Cameroon’s Minister of Secondary Education, Pauline Nalova Lyonga, has requested over 16,000 teachers to justify their employment status, issuing notices on June 15, 2026, with a 14-day response deadline. Shockingly, 1,205 teachers have been officially listed as deceased despite being alive, according to the ministry’s records stemming from a biometric and physical census conducted in April and May 2026. These individuals are required to provide proof of life – a certificate of life, valid identification, proof of active employment, and census documentation – to clarify the discrepancies. The minister states the requests aim to “dispel any misunderstanding,” but the situation has revealed potential irregularities within the school system. Other teachers have been summoned for reasons including job abandonment, unknown whereabouts, unexplained absences during the census, and inconsistent administrative records, totaling several thousand more cases. The circumstances surrounding the erroneous death declarations remain unclear, with speculation ranging from administrative errors to deliberate manipulation by school administrators.