*CONCOURS: direct competitive examination for the recruitment of thirty (30) personnel in the Cadastre Civil Service Corps, session 2025.*

REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
Peace – Work – Fatherland
DECREE No. /001212 MINFOPRA OF 15 APR 2025
Regarding the opening of a direct competitive examination for the recruitment of thirty (30) personnel in the Cadastre Civil Service Corps, session 2025.

THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM,
Considering the Constitution;
Considering Decree No. 75/784 of 18 December 1975 on the Special Status of the Cadastre Civil Service Corps;
Considering Decree No. 94/199 of 07 October 1994 on the General Status of the State Public Service, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2000/287 of 12 October 2000;
Considering Decree No. 2011/408 of 09 December 2011 on the organization of the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2018/190 of 02 March 2018;
Considering Decree No. 2012/537 of 19 November 2012 on the organization of the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reform;
Considering Decree No. 2018/191 of 02 March 2018 on the reorganization of the Government;
Considering Decree No. 2000/696/PM of 13 September 2000 establishing the General Regulations for Administrative Competitive Examinations;
Considering Decree No. 040/PM of 19 May 2022 establishing the modalities for granting age exemptions to persons with disabilities during administrative competitive examinations and recruitments in the State Public Service,
DECREES:

Article 1. – a) This decree opens a direct competitive examination for the recruitment of thirty (30) personnel in the Cadastre Civil Service Corps.
b) Said examination will take place on 05 and 06 July 2025 at the single center in Yaoundé.

Article 2. – CONDITIONS FOR APPLYING.
Eligible to apply are Cameroonians meeting the following conditions:
a) Meet the general conditions required for access to public employment as stipulated by the General Status of the State Public Service;
b) Be fit to perform the duties of a Cadastre official;
c) Be at least seventeen (17) years old and no older than thirty-four (34) years as of 1 January 2025 (born between 01/01/1991 and 01/01/2008);
d) However, persons with disabilities holding a National Disability Card issued by the competent authorities benefit from an age exemption of up to five (05) years above the age limit set above, in accordance with Decree No. 040/PM of 19 May 2022 mentioned above.

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e) Specific conditions:

• For candidates for Cadastre Engineers, hold a degree in Surveying-Cadastre Engineering issued by a national training institution or by one of the foreign or international schools listed in a decree issued by the Prime Minister.

• For candidates for Cadastre Technicians, hold a diploma of Surveying-Cadastre Technician or a Surveying-Cadastre Technician Certificate issued by a national training institution or by one of the foreign or international schools listed in a decree issued by the Prime Minister.

• For candidates for Cadastre Technical Agents, hold a diploma of Surveying-Cadastre Technical Agent issued by a national training institution or by one of the foreign or international schools listed in a decree issued by the Prime Minister.

Article 3. – COMPOSITION OF APPLICATION FILES.
Applications may be submitted online at the address: concoursonline.minfopra.gov.cm or deposited at the ten (10) Regional Delegations of the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reform, no later than Friday, 20 June 2025, and must include the following documents:

1. A stamped application form costing one thousand five hundred (1,500) CFA francs, available at the services of the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reform or its Regional Delegations and downloadable from the website: http://www.minfopra.gov.cm;

2. A certified true copy of the birth certificate signed by a competent civil authority;

3. An extract from the criminal record (Bulletin No. 3);

4. A certified true copy of the required diploma, signed by a competent civil authority;

5. A certificate of presentation of the original diploma, signed by a competent civil authority;

6. A medical certificate issued by a public sector doctor;

7. A receipt of payment of the sum of twenty-five thousand (25,000) CFA francs for candidates in category “B,” twenty thousand (20,000) CFA francs for those in category “C,” issued by a responsible officer at the EXPRESS UNION counter at the place of submission of the application file;

8. Two (2) 4×4 photographs;

9. A stamped envelope costing one thousand five hundred (1,500) CFA francs bearing the candidate’s address.

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N.B:

• Candidates submitting their applications online are exempt from physical file submission formalities. However, said files must be submitted to the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reform for candidates declared definitively admitted.

• Candidates wishing to receive free assistance in the online application process can approach the branches of the National Youth Observatory (ONJ) located within the Multifunctional Youth Promotion Centers (CMPJ).

• In the absence of applications for a grade or if the quorum is not reached for said grade, the number of reserved or remaining places for that grade is allocated to candidates of the grade with the highest number of applications.

• State employees under the Labor Code meeting the conditions set out in Article 2 must provide a copy of their employment contract or engagement decision.

• Any incomplete, late, or improperly certified application file (e.g., signed at a police station) will not be accepted.

• Legalized documents by an administrative, municipal, or judicial authority must be dated less than three (03) months from the date of submission.

Article 4. – PROGRAMS, SCHEDULES, AND MODALITIES OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS.
1- The examination programs are those of the study cycles leading to the required diplomas for application.
2- The written examinations for candidates for Cadastre Engineers and Technicians will take place on the following dates and times:

Dates	Nature of Examinations	Times	Duration	Coef.	Elimination Mark
05 July 2025	General Knowledge	08:00-12:00	4h	3	05/20
	Topographic Technology	13:00-17:00	4h	5	05/20
06 July 2025	Topometric Calculations	08:00-12:00	4h	4	05/20
	Language: English for Francophones and French for Anglophones	13:00-15:00	2h	2	05/20

3- The written examinations for candidates for Cadastre Technical Agents will take place on the following date and times:

Date	Nature of Examinations	Times	Duration	Coef.	Elimination Mark
05 July 2025	General Knowledge	08:00-10:00	2h	4	05/20
	Technical Test	11:00-14:00	3h	5	05/20
	Language: English for Francophones and French for Anglophones	15:00-17:00	2h	2	05/20

4- The latest time for entering the examination rooms is strictly set at 07:00.

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Article 5. – MODALITIES OF ORAL EXAMINATIONS.
A press release from the Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform will specify the dates and times for the oral examinations for final admission for candidates in categories “A” and “B”.

Date	Nature of Examinations	Coef.	Times
To be determined	Grand Oral	1	From 08:00
	Language Oral	1

Article 6. – The final results of this competitive examination will be published by a decree of the Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform.

Article 7. – Any fraud detected before, during, or after the examination will be sanctioned in accordance with the laws and regulations in force.

Article 8. – This decree shall be registered and published wherever necessary. /-
Yaoundé, 15 APR 2025
The Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform

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