ATLANTIC INSURANCE CAMEROON : Beginning of a Fruitful partnership  with MINFOPRA

The Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform and Atlantic Insurance Cameroon, merged for a Health coverage of personnel, through the signature of an agreement on Friday 8, 2022 at Hilton hotel in Yaoundé.

     Officiated by the Personal Representative of the Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform, the Secretary General of MINFOPRA Mr. MAÏNA Anatole, the health insurance was signed yesterday, between the Ministry of the Public Service and Atlantic Insurance Cameroon. The reason of the agreement is to meet  the needs of less privileged workers who do not benefit from this health insurance, which is an essential need and thus encourage Cameroonian workers in their service to the State.

The signature comes after dense meetings between the two parties concerned, in an  effort to find the balance between performance, viability and reliability that is appropriate in this type of agreement.  _I Salute the synergy of pro actions and the patience of the actors of this protocol which includes 14 articles divided into three chapters._ mentioned the Secretary General of MINFOPRA.

To return to its genesis, it is important to emphasize that this agreement comes from the importance of health in the process of development and in the growth of an organization or a state, as well as the consistent and legitimate aspiration of all  personnel to access quality care.

Also present at the ceremony, was the President of the Staff Association of the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform who addressed his salutation and satisfaction to Directors of Atlantic Insurance Cameroon  for moving to Yaoundé for the signature of the convention. In return,  the Director General of Atlantic Insurance laid emphasis on the fact that this health insurance is accessible to every social class, particularly those of the Public Service. 

The event, naturally ended with a family photograph with the members of the high table and officials in the hall.

Linda MBAL/ Journalist/ Communication Unit

PROCESSING OF TEACHER'S FILES: MINFOPRA completes his tour in an exhaustive Press brief.

20 days of face-to-face communication between Minister Joseph LE, and the students and officials of the HTTC and HTTTCs of the country ended yesterday in a press brief  to the attention of  teachers and the general public on MINFOPRA's implementation of the presidential new deal.

From now on I think I can say that the young graduate will no longer wait beyond 90 days before being integrated or having his service number_...( Joseph LE, Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform).

This is the main thing to remember from the words of the Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform Mr. Joseph LE, at the  7 Teacher Training Colleges of the country. This tour which began on the 16th of March ended on  April 4, 2022 at the amphitheatre 300, of the Yaoundé Teachers Training College. The aim of this tour, was to communicate on the new measures to ease the procedure for processing teachers' files.

In his speech  to the students and officials of the Yaoundé HTTC, Minister Joseph LE, specified that the documents which they had already provided during their entrance examination into the Higher Teachers Training College, will also be used for the treatment of their integration file. An example is the certificate of non conviction which often takes a lot of their time and of energy. He also invited the officials and students of the HTTC and HTTTC  during their working session to begin, if this is not yet the case, the authentication of the diplomas of future graduates and at the same time, the constitution of their integration files.

To crown this epic tour, the MINFOPRA took the floor yesterday on a press brief to explain the actions that have been taken by his Ministry to execute the President's instructions owing to the Teacher's crisis which began last February 2022.

According to Minister LE, solutions have been made for the 2 things which pose the major bottle necks in the treatment of Teacher's files;

 1- The authentication of Teacher's diplomas with delays in receiving responses from government departments and  institutions issuing them. As solution, MINFOPRA has decided to start the process as soon as the successful candidate enters the first year of their training.

Also an initial budgetary provision within the framework of the 2022 financial year has been made to enable MINFOPRA acquire a software specially dedicated to the authentication of certificates in collaboration with MINFOPRA, MINESUP, MINESEC,  MINEDUB, MINSANTE  and all other government services and institutions issuing certificates in Cameroon.

2- the other problem identified concerns the constitution and forwarding of absorption files of graduates of the HTTC. To solve the problem, the files must now be completed 3 or 6 months before the end of their training. These files  will be immediately  forwarded to MINFOPRA regional delegations which will digitise the constituent documents of the said files, from whence they will be recorded in the computerised System for Integrated Management of the State Personnel and Payroll (SIGIPES) to ensure traceability and their immediate transmission to the department of Career Management in the central services. The Department of States Human resources will simultaneously  establish certificates of assumption of duty which shall be enclosed directly in the absorption files received from the regional delegations. In total the absorption file of a young graduate from the HTTC which used to take 25- 30 months to reach MINFOPRA will take barely one day and they will only have to wait for 90 days instead of 2 - 3 years to receive their service numbers and absorption decisions.

Concerning statistics of the documents treated within the context of the  Rapid Results Initiative, launched last 3rd March to treat over 8000 teacher files in 15days, the MINFOPRA noted that over 17, 143 files were received instead of the initial 8000 and from these, 4, 885 service numbers were generated and 2,784 draft decrees have been forwarded to the Prime Minister's office for signature.

While ending his speech at the end of the Press briefing, Minister LE said  brainstorming is ongoing with MINESUP to come up  with  projects  for best conduct to adopt for the corresponding activities that now bind the two ministries. Plans are also being made to continue to intensify and  digitalize the absorption files of the HTTC and HTTTC graduates.

Linda MBAL Journalist/CELCOM/ MINFOPRA

Le Ministre Joseph LE répond aux questions de la Commission de l'éducation, de la Formation Professionnelle et la Jeunesse.                     
                                 

 Il était question pour le MINFOPRA de répondre aux questions des députés relatives à la mise en œuvre des mesures prescrites par le Chef de l'État son Excellence Paul BIYA, en réponse aux revendications soulevées par les enseignants.

 Les dossiers des enseignants des ENS et des ENSET arrivent directement au MINFOPRA via les délégations régionales, et les diplômes seront authentifiés directement au MINFOPRA grâce à une application en cours d'élaboration. Telle est la réponse apportée à la question de l'honorable TOUKAM Angèle qui ouvrait cette séance de questions adressées au MINFOPRA ce 06 avril à l'Assemblée Nationale.

 Pour la question de l'honorable MANJU sur  l'authentification des diplômes qui met une durée indéterminée et parfois très longue, Joseph LE explique les limites du MINFOPRA face à cette situation. Il affirme par ailleurs aux députés qu'une application dédiée à cette tâche est en cours d'élaboration. Le ministre explique aux parlementaires que ladite application permettrait de vérifier l'authenticité des diplômes au niveau du MINFOPRA.

Une troisième question portait sur la situation des instituteurs contractuels dont le traitement des dossiers ne respecterait pas  l'ordre proposé par l'honorable FADIL Oumarou. Le ministre Joseph LE y répond en présentant le principal handicap lié au traitement de ces dossiers qui est l'authentification. Il invite par ailleurs les concernés à plus de patience.

 A l'Assemblée ce 6 Avril 2022 le MINFOPRA n'a pas eu droit qu'aux question. Les honorables NJUME et ASSANGO ont pris la parole pour féliciter le dynamisme du Ministre Joseph LE. Le Président de la commission et les autres membres ont eux aussi féliciter Joseph LE pour les innovations apportées dans le département ministériel dont il a la charge, tant sur le plan infrastructurel que sur le plan administratif.

 C'est naturellement par une photo de famille que cette séance d'échanges s'est clôturée.

Zita ATANGANA/ Journaliste- Celcom-MINFOPRA

TEACHERS’ CRISIS: The messenger of the Head of State Minister Joseph LE, at Maroua Teachers Training College.

With the Secretary General and some Directors of MINFOPRA, Minister LE, was welcomed at the Amphitheater 500 of the Maroua Higher Teachers Training College yesterday, to relay the new Presidential measures which will solve the delays in the treatment of Teachers’ Integration Files.

 Minister LE's working visit continued in Maroua yesterday.  It was with a view to raising awareness and explaining the new measures of the Head of State, that opt for the rapid treatment of Teacher's files. At his arrival, Minister Joseph LE and his suit were hosted at Kongola-Djoulgouf-Kodef campus, by the rector of the University of Maroua Prof. Idrissou ALLIOUM. After appreciating  the Minister for his presence, he informed him that that 794 students will graduate from the HTTC of Maroua this end of year  and hence, they  will  be able to benefit from this new instructions of the Head of State.

In his speech, Minister Joseph LE announced that, the documents of the graduates will henceforth be treated directly at the regional delegation of MINFOPRA in Maroua town. _ « The files of the graduates will no longer have to travel the 1500km from Maroua to Yaoundé, they will now leave here for the regional delegation of Minfopra here in Maroua._ »  said Minister LE.

Moreover, he specified that, some of the documents which they had already  provided  during  their entrance examination into the Higher Teacher's Training school will also be used for the treatment of their integration file. An example is the  certificate of non conviction  which often takes a lot of their  time and  of energy.

 By the end of his speech, the students and officials retorted with applaudes afterwhich questions were posed for more clarifications.

After shedding light on the questions, the Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform reassured the students of MINFOPRA’s engagement to making the  instructions of the Head of State  a reality in days ahead. « Dear teachers, the glimmer of hope is not far away, tomorrow more than ever you will be very moved » he mentioned.

Before closing the working visit, MINFOPRA’s delegation stopped at the regional delegation of MINFOPRA for the Far North. Once there, he addressed his  collaborators and  warned them against introducing inaccurate data in the digitalization system given that, henceforth,  the regional delegation of MINFOPRA for the Far North, will digitalize the files of  HTTC graduates and transmit to Yaoundé. In addition,  instructions were also given to the regional delegate for the Far North, to organize a capacity-building seminar for future graduates, with the aim
of informing them about the new Presidential measures.

After all the above mentioned, the Minister and his suit left the teachers, officials and students of the Far North region in total joy and celebration.

MBAL Linda/ Journalist/ Communication Unit MINFOPRA