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In May 2025, 22 Education Cluster partners implemented in 12 out of 13 Divisions and reached a total of 39,920 persons. Among them, 15,690 (39%) people benefited from cluster activities for the first time, with 24,230 (61%) repeated from previous months. Of the total reached, 39,875 (99.8%) were children, and 45(0.11%) were teachers trained in life skills and Psychosocial support/disaster risk reduction. 195 (0.45%) persons living with disabilities were reached, with 142 being those reached for the first time. May 2025 witnessed an 18.3 % increase in persons reached compared to April 2025. This increase is attributed to the new UNESCO project being implemented by 9 partners in the NWSW.
The top three Divisions with the most reach were Fako: 9.513 (24%) individuals reached, covered by 16 partners (BETA, BHODEV, CYSD, FIED, HADY, IPES, MWDA, NRC, PAID-WA, Plan International, QFF, TeenAlive, WESAD, YADEF, NIHSED, and RW.) in Buea, Limbe 1, Limbe 2, Muyuka, and Tiko. This is closely followed by Bui, where 7,552 (19%) individuals were reached, covered by 5 partners (GPA, Plan International, SELF, SOPISDEW, and Street Child) in Jakiri and Oku. The third is Mezam, where 6,292 (16%) beneficiaries were reached, covered by 8 partners (COHESODEC, GLOCIR, GPA, H4BF, NRC, Plan International, UNESCO, and WESAD) in Bafut, Bali, Bamenda 1, Bamenda 2, Bamenda 3, Santa, and Tubah. Activities were not reported in Momo Division in May, as has been the case for the past 5 months.
The activities of the month were supported by 10 donors (UNESCO, UNICEF, SIDA, A2EMPOWERMENT, ECHO, ECW, FIFI FOUNDATION, Global GLOW, Masterpeace and Turning Foundation, and Rotary E-Club of Raleigh (RECRI). The partners implemented activities in 34 subdivisions from 12 Divisions. Some of the major activities implemented by the partners were: radio education programme and alternative education platforms, which reached 32,505 children with 17,147 (53%) girls, and 15,358 (46.67%) boys. Through the radio education programmes, 45 facilitators and teachers were reached with capacity building. 9,915 (5,634 girls and 4,281 boys) reached with psychosocial activities reported feeling safer in schools and temporary learning spaces (TLS). As the academic year came to an end, 5,482 children (3,611 girls and 1,871 boys) received learning materials in the form of prize awards. 832 children (564 girls and 268 boys) were awarded academic grants for the next school year. Attacks on education witnessed more victims as the Common Entrance, First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC), and GCE O/L and A/L examinations approached in May, with 100 persons affected. Triangulation and reporting of attacks that took place in May for comprehensive information is still ongoing.
NORTH WEST REGION During the month, RUDEA trained teachers in Babessi, which hosts a population of about 800 pupils in temporary learning spaces. GPA continued the implementation of radio education programmes and reached 5,850 children in 8 subdivisions in the North West. HABF conducted classes in smart agriculture, fashion and design, web development in their vocational training centre and reached 24 boys and 17 girls. WESAD distributed 300 sanitary pads to girls and sensitized 350 on menstrual hygiene management to encourage them to assist them to be able to stay in school during menstruation. SHUMAS and BSFA are using the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) methodology to improve access to inclusive quality education for 260 out-of-school children in seven neighbourhood learning corners in Babessi Subdivision. SHUMAS provided psychosocial support (PSS) to six traumatised youths (four males and two females) affected by the socio-political crisis in Kumbo. Plan International distributed school kits to 1,189 primary school children in Bamenda I and II, and also distributed school kits to 4,320 students in the South West region in Tiko, Limbe, Kumba and Buea Subdivisions. CIWED distributed 15 school bags to 6 girls and 9 boys in GPS Kumsa in Nkambe, and COHESODEC trained 30 facilitators for the TLS and continued the implementation of radio education programmes.
SOUTH WEST REGION: AMEF is establishing education as a Life-Saving Domain by emphasizing the importance of recognizing education as a life-saving domain, citing the positive impact of EiE activities on children's lives. They have put in place some sustainability strategies for EiE, which include partnerships with institutions, such as technology institutions, maximizing income-generating ventures within organizations, and collaborating with administrative structures and churches. PAID-WA provided orientation of other coming up with other sources of funding. TeenAlive conducted advocacy sessions and provided orientation to other organization on the use of social entrepreneurship for fundraising. QFF emphasized the importance of community involvement in planning and implementing education projects and encouraged partners to invest in staff capacity building, particularly in data collection and data management.