Wednesday 21 October 2015

The Bamenda University UBa:

The Bamenda University UBa:

Bamenda University is An Anglo-Saxon Institution


Anglo-Saxons is the name collectively applied to the descendants of the Germanic people who settled in Britain between the late 4th and early 7th cents. and to their ancestors. Their backgrounds varied. Some came as mercenaries, others as invaders. They included, besides Angles and Saxons, Jutes and other groups. Some had experience of Frankish Gaul and hence some acquaintance with Roman institutions and culture. The eventual use of the name ‘English’ and ‘England’ for people and territory probably owes something to the influence of Bede, whose History of the English People dealt with the whole. He followed Pope Gregory I, who knew the people as Angles.

Why is the University of Bamenda called An Anglo-Saxon University
The University of Bamenda is referred to as an Anglo-Saxon University because it is set purely on premises of the Anglo-Saxon tradition. First, this has to do with the language of instruction. Unlike other state universities in Cameroon, The Buea and Bamenda universities use English language as the language of instruction. The English culture is scrupulously adhered and maintained. Although the French language is taught to students of the first cycle, this however, is principally to maintain the bilingual nature of the country Cameroon. Courses at The University of Bamenda are taught and evaluated in the English language. 

Moreover, it is important to mention before proceeding that in addition to the five papers Ordinary Levels and at least two Advanced Level papers requirement for one to be admitted at the University of Bamenda, Ordinary Level English language is primordial. Anglophone Students who are envisage to make Bamenda University their next destination must have had English language at the Ordinary Level.