The Role of Chaplaincy/Chaplains in the Effective Implementation of Societal Acceptable Values in Schools in the Anglophone Cameroon

Abstract

This study sought to upgrade the role of Chaplaincy/chaplains in the effective implementation of societal acceptable values and to suggest a Curriculum for Holistic Formation of the Anglophone children from the Anglo-saxon System of Education Extraction in Cameroon. Recently, lots of crimes in relation to morality, bad Governance among others have been rampant among the young as well as the elderly in Cameroon schools and its environs. Drawing inspiration from this old time famous Musician from Cameroon and Nigeria origin; Prince Nico Mbarga in one of his songs where he demonstrated his Philosophy of ‘a bended tree cannot be straightened…if you want to force it will be broken’, then, you will agree with me that these issues raised need urgent means to address them. One of the ways to address these issues is through chaplaincy/chaplains in schools as an arm of moral development and good governance among children and youths. School as one of the agencies of education, with morality inclusive is expected to have in her curriculum, subjects that will instill values which in the short and long term has positive effect on learners. The study was carried out in the Anglophone-Cameroon. Majority of schools practice the Anglo saxon system of education. Methodology use is qualitative where data was collected with the use of open ended questionnaire, interviews and through various relevant documents. To arrive at the curriculum for holistic chaplaincy in Anglophones schools in Cameroon, workshop and interview and some state men and women of the Anglophone extraction in Cameroon. The purpose of this study was to: -Highlight the three mean pillars of a strong society and their core values, state reasons why these pillars and their core values are needed in the Anglophone Cameroon community in particular; suggest strategies for implementation these values and their core values and suggest a curriculum for school chaplaincy in the Anglo saxon system of education in Cameroon schools that will cut across all biases of denominations and approaches chaplaincy in a more holistic manner whereby children from primary to secondary levels of education will be given that kind of education that will shape their behaviours in future when they grow up. The concussion arrived at is that chaplaincy work as a whole is essential to be carried out in all the three levels of education and all works of life for the moral, spiritual and elements of good governance upbringing of the people.