The PPEA

Protestant Private Education Agency

About us

Protestant Private Education Agency

Granted public utility status by Decree N° 81/149 of 13th April 1981, the PPEA was recognised by Order N° 225/J1/21/MINEDUC/DEP of 3rd October 1980 visaed by the Prime Minister's Office on 23rd September 1980.

As one of the four (04) agencies created by the State to oversee Private Education – Catholic, Protestant, Islamic and Lay –, the PPEA is the umbrella body charged with administrative, pedagogic and financial supervision and coordination of all the Protestant educational institutions (nursery, primary, secondary and teacher training) affiliated with the 10 member Education Secretariats under the two (02) educational sub-systems (English-speaking and French-speaking).

Legal status

Mission

To promote accessible and sustainable quality education, deeply rooted in the silt of Protestant values and geared towards the peaceful and positive transformation of the Cameroonian society.

Vision

A school that prepares in the fear of God, for a society of hard work and success, freedom and responsibility, justice and peace, where men and women are by grace for others and for creation.

Goal

The PPEA seeks to contribute in the education and training of the youth in the nursery, primary and secondary institutions founded by the Protestant Churches.

Bodies and roles

The PPEA is organised in five levels, from the National Secretariat to the schools.

National Secretariat

Supervises and coordinates all administrative, pedagogic and financial activities of school management, devolved bodies and schools.
Ensures synthesis between the PPEA and the supervisory Ministries, the founding churches of schools and other development partners.

Education Secretariats

Ensure the management of the schools of the affiliate founding churches.
Ensure liaison between the founding churches of schools and the National Secretariat on the one hand, and between the founding churches and the supervisory Ministries through the Regional Delegations on the other hand.

National Directorates of Education

Oversee the creation, opening, functioning and management of educational institutions of affiliate founding churches that do not have Education Secretariats.

Regional Inspectorates / Sectors

Devolved bodies that coordinate the functioning of schools at the level of school regions or areas (RINPE, DIREDUC, Sectors, School Managerial Areas).

Educational institutions

Ensure the daily teaching and learning activities.

Network

Founding churches

#	Founding churches	Official	EDUSEC
1	Anglican Church of Cameroon [ACC]	The Lord Bishop	CEBEC
2	Cameroon Baptist Convention (Bamenda) [CBC]	The General Secretary	CBC
3	Cameroonian Baptist Congregation (Douala) [CBC Douala]	The General President	CEBEC
4	Union of Seventh-day Adventist Churches [ADV]	The President	ADV
5	Evangelical Church of Cameroon [EEC]	The National President	CEBEC
6	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon [EELC]	The National Bishop	EELC
7	Lutheran Brethren Church of Cameroon [EFLC]	The President	EFLC
8	Presbyterian Church of Cameroon (EPC) [EPC]	The General Secretary	EPC
9	Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Cameroon [EPCO]	The General Secretary	EPCO
10	Full Gospel Mission Cameroon [FGMC]	The National Superintendent	FGMC
11	Native Baptist Church [NBC]	The General President	UEBC
12	Presbyterian Church in Cameroon [PCC]	The Moderator	PCC
13	Union of Baptist Churches of Cameroon [UEBC]	The General President	UEBC
14	Union of Evangelical Churches of Cameroon [UEEC]	The President	EFLC
15	World Wide Missions Cameroon [WWMC]	The National Superintendent	PCC

History

Some landmarks and emblematic figures of Protestant education in Cameroon.

1843 CBC

Joseph MERRICK (English Baptist missionary) opened the very first school, Baptist Primary School at BIMBIA.

1843 – 1848 CBC

Alfred SAKER (another English Baptist missionary) opened two schools in DOUALA.

1858 CBC

Alfred SAKER opened another school at VICTORIA (nowadays known as LIMBE).

23/12/1886 PCC

Arrival of the Basel Mission in Cameroon (Gottlieb MUNZ, Yohannes BITZE, Christian DILGER and Friedrick BECHER) to take over the English Baptist Mission stations at BIMBIA, DOUALA and AMBAS BAY.

1889 – 1909 PCC

Creation of missionary stations with vernacular schools at Bonaberi (1889), Buea (1891), Lobetal (1892), Nyasoso (1896), Edea (1897), Bombe (1897), Bali (1903), Foumban (1906), Bagham (1909), etc.

1894 – 1896 EPC

Following the arrival of Silas Franklin JOHNSON and his wife Marie Louise JOHNSON (2nd American mission) in 1894, the first BULU school opened in 1896 with the aim of promoting evangelisation.

1913 PCC

Creation of the Basel Mission School NYASOSO.

1925 EPC

Creation of the FOULASSI Teacher Training College to train primary school teachers for the American Mission (to which the EPC is heir) and the French Mission (to which the EEC is heir).

1928 ADV

Creation of the first Adventist primary school at the NANGA EBOKO mission station by Pastor R. L. JONES.

1929 PCC

Creation of 03 English primary schools at BUEA, BESONGABANG and BALI.

1940 EELC

Creation of the first primary schools by the Norwegian missionaries, following their settlement in Ngaoundéré in 1925. The only school with Cours Moyen I (Class 5) was in YOKO.

1953 – 1958 EELC

Creation of the CM2 class (Class 6) at GALIM (Tignère) to welcome pupils from Garoua, Chad, Yoko, Bankim…

1972 EPCO

Born out of the schism of the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon (EPC), the EPCO began creating schools at NKOL METET (Mbalmayo), DOUALA (Macédoine) and MINDI-mi-OVENG (Ambam).