The Minister of Civil Service and Administrative Reform, Joseph LE, has signed four orders setting quotas and conditions for candidates.
The government of the Republic is opening direct competitive examinations for the recruitment of 920 healthcare professionals into the State Civil Service. The four orders made public by Minister Joseph LE on February 4th present the distribution of candidates by specialty. For this recruitment session, 250 places are offered for general practitioners, 90 places for pharmacists, 90 places for dental surgeons, 200 places for community health aides, 45 places for biomedical technicians, and 200 places for midwives.
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The competitive examinations will take place on March 21 and 22, 2026, at the single center in Yaoundé. For all specialties, candidates must be at least 17 years old and at most 29 years old for category B candidates, and at least 17 years old and at most 34 years old for category A candidates. Application files are expected at the 10 regional delegations of the Ministry of Civil Service and Administrative Reform no later than March 06, 2026.
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These competitive examinations are being opened more than a year after the Head of State’s announcement of a contractualization of nearly 10,000 health personnel. Indeed, on December 31, 2024, during his traditional address to the nation, President Paul Biya declared that he had “decided on the contractualization of 9,944 health personnel, over a five-year period.” The announcement had then led to a positive reaction from young graduates who had gathered at the Ministry of Public Health to express their joy. But as time went by, public opinion wondered how this recruitment was being carried out. Although questions remain on this subject, the open competitive examinations can be seen as a part of the concretization of the presidential decision.
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