Cameroon GCE Ordinary Level History

The GCE Board, created by Decree Nº 93/172 of 1 July 1993 and reorganised by Decree No. 2018/614 of 22 October 2018, modified by Decree No. 2019/100 of 4 March 2019. The Board states that it organises the Ordinary Level examination throughout the national territory in conformity with Law No. 98/004 of 14 April 1998.

The Board's communique states that results of the 2026 GCE Board Certificate Examinations, including the GCE Ordinary Level, were released on 21 August 2026. Candidates verify results at the centres where they registered, obtain results slips from those registration centres, and may also hear results read on the radio.

According to the Board's results communique, candidates should obtain their results slips from their registration centres and can verify their results at the centre where they registered. The Board also lists an online service for confirmation of results and a separate service for requesting a duplicate certificate or result slip if the original is lost.

In its 2026 results communique the Board congratulated successful candidates and urged all unsuccessful candidates to draw inspiration from their setback and study harder for the 2027 examinations. Treat a fail as diagnostic: identify which papers cost you marks, then rebuild around the syllabus and timed past-question practice before re-entering.

The Board's website lists Past Questions and Others, plus downloadable written-phase and practical-phase timetables for GCE and TVEE. Use the official timetable to plan your revision calendar, and work past questions under timed conditions rather than reading them passively, so that essay planning and source handling become automatic.

The source does not state the History paper's structure, number of sections, marks or duration, so no figures are given here. Check the current History syllabus and the official timetable published by the Board. In practice, prepare for both essay questions and source-based questions, since these are the standard demands of a school History certificate.

The permitted source does not state a duration or a passing score for the GCE Ordinary Level, so neither is quoted here. Confirm the duration from the official written-phase timetable and grade requirements from the Board or your school. Do not rely on figures repeated by other candidates, as these are frequently outdated or wrong.

Start with the official syllabus to map topics, then build a dated timeline for each theme so causes and consequences connect. Move to past questions, planning essays before writing them in full, and finish with timed full-paper practice. Keep a list of recurring weak areas and revisit them weekly rather than rereading notes you already know.

Typical losses come from narrating events without answering the question's command word, ignoring dates and chronology, and failing to use sources as evidence. Others are unbalanced timing, leaving whole questions unanswered, and memorising model answers that do not fit the set question. Practise reading the question twice and planning for a few minutes before writing.

The Board's website lists email [email protected] and telephone/fax (+237) 233 322 112, with opening hours Monday to Friday, 8am to 3:30pm. Use these channels for registration, results-slip, duplicate-certificate and data-correction questions. This page is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with the Board.