Congolese minister explains suspension of the Cepe in Pointe-Noire
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ACI
Education Minister Jean Luc Mouthou met education stakeholders in Pointe-Noire on 9 November to defend the reforms, including the 3 November note suspending the Cepe. The registration campaign for state examinations runs from 10 November 2026 to 31 January 2027, according to the ACI.
Congo’s Minister of Pre-school, Primary, Secondary and Literacy Education, Jean Luc Mouthou, met members of the education community in Pointe-Noire on 9 November to explain the suspension of the Cepe (certificate of elementary primary studies), decided in a circular note signed on 3 November. The discussions lasted two hours, according to the ACI.
According to Mr Mouthou, the note aims to alert parents not to submit applications, as the registration campaign for state examinations opens on 10 November 2026 and runs until 31 January 2027. He said he hoped the new education law, currently before the National Assembly, would be passed before the end of November and then promulgated by the president. Issues relating to transfer to the first year of secondary school will be dealt with next June.
The meeting also covered the start-of-year and end-of-year flash reports, which are mandatory for private schools and a condition for registration for state examinations. The president of the Movement of Pupils and Students of Congo in Pointe-Noire, Apollinaire Batchi-Tchissambou, said the meeting had given a better understanding of the scope of the reforms.
