Website: OMDES
Ministry in Charge: MINESUP
Designed to serve as guides for students, the Cameroonian government’s online platforms for orientation and professional integration, OMDES, and SupStudy, have commenced their online services. Their mission is to better organize the higher education sector in Cameroon.
In a statement signed on September 10th 2019, the Cameroonian Minister of Higher Education, Jacques Fame Ndongo, announced the launch of two digital platforms aimed at helping pupils and students gather information about training opportunities in Cameroon and make more informed career choices.
The first platform, named the “National Observatory of the Trades of Higher Education Graduates (OMDES),” is crafted to provide support to students. It offers information on training opportunities, scholarships, competitions, and a directory showcasing employment offers for better professional integration of students.
Continuing in the realm of professional promotion, OMDES has been equipped with a dedicated framework for entrepreneurship. Through this initiative, it aspires to become the main catalyst for the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) among young people and students in particular.
The second platform, called the “Guide for Higher Studies in Cameroon (SupStudy),” is reserved for guiding the choice of courses and higher education institutions in the country. It presents a map of public higher education composed of 8 universities, 71 establishments, and 3 institutions under the technical supervision of other ministries. It is possible through this platform to take an online orientation test.
It’s worth noting that both platforms were developed in 2013 for OMDES and in 2016 for SupStudy. With this online launch, the government aims to better support graduates by providing them with skills relevant to current opportunities, emphasizing the importance of these e-government services for Cameroon’s social and economic prosperity.