A DIRECT COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF TWENTY (20) PRISON ADMINISTRATORS.

A direct competitive entrance examination for the recruitment of twenty (20) Prison Administrators, Category ”A” of the Public Service is hereby launched for the year 2017

This competitive entrance examination shall be organized on the 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18 June 2017 at the Regional Headquarters.

Cameroonian who fulfil the following conditions may apply:

• Be of good morality
• Aged between 17 and 32 years on the 1st of January 2017 (born between 1st January 1985 to 1st January 2000)
• Be holder of Bachelor’s Degree or any other equivalent recognized diploma
• Be at least 1.65m tall for the male candidates and 1.55m for the female candidates
• Be free of any infection or disease that could lead to an extended sick leave

Complete application files shall be received at the Regional Delegations of Penitentiary Administration not later than 12 May 2017 and shall comprise:

1. A hand written application to the Minister of State, Minister of Justice, Keeper of the seals with fiscal stamp of 1,000 FCFA dated and signed specifying:

• The name, date, place of birth, and address of the candidate
• The Division and Region of origin
• The competitive examination concerned
• The language in which the candidate will write the examination
• The list of documents attached to the application.

2. A certified copy of the required certificate signed by any competent civil authority, of less than three (3) months old

3. An attestation of the presentation of the original of the required certificate

4. A certified copy of the birth certificate signed by any competent civil authority, of less than three (3) months old

5. A criminal record of less than three (3) month old

6. A certificate of height

7. A medical certificate of less than three (3) months old issued by Public service Medical Doctor

8. A money order of 25,000 FCFA to the Director of the Penitentiary Administration (Ministry of Justice, Yaoundé) as examination free

9. An A4 envelope bearing the candidate’s address and a postage stamp at the official rate

10. Two (2) passport size photographs with the candidate’s names on the reverse

11. An unstamped curriculum vitae signed by the candidate

(2) Female candidates who are married must attach a legalized undertaking by their husbands by which the latter pledge to accept that their wives be transferred at any time to any part of the national territory when the needs of service so require

(3) Incomplete or later entry files or those signed by incompetent civil authorities shall be rejected

(4) The lists of candidates authorized to sit for the competitive examination shall be posted at the Ministry of Justice and in the Regional Delegations or Penitentiary Administration.

This competitive  examination shall comprise a pre-selection test (medical check-up, physical education) and a written parts as well as a thorough medical check-up

Subjects are scored from 0 to 20. The eliminatory score shall be 06/20 for each subject

The syllabus of these subjects is attached to this Order.

(1) The pre-selection medical check-up shall take into consideration the candidate’s height, weight, visual and hearing acuity as well as his ability to take up duties that require a good physical condition and appearance

(2) The physical test whose score shall range from 0 to 20 and shall include an eliminatory score of 6 on 20 shall be based on sprint, long distance race, pull-ups with facial and abdominal support;

• The 100m sprint shall be for candidates of both sexes 
• The 1000m long distance race shall be for the females and 1500m for the males
• The pull-ups with facial and abdominal support shall consist in serval and uninterrupted flexions and shall be for boys only.

Candidates shall arrive at the examination hall one (1) hour before the start of each subject with their national identity card, the receipt of the file deposited and writing material excluding paper

Venues for the medical check-up, the physical education, and the written part shall be posted at the Ministry of Justice and in the Regional Delegations of Penitentiary Administration

Only candidates who qualify both on the medical check-up and in the physical education shall be allowed to sit for the written part.

The examinations shall be conducted based on the time-table below:

12, 13, 14, 15 june 2017

• Medical examination(8 a.m to 4 p.m)
• Physical examination(8 a.m to 10, Eliminatory score 06/20)

17 June 2017

• General Knowledge(8 a.m to 12, weight 4, Eliminatory score 06/20)
• Penitentiary Administration(1 p.m to 4 p.m, weight 3, Eliminatory score 06/20)

18 June 2017

• Law(8 a.m to 11, weight 3, Eliminatory score 06/20)

Only candidates who will obtain the average of 11 on 20, without an eliminatory mark in the written tests, shall sit for the oral examination.

The results of competitive examination shall be published by the Minister of State, Minister of Justice, keeper of the Seals after the thorough medical check-up report.

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SYLLABUS OF THE DIRECT COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE RECRUITEMENT OF TWENTY (20) PRISON ADMINISTRATORS

I. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: political, economic, social and cultural issues concerning Cameroon, Africa and the World

II. PENITENTIARY ADMINISTRATION

• International legal instruments relating to the treatment of inmates
• Cameroon’s penitentiary system
• Rules and Regulations governing the Corps of Penitentiary Administration.

III. LAW

A. PUBLIC LAW

a) Administrative Law and Administrative Science

• General principal, centralization, decentralization, deconcentration, hierarchy, public institutions or state-owned companies
• The State’s administrative organization
• Obligations of administrative bodies
• Administrative Police, Administrative litigation
• Rules and Regulations governing the public service.

B. PUBLIC FREEDOMS

• General principles
• Individual freedoms
• Political freedoms
• Economic freedoms
• Public policy.

C. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

• Cameroon’s institutions as provided in the amended Constitution of 2 June 1972
• Separation of powers
• The electoral systems
• Legitimacy and systems

D. PRIVATE LAW

a) Criminal Law

• Enforceability of Criminal Law
• Criminal liability
• Classification of offences

b) Criminal procedure

• Criminal courts
• Offences and actions
• Offences and preliminary inquiry
• The legal Department

IV. ORAL EXAMINATION

The syllabus of the interview is similar to that of the written examination. The discussion with Jury shall be in English and in French