the domain of Secondary Education in Cameroon was born in November, 1958 at Lewoh in the Alou Sub Division in the Lebialem Division of the Southwest Region of Cameroon. He was born of Mbe Tazi and Ngenyi Francisca. He is married to Tazi nee Njimoh Bertha(PLEG).

Awarded by Cameroon Association of School Administrators CASA

As a little boy, Mbencho Andrew Tazi went to the Roman Catholic Mission RCM Primary School Lewoh(Fotabong) where he obtained the First School Leaving Certificate and then moved on to the Saint Paul’s Teachers’ Training College, Bonjongo in Fako Division on the foot of Mount Cameroon where he studied from 1966 to 1971.

Dr. Mbencho Andrew Tazi

 After obtaining the Teachers’ Grade Two Certificate, he moved to the legendary Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology CCAST, Bambili, within the Tuba Municipality in Mezam Division in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. He obtained the General Certificate of Education GCE Advanced Level in 1975 and progressed to the lone State University at the time, the University of Yaounde in Cameroon. Here he obtained a Bachelor Degree in Letters; “Licence en Lettres; option, Economie de Developpement.” This was in 1978. In the 1978-1979 academic year, he studied and obtained a Maitrise en Lettres; option, Economie de Developpement. 

Recently with Mr Francis Ngundu, The Regional Delegate of Secondary Education for the Southwest Region

 In 1983, the learned educationist continued his studies at Sussex College of Technology in England from where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology.

After graduating from the Sussex College of Technology he began a rich career with the Ministry of Education.

While still an under graduate at the University of Yaounde he began his teaching career as a tutor at the Government Secondary School Okola (CES d’Okola) in the Center Province. His stay at GSS Okola in the Lekie Division lasted from 1976 to 1979. From 1979, he was moved as a Professeur du Lycee to Lycee Classique de Bafoussam in the West Province of Cameroon.

The Cultural part of him seen here in the heart of the recent Southwest Cultural Festival

 In 1982 he was again moved to Government High School Yagoua Lycee de Yagoua in the Far North Region of Cameroon. His rich career continued in 1983 at Government High School Kumbo now Government Bilingual High School GBHS Kumbo in Bui Division in the Northwest Region. 

With the Divisional Delegate of Secondary Education for Meme Division,John Akwo Eyoh

1986 saw a major twist in his career when he was appointed as the Deputy Director of theTeachers' Training College known in its French acronym as ENI-ENIA in Bamenda in the Northwest Region. In 1989 he was in an unprecedented move posted to the Southwest Region as the Deputy Director of ENI-ENIA-ENIET in Kumba in Meme Division.

 In 1995 he continued as a School Administrator at Government High School Bangem in the Kupe Muanenguba Division where he worked as Principal of the institution. Between 1997 and 1998 Dr. Mbencho Andrew Tazi was Principal of Government Bilingual High School Fontem in Lebialem Division in the Southwest Region. From 1998 to 1999 he served as the Provincial Chief of Service for Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Bertoua in the East Region.

From 1999 to 2002 Dr. Mbencho Andrew Tazi worked at the Directorate of Human Resources at the Ministry of Education in Yaounde before returning to the Southwest Region to work as Principal of Government High School GHS Kembong in Manyu Division. The next five years of his professional life saw him working as principal of GHS Konye. 

From 2010 till date, he has been working as the Principal of Government Bilingual High School, GBHS Kosala in Kumba. It should be noted that since 1999, Dr. Mbencho Andrew Tazi was graded Professeur des Lycees (PLEG Hors Echelle). To have an insight of Dr. Mbencho Andrew Tazi’s attitude towards his work read an elaborate interview he recently accorded Francis Ekongang Nzante Lenjo on Cameroon School News by clicking the link below.

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Highlights of his political and social life.

Out of his educational career, Dr. Tazi has occupied leadership positions in various social groupings that touch on his professional, cultural and social backgrounds. They are so many but this report will focus on the highlights of this aspect of his life. Among many positions, he has held the following posts:

-Patron of Lewoh Youths

-Secretary General, Lewoh Cultural and Development Meeting, LECUDEM

-Patron, Alou CPDM Youths’ Association,

-President,Alou Cultural and Development Association, ALCUDA,

-Member of the CPDM Central Committee Delegation for the 1996 Legislative and Council Elections in Lebialem Division,

-Representative of the Administration at several Joint Divisional Supervisory Commissions for Presidential, Legislative and Council Elections in Lebialem Division between 1997 and 2004.

-Coordinator of CPDM Lewoh I and II Joint Subsection Conference on August 18 and 19^th, 2001.

-Guest speaker on “Peace and its importance in Cameroon” being a paper presented to CPDM Militants of Alou Sub Division on the occasion of the 19^th Anniversary of President Paul Biya as Head of State of the Republic of Cameroon,

-Member of the CPDM Central Committee Delegation for the re-organisation of the ruling CPDM Party Basic Organs in Lebialem Division,

-Lebialem Fons’ Representative in Kumba for the mobilization of Lebialem population towards the success of the Municipal and Legislative Elections in Lebialem Division in May and June 2002,

-Coordinator of CPDM Campaigns for the Municipal and Legislative Elections in Lewoh Fondom and Central Committee Delegation member for CPDM Campaigns for Alou Sub Division in June 2002,

-Member of the CPDM Central Committee Delegation for the Presidential Elections in Lebialem Division in October, 2004,

-CPDM Central Committee Resource Personality for Alou Sub Division,

-Decorated Knight of the Cameroon Order of Merit in May 2005,

-CPDM Councillor of Alou Rural Council from 2002 to 2007,

-Secretary General of Bonjongo Ex-students Association, BONEXSA from 2004 to 2008,

-Secretary General of Southwest Elite Association from 2004 to 2006,

-Assistant Secretary General of SWELA from 1994 to 2004,

-Charge De Missions for the Lebialem Divisional Campaign Commission for the 2007 Municipal and Legislative Elections,

-Decorated Knight of the Cameroon Order of Valour in May 2011,

-Charge De Missions for the Lebialem Divisional Campaign Commission for the 2011 Presidential Elections,

-President of Meme Principals' Association since June 2011,

-Charge De Missions,Lebialem Divisional Commission for the Biometric Registration and Vice President for Meme 1B Communal Commission for the Biometric Registration in October 2012,

-Vice President of Meme 1 Communal Campaigns for the Senatorial Elections in April 2013,

-Charge De Missions in Lebialem Campaigns for Parliamentary and Municipal Elections and Vice President for Meme 1B campaigns for Parliamentary and Municipal Elections in September 2013,

-Given the Distinguished Principal Award by Cameroon Association of School Administrators (CASA) in May 2015,

-Received the Award of Palmes Academique by the Ministry of Secondary Education in Yaounde in October 2015,

-Most recently he was the Charge De Missions for the Lebialem Divisional Commission for the re-organization of the CPDM Basic organs in November 2015.

Dr. Mbencho Andrew Tazi has a very rich experience in the domain of seminars and it will be proper to state here that between 1986 and 1999 he acted as Participant and or Presenter at many National and International Seminars including those of the Ministry of Education MINEDUC, USAID, Common Wealth of Nations and other organisations’ sponsored seminars.

As is normal with any great educationist, he has carried out a reasonable number of researches and publications. Some of these works are:

-     Some measures and strategies to Guarantee Discipline in the School Milieu presented at the Southwest Education Sector Conference in Buea in May, 2015.

-     Good School Management presented at the Inspectors and Head Teachers’ Seminar organised by MINEDUC/DPSO/Buea in Kumba in October 1992.

-      Curriculum Development and Evaluation presented the UN-ECA/ Cameroon Seminar on Curriculum Development and Evaluation in Buea in December 1991.

-     Teaching Aids, their use and importance presented at GTTC and Meme Division Teachers’ Seminar organised by MINEDUC/DPSO/Buea in Kumba in January 1990.

-     Pre-Assessment and Instructional Procedures presented at the Grade I Rural Primary School Teachers’ Seminar organised by MINEDUC/USAID/USC in Bamenda in October 1998.

-     Authority and Law in Cameroon Secondary Schools an unpublished Doctoral Thesis presented at the Sussex College of Technology, England in March 1988.

-     Techniques of Evaluation in Primary Schools presented at the Grade III Rural Primary School Teachers’ Seminar organised by MINEDUC/USAID/ in Bamenda in September 1987.

-     Dialogue between E.N.S.Annex Bambili (University of Yaounde) and G.T.T.C. regarding the existing programme and Needs of G.T.T.C.s presented at the G.T.T.C. Faculty In-service Seminar organised by MINEDUC/USAID/USC in Bamenda in February 1987.

-     The New Deal Teacher presented at the 1986 /1987 Launching of the Academic year by G.T.T.C. Bamenda in 1986.

Dr. Tazi in greeting with the Seniour Divisional Officer for Meme, Koulbout Aman David

-     Le Secret du Succes (L’Anglais) aux Lycees. Local Publication in August 1983.

-     Le Secret du Succes (L’Anglais)au Probatoire et au Baccalaureat. Local Publication in 1981.

-     Some Economic Aspects of Pre-Colonial Bangwa. An unpublished Maitrise Dissertation presented at the University of Yaounde, Cameroon in June 1979.

-     The Secret of Success in Life.  The Echo; 1979 Vol.30 No.3

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SABAS Atem Asong: A rare blend of the Educationist and the grass root politician

What attracted Les Gens Du Cameroun to this personality is his tenacity of character in the things that he does. As far back as 1978, this respected son of the Southwest Region has been involved in politics first as an active militant of the defunct Cameroon National Union CNU under President Ahmadu Ahidjo and eventually as an influential militant in the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement-CPDM. 

That aside he has contributed enormously towards efforts in improving the sanity of the Basic Education landscape in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. He is one of those who does the job out in the field and because of his self effacing nature almost goes unnoticed. This is the personality that is being showcased as a Southwest personality in the domains of Basic Education and politics at the level of the Basic Organs of the CPDM in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. He’s one of the many who go unnoticed despite everything that they put in for their communities.

Sabas Atem Asong is the Divisional Delegate of Basic Education for Meme (Peni Hors Echelle) Knight of the National Order of Valour. Sabas Atem began with President Ahmadou Ahidjo’s Cameroon National Union CNU Party in his native Fontem which at the time was part of Manyu Division. At the time he was the Assistant Secretary of the CNU in Manyu. At the level of Fontem Sub Division he was the Secretary of the party. His political life experienced a little study spell which saw him attending the Higher Teacher Training College Bambili, popularly referred to in Cameroon in its French abbreviation as ENS. At this establishment, he still didn’t let go politics as he became the Secretary of the CNU party at ENS Bambili.

With the birth of CPDM he emerged as the Branch President for Fiango North East. This came about with the transformation of CNU into CPDM on August 24, 1985.

As an educationist, Sabas Atem became the Interprovincial Inspector of Anglophone Education in the North of Cameroon in 1987. From 1990 to 1995, he worked in the West Province as the Provincial Inspector for Anglophone Primary Schools, Nursery Schools and Teacher Training.

At the political level, he was in 1997 nominated as Parliamentary candidate, the lone seat for Lebialem Division which was no longer part of Manyu Division. According to his account, his party, the CPDM won the parliamentary seat but the opposition party, the Social Democratic Front SDF was accorded the parliamentary seat after they took CPDM to court.

Back to education, Sabas Atem became the pioneer principal of Government Teacher Training College GTTC Fontem, a post he occupied from the year 2000 to 2005. Meantime the political map of his Division was changing. In 2002, Lebialem was split into three sub-sections and he became Sub Section President for Lebialem 1. Following the party’s re-organisation he was retained as President for Lebialem one.

The most recent re-organisation exercise which took place in 2015 saw him retaining his present position as the CPDM Section President for 18 continuous years.

His educational story continued with him being moved from GTTC Fontem to the post of the Divisional Delegate of Basic Education for Lebialem Division. He worked in this capacity from 2005 to 2013 from where he was re-appointed and transferred to Meme Division.

With so many years of hard work, recognitions started coming in. Three congratulatory messages came in from the Head of State congratulating him for services rendered. They were all signed by the Director of the Civil Cabinet on behalf of the Head of State. Four letters of congratulation have so far come in singed by the Secretary General of the CPDM Central Committee. Two letters of congratulations came in from Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge as Head of the CPDM Delegation to the Southwest Region. Last but not the least, a letter of congratulations also came in from Wilfred Mbellem, the Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs at the Central Committee.

Considering the rich cultural background of Lebialem Division and the respect for culture, it came as no surprise that in 2003, Sabas Atem was crowned a notable in the Fontem Kingdom qualifying him as a NDI. A great title owner who can appear infront of the King without removing the cap and an individual who can also act as an adviser to the King. This was in recognition of his services rendered to the Kingdom.

In May 20, 2003 he was decorated Knight of the Cameroon Order of Valour and on May 20, 2015 he was again decorated Officer of the National Order of Valour. This qualified him as a Sir Sabas Atem Asung. He has declared that he remains grateful to God.

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When you believe that you can achieve then you are 60% on the part to victory- Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o Fils

Samuel Eto'o Celebrating third goal for his club in ecounter against Manchester United on January 19, 2014. Scored a hattrick. (Photo Courtessy Adrian Dennis)

Cameroonian soccer striker Samuel Eto'o won an unprecedented four African Player of the Year Awards and back-to-back trebles with his European clubs. 

In what has become one of the most popular things that he ever said is possibly found the reason for the great success that he has registered in his career as a footballer.“The first thing for victory is believing, believing that you can achieve. When you believe that you can achieve something, I'm sure that you're 60 percent on the path to victory.”

Born on March 10, 1981, in Nkon, Cameroon, Samuel Eto'o joined Real Madrid's Youth Football Academy in 1997. He led the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon to victories at the 2000 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, and later won back-to-back trebles with European clubs FC Barcelona and Internazionale of Milan. A four-time African Player of the Year, Sammy Eto'o became soccer's highest-paid star after signing with Russian side FC Anzhi Makhachkala in 2011.

As the son of an accountant, he enjoyed a relatively comfortable childhood and attended the Kadji Sports Academy KSA in the city of Douala. He made earlier attempts to sign with a French soccer club as a teenager was rejected due to his tender age and lack of a proper ID. He however became a member of the respected Real Madrid's Youth Football Academy in 1997.

Sammy played briefly for Real Madrid and got loaned to other clubs throughout the late 1990s. However, the speedy striker established himself as a key player for the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon a team which he eventually headed as team captain. He led Cameroon to the 2000 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations and to the Sydney Olympic Games where they won the gold medal in the year 2000.

In the meantime, Eto'o found a stable club home with RCD Mallorca. He scored twice in Mallorca's 2003 Copa Del Rey victory, a performance that helped him get the first of three straight African Player of the Year Awards, and became the club's all-time leading domestic league scorer.

Eto'o eventually signed with Spanish powerhouse FC Barcelona in 2004 and helped deliver a league title in his first season with the Catalan side. One of soccer's most lethal strikers, Eto'o earned the Pichichi Trophy as La Liga's leading scorer in 2006 and topped all competitors in goals at the 2006 and 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. But even though he was a major force behind Barcelona's treble-winning campaign of 2008-09, he fell out of favor with the club and was traded to Internazionale of Milan for Zlatan Ibrahimovic,.

Eto'o enjoyed a triumphant 2009-10 season with Internazionale earning Serie A, Champions League and Italian Cup victories to become the first player to win back-to-back trebles. He claimed a record fourth African Player of the Year Award in 2010, and guided his club to another Italian Cup championship at the end of the season.

In August 2011, Samuel Eto'o signed a three-year contract with the Russian Premier League's FC Anzhi Makhachkala that made him the highest-paid player in the world. However, the expensive striker was sold with the club looking to cut payroll, and he resumed his career as a member of the English Premier League's Chelsea F.C. in 2013-14.

Among other things, Samuel Eto’o is considered one of the greatest African footballers of all time. Eto’o attended the Kadji Sports Academy in Douala, Cameroon, and first came to national prominence while playing for UCB Douala, a second-division club, in the 1996 Cup of Cameroon. At only 16 years of age, he caught the attention of Spanish giants Real Madrid,one of the top teams in Europe who signed him in 1997 but Eto’o had very little playing time. Because he was still too young he saw no action with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon when it qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup but faltered in the first round.
Eto’o made his name playing for Cameroon during the 2000 African Cup of Nations where he scored four times, including a crucial goal in the Indomitable Lions’ gold-medal victory over Nigeria. His impressive play continued at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where Cameroon defeated Spain for the first Olympic gold in its history. In the Olympic final, with the Indomitable Lions facing a 2–0 deficit in the second half, Eto’o and teammate Patrick Mboma led the comeback with two goals, forcing extra time. After Eto’o’s apparent goal in the final seconds of extra time was called back owing to an offside penalty, the game went into penalty kicks, in which Cameroon prevailed.
Eto’o was lent out to a number of teams by Real Madrid until 2000, when he signed with Real Mallorca of the Spanish League; his $6.3 million contract was the largest amount paid by the club at the time. Internationally, he guided the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon to a second African Cup of Nations title and a World Cup berth in 2002. While Eto’o was an impressive player for Mallorca—he became the club’s all-time leading goal scorer—his team was still considered below the top tier of European footnall and he was lured to the powerhouse club FC Barcelone in 2004.
Eto’o continued his winning run in Barcelona. He won his record third consecutive African Player of the Year award in 2005, and Barcelona won Spanish first-division championships in 2005 and 2006, as well as the Champions League in 2006. In 2008 he became the all-time leading scorer in African Cup of Nations history as he helped Cameroon to an appearance in the tournament final (a loss to Egypt). Eto’o led Barcelona to a historic season in 2009, when the club captured its first “treble” by winning the national first-division title, Spain’s major domestic cup (Copa del Rey), and the UEFA Champions League. At the end of the season, Eto’o was transferred to Internazionale of Milan. He helped Inter win the 2010 Champions League title, and he was the club’s leading scorer with 37 goals during the 2010–11 Football Season. In 2011 he was transferred to the Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala, receiving what was reported to be one of the richest contracts in football history in the process. He signed a one-year agreement with Chelsea FC of the English Premier League in 2013. Samuel Eto’o moved to Everton the following year but appeared in just 20 matches with the club before he was transferred to Sampdoria of the Italian Serie A league in January 2015.
Most recently, Samuel Eto’o in a historic turn of events was appointed interim coach of Antalyaspor the club for which he plays in Turkey.

Eto’os Career beginning with the most recent club.

-2015/2016 Antalyaspor Turkey

- 2014/ 2015 Sampdoria, Italy

- 2014/2015 Everton, England

-2013/2014 Chelsea FC, England

-2013/2014 Anzi Makhachkala, Russia

-2012/2013 Anzi Makhachkala, Russia

-2011/2012 Anzi Makhachkala, Russia

-2011/2012 Internazionale, Italy

-2010/2011 Internazionale, Italy

-2009/2010 Internazionale, Italy

-2008/2009 FC Barcelone, Spain

-2007/2008 FC Barcelone, Spain

-2006/2007 FC Barcelone, Spain

-2005/2006 FC Barcelone, Spain

-2004/2005 FC Barcelone, Spain

-2003/2004 Marlloca

Trophies

Primera Division:

Three times Winner in 2008/2009, 2005/2006, 2004/2005.

Runner-up twice in 2006/2007, 1998/1999

Serie A

One time winner: 2009/2010

One time runner up: 2010/2011

Copa Del Rey

Twice winner in 2008/2009, 2002/2003

Once runner up in 2012/2013

Super Cup

Twice winner in 2006/2007, 2005/2006

Once runner up in 2003/2004

Copa Italia

Twice winner in 2010/2011 and 2009/2010

Super Cup

One time winner in 2010/2011

Twice runner up in 2011/2012, 2009/2010

African Cup of Nations

Once winner in 2002 in Mali

Runner up in Ghana in 2008

Confederations Cup

Runner up in France in 2003

UEFA Champions League

Winner thrice in 2009/2010, 2008/2009, 2005/2006

UEFA Super Cup

Four times runner up in 2013/2014, 2010/2011, 2006/2007, 1998/1999

FIFA Club World Cup

One time winner in 2010 in the United Arab Emirates and one time runner up in 2006 in Japan

Inter Continental Cup

One time winner in 1998

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