*ENAM CONCOURS…competitive examination for the recruitment of sixty (60) students into Cycle “B” of the Administrative Division of the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM) for the academic year 2025/2026..(Reg. Details, Exam Format and Sylabus in English)*

REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
Peace – Work – Fatherland
MINISTRY OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM

DECREE No. /001108 / MINFOPRA / OF 15 APR 2025
Concerning the opening of a competitive examination for the recruitment of sixty (60) students into Cycle “B” of the Administrative Division of the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM) for the academic year 2025/2026.

THE MINISTER OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM,

HAVING REGARD TO the Constitution;
HAVING REGARD TO Law No. 2017/010 of 12 July 2017 on the General Statute of Public Establishments;
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 75/774 of 18 December 1975 on the special statute of civil servants of the General Administration Corps;

HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 75/788 of 18 December 1975 on the special statute of civil servants of the Public Health and Social Affairs Corps;
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 75/791 of 18 December 1975 on the special statute of civil servants of the Labor and Social Security Corps, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 77/243 of 15 July 1977;
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 94/199 of 7 October 1994 on the General Statute of the State Public Service, together with its subsequent amendments;
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 on the organization of the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2018/190 of 2 March 2018;
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 2012/537 of 19 November 2012 on the organization of the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform;
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 2018/191 of 2 March 2018 on the reorganization of the Government;
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 2018/240 of 9 April 2018 on the reorganization of the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM);
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 040/PM of 19 May 2022 setting the modalities for granting age exemptions to persons with disabilities during administrative examinations and recruitments in the State Public Service;
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 2000/696/PM of 13 September 2000 establishing the general regime for administrative examinations;
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 0004831/MINFOPRA of 10 October 2012 on the regime of studies and schooling in the Administrative and Financial Regulations Divisions of the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM);
HAVING REGARD TO Decree No. 00000490/MINFI of 21 December 2022 specifying the practical modalities for implementing administrative examination fees,

DECREES:

Article 1:
(1) A competitive examination for the recruitment of sixty (60) students into Cycle “B” of the Administrative Division of ENAM is open for the academic year 2025/2026.
(2) The available places are distributed as follows: [Details not provided in the text].
(3) The related program is attached as an annex.
(4) The choice of sections will be made by candidates at the time of submitting their application files.

Article 2:
Eligible candidates must meet the following conditions:
(1) Fulfill the general conditions required for access to public employment.
(2) Hold a Baccalaureate from secondary education, a GCE “A” Level in at least two subjects excluding “Religious Knowledge” obtained in the same session, a Capacity in Law, or any other foreign qualification recognized as equivalent by the Minister in charge of Higher Education.
(3) Be at least seventeen (17) years old and no older than thirty-two (32) years as of 1 January 2025.
(4) However, persons with disabilities holding a National Disability Card issued by the competent authorities may benefit from an age exemption of up to five (5) years above the age limit specified above, in accordance with Decree No. 040/PM of 19 May 2022 mentioned above.

Note: Permanent civil servants are not authorized to apply.

Article 3:
(1) Application forms can be downloaded from the ENAM website (www.enam.cm).
(2) The examination registration fee is twenty-five thousand (25,000) CFA francs.
(3) Candidates shall pay their registration fees in cash against a receipt at BICEC agencies.
(4) Candidates may submit their application files directly to ENAM or to the Regional Delegations of the Public Service and Administrative Reform, except for the Central Region Delegation.
(5) Applications must reach ENAM or the Regional Delegations of the Public Service and Administrative Reform no later than Friday, 6 June 2025, which is the strict deadline.
(6) The required documents are as follows:

• A stamped envelope at one thousand five hundred (1,500) CFA francs;
• An application form stamped at one thousand five hundred (1,500) CFA francs, previously downloaded from the ENAM website (www.enam.cm);
• A certified true copy of the required diploma;
• A certificate of presentation of the original diploma signed by the Regional Governor, Prefect, or Sub-Prefect;
• A receipt of payment of the examination registration fee issued by BICEC;
• A criminal record bulletin (Bulletin No. 3) dated less than three (3) months from the date of file submission, issued by the competent judicial authorities;
• A medical certificate dated less than three (3) months from the date of file submission, signed by a doctor from the Administration;
• A certified true copy of the birth certificate, handwritten or typed, signed by an administrative or municipal authority.

Note: Any incomplete file or containing documents deemed false or forged will be rejected.
(7) The lists of candidates authorized to take the examination will be posted at ENAM no later than Wednesday, 25 June 2025.

Note: The publication of these lists serves as an individual summons.

Article 4:
(1) The written eligibility tests, which will take place at the sole center in Yaoundé (ENAM), will be held on the following dates and times:
a) Tests common to all sections:

• General Culture:
  • Date: Saturday, 28 June 2025, from 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM
  • Duration: 4 hours
  • Coefficient: 04
• Constitutional Law:
  • Date: Saturday, 28 June 2025, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
  • Duration: 4 hours
  • Coefficient: 03
• General Economics:
  • Date: Sunday, 29 June 2025, from 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM
  • Duration: 4 hours
  • Coefficient: 02
    b) Specialty Tests:
  • Date: Sunday, 29 June 2025, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
  • Duration: 4 hours
  • Coefficient: 05
  • General Administration Section: Administrative Law Test
  • Labor Administration Section: Labor Law Test
  • Social Affairs Administration Section: Psychology Test

(2) The latest time for accessing the examination rooms is set at 7:00 AM for morning tests and 12:30 PM for afternoon tests.

Article 5:
The oral admission tests will take place in Yaoundé (ENAM). They include:

• A grand oral: Coefficient 1
• A language oral: Coefficient 1

Article 6:
Receipts for applications for national identity cards dated less than three (3) months from the closing date of examination registrations will not be accepted.

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.

YAOUNDE, 15 APR 2025
THE MINISTER OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM

PROGRAM OF THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION TO ENAM CYCLE “B” OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026

I- WRITTEN ELIGIBILITY TESTS:

A- GENERAL CULTURE:

• Literature, philosophy, contemporary history;
• Scientific and technological evolution;
• Arts and culture;
• Gender and development;
• Regional integration;
• Geopolitics and geostrategy;
• ICT and their impact on society.

B- CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS:

1. The State and Political Power:

• Constituent elements of the State;
• The State, its role, and organization;
• Different forms of the State (unitary State, composite State);
• Parliamentarism;
• Parliamentary sovereignty;
• The principle of separation of powers;
• Legislative power;
• Judicial power;
• Executive power;
• The Constitutional Charter;
• Constitutional amendment procedures;
• Political regimes;
• The history of Cameroon’s institutions;
• Relations between the Executive and the Legislature.

2. Administrative Law:

• Fundamental principles of administrative law;
• Organization of the Administration (centralization, deconcentration, decentralization);
• Identification of the Administration (in the organic sense, in the material sense, combination of both organic and material senses of the Administration);
• Means of the Administration: the unilateral administrative act;
• Public service and public order;
• Sources of administrative law;
• Submission of the Administration to the law:
  • The principle of equality;
  • The principles of responsibility.

C- ECONOMICS:

• The market and the mechanism of the market economy;
• Market structures;
• Contemporary economic facts;
• Consumption and savings: theoretical foundations;
• Evolution of consumption patterns: the case of Cameroon;
• The production function;
• Investment from microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives;
• Economic growth;
• State intervention in Cameroon’s economy since independence;
• Inflation;
• Unemployment and employment;
• Cameroon’s financial system;
• Development economics;
• International trade;
• Import substitution.

D- LABOR LAW:

• Objectives of labor law:
  • Worker protection;
  • Employment protection;
  • Social peace;
  • Social dialogue;
  • The place and role of International Labor Conventions.
• Legal status of the worker:
  • Concept of a worker;
  • Worker’s rights;
  • Worker’s obligations.
• Powers of the business manager:
  • Management power;
  • Regulatory power;
  • Disciplinary power.

  
  
  
  

• Execution of the employment contract:
  • Worker’s rights;
  • Worker’s obligations;
  • Incidents related to the execution of the employment contract;
  • Suspension of the employment contract;
  • Modification of the employment contract.
• Termination of the employment contract:
  • Termination of an indefinite-term employment contract:
    • At the initiative of one of the parties;
    • Due to limits set by law.
  • Termination of a fixed-term employment contract:
    • At the initiative of one of the parties;
    • Economic dismissal.

E- PSYCHOLOGY:

• Child and developmental psychology;
• Health and disability psychology;
• Group psychology and personalities with specific needs;
• Biological, psychological, and sociocultural foundations of the family;
• Social environments and responsible parenting;
• Medical and health anthropology;
• Clinical theories and care practices;
• Psychopathology;
• Ontogenesis and sociogenesis of behaviors.

II- ORAL ADMISSION TESTS:

A- GRAND ORAL:
An interview with a jury aimed at assessing the candidate’s personality and suitability for serving the State and citizens.

B- LANGUAGE ORAL:
An interview with a jury, in French for English-speaking candidates and in English for French-speaking candidates.