Minister Joseph Le Launches a seminar organized for stakeholders involved in the Organisation of Government Competitive Examinations.
Following the major pre-occupation surrounding the question of youth unemployment and the attention given to government competitive examinations, as presented in the end of year 2018 speech of the President of the Republic, H.E Paul Biya, the Minister of the Public service and Administrative Reform, presided over a seminar to enhance the procedures considered in the organization of Competitive examinations in Cameroon, this day 30th October in Yaounde.
The seminar which hosted over 100 participants was organized under the theme “Induction workshop for stakeholders involved in the Organisation of government competitive examinations”. It was attended by, Director generals of some public Institutions involved in the elaboration of public Examinations (the National School of Administration and Magistracy and the Higher Institute of Public Management), Directors of the central services of the Ministry of the Public service and Administrative Reform, Regional Delegates of the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform and all other actors involved in the decision making and materialization process of government competitive examinations in the country.
In his opening speech, the Minister noted that the Ministry of the Public Service doesn’t have the primary role to fight against unemployment but the management of recruitments in the Public sector remain a much appreciated effort in the fight against unemployment in Cameroon. In a context of modernization of the Cameroonian Public Administration that draws the attention of the Ministry, it is necessary to sensitize actors involved in the different processes of the recruitment of civil servants to permit them have a better mastery of the digital age vis-vis the multiple constraints involved in the different procedures of government competitive examinations.
Following this introductive formula, participants were drilled on the modalities and procedures of government competitive examinations and after going through all of the different segments of the seminar, they came up with recommendations to facilitate the organization of Competitive examinations vis-à-vis the existing constraints of the digital age and the Cameroonian situational context.
The Minister closed the ceremony on a positive note, reminding participants to adhere very strongly to the recommendations that were brought forth to guarantee a smooth transition into the digital age and also ensure a better management of the processes involved in the organization of government competitive examinations.
