The ministry of public service and administrative reforms has announced a mass recruitment programme.Over 2000 Cameroonians shall be absorbed into the public service. The communiqué is contained in a press release made public by the Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms, Emmanuel Bondo Monday 19th October 2009. The release states that prospective applicants shall sit for a series of competitive exams from the 5th to the 13the December 2009. They are all expected to deposit complete applications files at the Human Resource department of the Ministry
before the 20th November 2009.The 2081 positions shall be repartitioned in 8 major domains; social affairs, telecommunication technologies, information, documentation, civil engineering, rural production, livestock and maritime fishing and animal industries. The table below gives details of the dates and number of places available.
Option
number of places
date of competitive exam
(written part)
Social affairs
– 50 social affairs principal assistants, category B second grade
12th and 13th December 2009
telecommunication technologies
– 20 telecommunication engineers, category A first grade
12th and 13th December 2009
Information
– 75 journalists, category A first grade
12th and 13th December 2009
Documentation
– 50 documentation inspectors, category A first grade
12th and 13th December 2009
Civil Engineer
– 26 architects, category A second grade
– 80 engineers in civil engineering, category B second grade
– 100 engineer of works in civil engineering, category A first grade
– 120 senior technician Civil engineers, category B second grade
– 130 technicians civil engineers, category B first grade
5th and 6th December 2009
Rural Production
Agriculture
– 100 agricultural engineers, category A second grade
– 75 engineers of agricultural works, category A second grade
– 70 senior agricultural technicians, category B second grade
– 150 agricultural technicians, category B first grade
– 300 agent agricultural technicians, category C
Rural Engineering
– 30 engineers in rural engineering, category A second grade
– 50 engineers of works in rural engineering category A first grade
– 60 senior technicians in rural engineering, category B second grade
– 70 technicians in rural engineering, category B first grade
– 80 agents in rural engineering, category C
19th and 20th December 2009
livestock and maritime fishing
– 35 veterinary doctors, category A, second grade
– 100 veterinary nurses, category B first grade
– 70 assistant veterinary nurses, category C
5th and 6th December 2009
Animal Industries
– 20 engineers in Animal Industries, category A second grade
– 10 engineers of works in Animal Industries, category A first grade
– 150 technicians of Animal Industries, category B, first grade: OPTIONS; fishing (25 positions), aquaculture (25 positions), livestock (100 positions);
– 60 agents in Animal Industries, category C; OPTIONS: aquaculture (20 positions), livestock (40 positions).
5th and 6th December 2009
The informed segments of the population argue that the present recruitment is another concrete measure taken to curb unemployment and fight poverty. The operation is being carried out shortly after the Ministry of Defence and the General Delegation of National Security launched similar operations for recruitment into the armed forces and police respectively.
Elvis Teke, CRTV
