SECTOR 4 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 2.3 (2008 = 1.8; 2011 = 1.6; 2014 = 2.3) 4.7 Media professionals have access to training facilities offering formal qualification programmes as well as opportunities to upgrade skills Opportunities for training continue to expand in Cameroon with the opening of new schools and faculties. The Advanced School of Mass Communication at the University of Yaoundé II and the University of Buea’s Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication remain the most prominent. Formal degrees from both institutions go as far as the postdoctoral level. Currently, a large number of private universities offer undergraduate qualifications such as the Higher National Diploma and Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and related fields. Each year, national and international organisations train working journalists both at home and abroad. Journalists attend these courses either as part of a personal development initiative or through the recommendation of their newsrooms. Refresher opportunities range from general reporting skills to specialisations; particularly health, election, environmental and economic reporting. Panellists were of the view that the impact of training was perceptible: several Cameroonian journalists who have benefited from the training courses have won international awards. The CRTV runs a training school for journalists, producers, camera operators and related personnel. The school now trains independent candidates, including staff from other news organisations. Newspapers, such as Le Jour, have signed contracts with journalism schools to organise short courses for its staff. 47 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER CAMEROON 2018