REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace-Work-Fatherland
ORDER No. 1/006515 /MINFOPRA OF 03 AOUT 2018
To announce a direct competitive examination to recruit 10 (ten) Journalists, for the 2018 session.
THE MINISTER OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM,
Mindful of the Constitution;
Mindful of No.75/769 of 18 December 1975 on the Special Rules and Regulations of the corps of Information civil servants;
Mindful of decree No.94/199 of 7 October 1994 on the General Rules and Regulations of the Public Service as amended and supplemented by decree No.2000/287 of 12 October 2000;
Mindful of decree No.2000/696/PM of 13 September 2000 to fix the General System of Government Competitive Examinations,
Mindful of decree No.2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government, as amended and supplemented by decree No.2018/190 of 2 March 2018;
Mindful of decree No.2012/537 of 19 November 2012 to organize the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform;
Mindful of decree No.2018/191 of 2 March 2018 to reshuffle the Government.
HEREBY ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1. a) A direct competitive examination to recruit 10 (ten) Journalists of the first grade of the ‘A’ category of the Public Service have been announced.
b) The written part of this examination shall take place on the 13 and 14 October 2018 in Yaounde, the only examination centre.
Article 2.- REQUIREMENTS
The examination shall be open to all persons fulfilling the following general and specific conditions:
a) To be of Cameroonian nationality;
b) Be at least 17 years of age and 34 years at most as, at 1st January 2018 (be born between 01/01/1984 and 01/01/2001);
c) Be physically fit to assume the duties of Journalist;
d) Never have been convicted;
e) Be holder of a diploma in Journalism issued by a national training institution or any foreign or international institution featuring on the list approved by Prime Ministerial order.
Article 3.- FILE COMPOSITION
(1) The application file shall comprise the following documents:
a) a registration form bearing a CFA 1000 francs fiscal stamp. The forms can be obtained from the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform or at all its Regional Delegations or downloaded at the following website address: http://www.minfopra.gov.cm;
b) a certified true copy of birth certificate signed by a competent civil authority;
c) a certificate of non-conviction;
d) a certified true copy of the required certificate signed by a competent civil authority;
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e) an attestation of presentation of original of the required certificate signed by a competent civil authority; f) a receipt attesting payment of a registration fee of CFA 15 000 francs (fifteen thousand) issued by either the Head of the Direct Competitive and Scholarship Examinations Service at the Ministry or the Head of the Recruitment and Training Service at the Regional Delegations of the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform; g) a medical certificate issued by a public sector Medical Officer; h) a copy of the contract or decision of employment, for the state employee candidate governed by the Labour Code;