Cameroon students 'out' lecturers

Students claim there is a high level of corruption on campus

Angry students in Cameroon have decided to name and shame lecturers they claim are exploiting them financially.

A list of 31 names was displayed on the walls of the University of Yaounde I's buildings, main gate and amphitheatre on Wednesday.

Female students also complained about sexual harassment from teachers.

University authorities have not commented on the student action, but have asked to see a copy of the list of those accused.

Students handed over the names to the Rector Professor Chumbow Sammy, asking for the exploitation to stop.

'Bribes'

According to the BBC's Randy Joe Sa-ah in the Cameroon capital, Yaounde, lecturers complain that they are poorly paid and do not receive pay for the extra hours they work.

But students say they are compelled to buy lecture notes produced by the lecturers to pass their exams.

The pamphlets cost in the region of $10 each , a sum which the students find hard to raise.

Exam papers are often only marked if a bribe has been paid beforehand to the lecturers, students complain.

"At the end of the year you realise some who never wrote tests have higher marks [then those who sat them]... and those doing all the assignments are failing," a female third-year student said.

Female students are encouraged to have sexual relationships with the lecturers in order to get papers marked, students say.

Some lecturers are bold enough to make such announcements in the classroom, telling women students "they know what to do", students told our correspondent.