Cameroon GCE O-Level Religious Studies case studies
Cameroon GCE O-Level Religious Studies · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Religious Studies at Cameroon GCE Ordinary Level is a school-leaving subject taken by Form Five candidates and private candidates who register through the Cameroon GCE Board. It is valued not only for further study in theology, ethics, education or the humanities, but also as evidence of general knowledge and reasoned argument for employers, church bodies and higher institutions. The Cameroon GCE O-Level Religious Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 3,584 words.
1The Counterfeit Medicine Contract
A 24-year-old Christian trader, Ngozi, in Bamenda Main Market receives an offer from a wholesaler to distribute a batch of antimalarial tablets at 40% below market price. The wholesaler hints the tablets are 're-labelled' but says no one will know.
749 words, about 4 min2Libation at Uncle's Funeral
In a village near Bafut, 19-year-old Christian student Tanyi is told by his widowed mother that tradition requires him, as the eldest nephew, to pour palm wine on the ground and invoke his late uncle's name at the funeral. The uncle died without a male child.
722 words, about 4 min3Easter Sunday and the Family Funeral
In Buea, a Christian family loses their 70-year-old father on Good Friday. Custom in their village requires burial within three days, and the traditional council has set the funeral for Easter Sunday morning.
672 words, about 3 min4Testing Prophecy in the Limbe Prayer Group
A 15-member prayer group in Limbe, founded by young adults, meets on Wednesday evenings. One member, 22-year-old Brenda, has begun to fall into trances, speak in tongues, and announce messages: last week she said God would 'strike the group's leader with sickness' unless they fasted seven days.
697 words, about 3 min5Genesis, Science and the Form 4 Classroom
In a government secondary school in Yaoundé, a Form 4 Religious Studies class of 45 students is studying Genesis. A student, Yannick, whose parents are scientists, argues that the creation accounts are 'just myths' and should not be taught as truth; another, Fatima, a Muslim student, says the Quran's account is the only reliable one.
744 words, about 4 min