Bangui hosts 352 candidates in CAMES medical aggregation exams
The second phase of the exams runs at the University of Bangui from November 10 to 18, with jury members urged to show rigour.
The second phase of aggregation exams in human medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine and animal production was launched on Monday, November 10, at the National Assembly in Bangui. The exams, part of the 23rd edition, bring together 352 candidates from 13 member countries of the Conseil africain et malgache pour l’enseignement supérieur (CAMES), the body that coordinates higher education across French-speaking Africa and Madagascar, and will be held at the University of Bangui until November 18.
Gérard Gresenguet, the university's rector and interim president of CAMES, told jury members that their mission was decisive and asked them to show rigour, impartiality and transparency under the CAMES codes of ethics. Prime Minister Félix Moloua presided over the opening ceremony.
The written and in-person tests are split by discipline, with the largest group, 295 candidates, in human medicine. The exams are a major step for university teacher-researchers, who are assessed on scientific, teaching and professional skills.
Why it mattersTeacher-researchers taking part must pass these assessments to advance, and the results will shape the teaching staff at universities across the 13 member countries.