MINFOPRA Chairs the last preparatory meeting for the recruitment of English Speaking Judicial Personnel for the Courts of Appeal of the North West and South West Juridictions.

The modalities of the 2020 session for the special recruitment of 50 student Magistrates and 30 court registrars for the courts of Appeal of the North West and South West region was decided over today, 22 June 2020.

In a preparatory meeting that assembled members of the adhoc committee in charge of the recruitment of the aforementioned students of the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM), the Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform, Joseph LE officially launched the last session of the special recruitment exercise in the User’s house of MINFOPRA.

This special recruitment exercise which began in 2017 following presidential instructions, was established with the objective of improving our judicial system in response to complaints raised by some lawyers. Since then, the competitive examinations (concours) have been organized in four examinations Centers (Bamenda, Buea, Garoua and Yaoundé).

In the last three years, a total number of 200 Magistrates and 120 court registrars of English expression have been recruited for the jurisdictions of North West and South West courts of Appeal. It is however worth noting the significant drop of the number of candidates registered during these years; 3.117 candidates in 2017, 1.451 candidates in 2018, 1.186 candidates in 2019 and 1.130 candidates have been registered for the year 2020.

Amidst the current context marked by the spread of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, Minister LE encouraged members of the committee to put in more efforts so as to meet the objectives of the present exercise with professionalism.