Mary Moore
TeacherEducator
About Us
Welcome to
P.N.E.U School!
P.N.E.U School – Parents’ National Educational Union School is an Anglo-Saxon Nursery and Primary institution of education based in Etoug-ebe, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Our focus is to create an environment that is the breeding ground for the next generation of forward-looking and innovative leaders.
Our History
British Colonial Civil Servants, Shop-keepers, and Plantation Managers in India, Nigeria, The Gold Coast, The Gambia, The Cameroons, The West Indies, Sudan, etc, experienced considerable difficulties ensuring regular schooling for their children. Those of them who could afford it sent the children to attend school back home in Great Britain. The majority of them organized classes for these children in their localities and their wives took turns to deliver lessons.
However, most of these ladies were not professional teachers and they required a lot of guidance so the Parents’ National Educational Union was born. It is an organization set up in London in those times to offer professional services in Nursery and primary school education to parents who organized to teach their children themselves.
The organization achieved considerable success and it continues to exist even though most of the colonies have gained independence. Actually, before the British left Cameroon on independence, they had to set up a full-fledged nursery and primary school in Bota, Limbe, and the school has continued to be a popular establishment for English-speaking families in Limbe and Buea.
In September 1977, 15 families came together to organize classes for their children as there was no primary school for English-speaking Cameroonian children in Yaounde at that time, and the only primary school for them had classes that were so over-crowded that only the bright children were able to follow the lessons properly. Some classes had as many as 90 children for one teacher. With 29 kids, 3 to 11 years of age, the P.N.E.U school in Yaounde was inaugurated in September 1977.
In view of the consistently high achievements of the school over the years, the Ministry of National Education has, with effect from the 1988/89 Academic year approved it as a Special School
Our Anthem
Along the way to Etou-ebe centre
Where you find the Great P.N.E.U. School
Is calling for us far and near
To come and learn to read and write
P.N.E.U. School is calling for us
If you wish to learn, you come along with us
You will be taught all the subjects
That are found here in the school
In P.N.E.U. School of Yaounde
P.N.E.U. our model school.
P.N.E.U. School was founded
By a thought board of Directors
This giant project came to be
In the year 1977
The Great idea of a model school
P.N.E.U. School is a place to be.
– By Roseline Amanye
Our Teachers
We have an excellent teacher to child ratio at P.N.E.U to ensure that each child receives the attention he or she needs
Our Vision and Mission
To create the next generation of forward-thinking leaders through a holistic education of learners who are resilient, globally minded, and upholders of values such as Respect, Integrity, Community, and Excellence (RICE)
Our Objective
The principal objective is to provide high-quality education to the young at the level of nursery, primary, and eventually secondary school. To meet this objective, it is necessary to recruit a well-trained and competent teaching staff. To bring the best out of such staff, the necessity to provide them with attractive conditions of service ( a good salary and other allowances) is realized. Parents have therefore to pay a reasonable contribution in addition to the official rates fixed by the Ministry of National Education to meet the cost of running the school
Our Skills
- Critical thinking and problem-solving
- Agility and adaptability
- Initiative and entrepreneurship
- Effective oral and written communication
- Accessing and analyzing information
Our Facilities – PNEU School
Our founders and board members worked ceaselessly to maintain their primary objective of giving the kids quality education. In achieving this objective, the following services are provided.
- promote and project qualified education through one-on-one teaching
- well-equipped ICT laboratory with one-on-one follow-up in the computer
- Cultural Manifestations on Culture Day
- A well-equipped sick bay
- well-equipped Home Economics and A/C laboratory with hands-on activities during practicals
- A well-equipped arts and crafts laboratory
- A furnished library
- A hands-on science laboratory
- clean drinking water station
- extremely neat toilets with standby cleaners
- Agro-pastoral equipments and hands-on activities during agro-pastoral lessons
- Sporting equipment to help with sporting activities
- curricular activities