REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

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MINISTERE DES ENSEIGNEMENTS SECONDAIRES MINISTRY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
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INSPECTION GENERALE DES ENSEIGNEMENTS INSPECTORATE GENERAL OF EDUCATION
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INSPECTION DE PEDAGOGIE CHARGEE DES SCIENCES HUMAINES INSPECTORATE OF PEDAGOGY IN CHARGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
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HISTORY-GEO-ECON-CITIZENSHIP EDUC HISTORY-GEO-ECON-CITIZENSHIP EDUC
E-mail: ipshminesec@yahoo.fr Mail Box: ipshminesec@yahoo.fr

HARMONISED SYLLABUS COVERAGE PROGRESSION SHEET

SUBJECT : GEOGRAPHY
CLASS : FORM 4
Official web site of digitalised resources (MINESEC) : www.minesec-ditancelearning.cm
SCHOOL : ……………………………………………………………….N of Hours per week: 03 Hours/ Number of Lessons : 50 /School Year : 2023/2024/Coefficient : 03
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NAME OF TEACHER : ………………………………………………………………….……………………….GRADE : ………………..…….… LONGIVITY………………………………………

FINAL COMPETENCE : BETTER MANAGE THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS BASELINE RESOURCES
PERIOD Digitalisation of Teaching
LEVEL OF Ressources Ressources
COMPETENC TEACHING-LEARNING UNITS available available for Duration INTERUPTIONS
TEERM WEEKS
E online use in the
classroom
I First contact ; Diagnostic Evaluation and presentation of the program YES Friday 08th
MODULE 1 ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS &THEIR 2h
September 2023
1 : 04 Sept -08 Sept RESOURCES
Lesson 1: Concept of the soil International
1h
Literacy Day
- Lesson 2 : Soil Characteristics YES
2: 11 Sept -15 Sept Lesson 3: Soil Formation 3h /
SUSTAINABLY Lesson 4:Soil erosion
MANAGE Lesson 5:Soil conservation YES /
3 : 18 Sept -22 Sept RESOURCES Lesson 6: The ecosystem 3h
Lesson 7: Functioning of the ecosystem
Lesson 8: Material cycling YES /
-ADAPT TO Lesson 9: Tropical rainforest Biome: (location & characteristics of
4 : 25 Sept -29 Sept VARIOUS BIO- climate & vegetation)Practical Work 2 : Population Densities in 3h
GEOGRAPHIC Cameroon
5 : 02 Oct – 06 Oct AL ZONES Lesson 9: Tropical rainforest Biome (soils, animal life & human 3h -Thursday 05th
activity)
October 2023
Integration activities World Teachers
Day
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 -Friday 06th
October 2023
National Day for
the Promotion of
Didactic Material
produced from
local &/or recycled
materials.
Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 2h
6 :09 Oct – 13 Oct Lesson 9:Tropical savannah Biome (location & characteristics of /
climate & vegetation) 1h
Lesson 10: Tropical savannah Biome (soils, animal life & human YES Friday 20th
activity) 1h October 2023
7 :16 Oct -20 Oct
2h National Guidance
Lesson 11; Tropical monsoon Biome
& counseling Day
Lesson 12: Hot desert Biome YES
8 :23 Oct – 27 Oct Lesson 13: Mediterranean biome 3h /
YES
Lesson 14: Steppe Biome
Lesson 15: Boreal Biome
9 :30 Oct – 03 Nov Lesson 16: Situation of Cameroon 3h /

- Lesson 17: Administrative set up YES

10 :06 Nov -10 Nov Lesson 18: Relief of Cameroon 3h /
Lesson 19: Drainage of Cameroon
Thursday 16th
Practical Work 1: Relief and drainage maps of Cameroon 1h November 2023
11 :13 Nov -17 Nov Integration activities 2h World Philosophy
day
Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 2h
12 :20 Nov-24 Nov Lesson 20: Climatic types of Cameroon /
1h

BEGINING OF SECOND TERM

Lesson 21: Vegetation of Cameroon YES
13 :27 Nov -1st Dec Lesson 22: Soil types in Cameroon 3h /
Practical Work 2: Climate, Vegetation and Soil Maps of Cameroon
Further Study 1: The biogeographic Regions of Cameroon YES
14 :04 Dec -08 Dec Practical Work 3, 4, 5 (Basic principles of map analysis, Conventional 3h /
signs & symbols; Gridlines & Locational references)
15: 11 Dec -15 Dec Practical Work 8 &9 (Map copying, reduction, & enlargement; YES 3h /
Interpreting relief forms from maps)

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 Du 15 Dec 2023
to 02 Jan 2024 FIRST BREAK (Christmas Break) 16 Days
Practical work 10: (Calculation of gradient) YES
16 :02 Jan -05 Jan 24 3h /
Practical work 10: (Drawing of cross section)
17 : 08 Jan -12 Jan Integration Activities 3h /

18 : 15 Jan -19 Jan Evaluation/Correction/Remediation YES /

3h

-PROMOTE GOOD Lesson 23-Development YES

GOVERNANCE 3h
19 :22 Jan -26 Jan
Lesson 24-Indicators of development and underdevelopment Friday 26th Jan to
-IMPROVE LIVING YES
STANDARD Lesson 25-Classification of nations in terms of development levels 3h Friday 2nd Feb
2024 Bilingualism
II -PROMOTE Lesson 26-Rostow’s Model YES Week.
REGIONAL Lesson 27-Challenges of Development
20 :29 Jan -02 Feb DEVELOPMENT & Lesson 28-Global Solution to poverty and Underdevelopment; 3h
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT YES
Lesson 29-Success Story of solving underdevelopment:
Lesson 30-Economic Activities
21 :05 Feb -09 Feb -SUSTAINABLY Lesson 31-Agriculture 3h Youth Week
MANAGE Lesson 33-Intensive Agriculture
NATURAL
RESOURCES Lesson 34 and 35 -Extensive Agriculture YES
22 :12 Feb -16 Feb Lesson 36-Impact of Agriculture 3h /
Wed 21st Feb.
Lesson 37-The Green Revolution YES 1h 2024 International
23 :19 Feb – 23 Feb Integration Activities 2h Mother Language
Day
24 :26 Feb – 1st Mar Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 3h /
Lesson 38- Impact of Agriculture on The Environment
III BEGINING OF THID TERM
Further Study 2: Problems of tropical agriculture YES Friday 08th March
25 :04 Mar – 08 Mar Lesson 39-Spatial Patterns of agriculture: Von Thünen’s Model of 3h 2024 National Day
Agricultural land use of Arts & culture
26 :11 Mar - 15 Mar Lesson 40-Arable Agriculture in Cameroon: YES 3h -Monday 11th Mar
Lesson 41-Pastoral Agriculture in Cameroon:
2024
Commonwealth
Day.
- Thursday 14 to

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 Friday 15 Mar
2024 « Open Days
Wed 20th Mar
Lesson 42-Impact of agriculture on the economy 2024 International
27 :18 Mar - 22 Mar Lesson 43-Forest Resources &management 3h
Day of la
Francophonie
28: 25 Mar -28 Mar Lesson 44-Fish Resources & management 3h /
Lesson 45-Mineral Resources & management 1h
29 : 1st Apr- 05 Apr Integration Activities /
2h
28 March to SECOND BREAK (Easter Beak) 16 Days
15 Apr 2024
Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 2h
30 :15 Apr -19 Apr Lesson 46 : Management of Forest resources in Cameroon /
1h
31:22 Apr - 26 Apr Further Study 4: Deforestation in Cameroon and Consequences 2h /
32 :29 Apr - 03 May Lesson 47: Management of Fish Resources in Cameroon 2h /
Lesson 48 Management of Mineral Resources in Cameroon
Guided or Directed Work 1: Non-Agricultural Resources of the
Region of the school
33 : 06 May - 10 May Practical Work 13: Description of Vegetation on maps 2h /
Lesson 49-Energy and Power Resources
Lesson 49-Energy and Power Resources (continuation)
34 : 13 May - 17 May Lesson 50-Energy Resources of Cameroon 2h /
35 : 20 May - 24 May Integration Activities 2h /
36 : 27 May - 31 May Evaluation/correction/Remediation 2h /
-Wed 05th June
13 MAI-26 JULY OFFICIAL EXAMINATIONS AND RESULTS 2024 World
Environment Day
29th JULY- 26th AUGUST HOLIDAYS FOR TEACHING STAFF

Recommandations :
1. This progression sheet is indicative. The duration and layout of the learning units can be adjusted according to the teacher’s local realities.
2. However, we must: 1) systematically avoid altering the spirit of the programme ; 2) Cover at least 50% of the progrmme during the first
administrative term that ends in December.

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