“Upon assuming office, the President immediately realized that there was an immediate need to undertake measures to transform the Civil Service. The President, the Director General of the Civil Service Agency along with international partners worked collaboratively to introduce mechanisms to improve the Civil Service,” Hon. And 4,936 civil servants have received their biometric ID cards and more than 10,000 civil servants are biometrically enrolled. In 2012, the Government of Liberia absorbed the TOKTEN professionals in the Civil Service, while some of the SES professionals were absorbed in 2014; 77 of the President’s Young Professionals (PYP) have been absorbed into the Civil Service and 120 PYPs have been recruited in the Civil Service. The Civil Service Reform Strategy (CSRS) is now being implemented; The Civil Service Agency in collaboration with FHI360, an International Consortium cleanup to reform the Ministry of Education Central Office.

Source: Front Page Africa November 13, 2017 00:22 UTC