**_<u>Diagram 7.1  Simplified process of Hiring for New Civil Servants</u>_**

|**“Prop**<br>Officials Identify<br>“Needed” Posts &<br>Select Candidates|**er” Process:**<br>Island Financial<br>Controller & FoP<br>Approve|Candidate<br>Hired|
|---|---|---|
|**More Common Process, Espe**<br>Politicians<br>Select<br>Politicians Direct<br>Education Officials|**cially During the Electoral**<br>Politicians Direct<br>Island Financial|**Period:**<br>Candidate|
|<br>Candidate<br> <br>to Hire Candidates|Controller & FoP to<br>Approve|Hired|

Note: at times, these candidates are simply told they are hired, without an official process of approval. Note: The Financial Controller works for the Ministry/ Commission of Finance, while the FoP is an acronym for the Civil Service Ministry/ Commissions, both at the Island level for the hiring of teachers; these are discussed in the next section.

In the ‘proper’ process, department directors in the Education Commission assess the need of a school for teachers, based primarily on data covering the number of hours of teaching per instructor. They then create posts to reduce the work burden of teachers. According to senior Island Education officials, there is never a shortage of interested applicants. Every year, around the months of July and August, dozens if not hundreds of qualified applicants deliver their dossiers to them. Once a demand for teachers arises in this process, officials determine which applicants meet the qualification requirements for the given level of teacher. The requirements are the following:

**_<u>Chart 7.2  Minimum qualifications for teachers as per type of school.</u>_**

|_Type of School_|_Education Levelfor Teachers_|
|---|---|
|PrimarySchool|BAC(High School)|
|Middle School|PEGC<sup>18</sup>/ BAC+2(2 Years University)|
|High School|University|

Source: Interviews with education officials, 2011.

Upon identification of the qualified candidates, the hiring process for creating a post includes approval by the Civil Service Commission and the Controller of Budget in the Finance Commission of the Island Government, with no approval required from an official in the Union Government if the position is created at the island level.<sup>19</sup> Generally, the main purpose of the Civil Service Commission in the hiring process is to assess the appropriateness of the application; to determine whether the candidate meets the minimum qualifications; to assign a place in the salary index; and to process and register the application, creating a new post in the system for the official if one does not exist. Meanwhile, the purpose of the Financial Controller is to ensure that

> 18 Professeur d'enseignement général de college (PEGC), a two year professional teaching degree.

> 19 Another key institution, at least in the law, is the High Authority of the Civil Service (Haute Autorité de la Fonction Publique – HAFOP), which emerged out of the need to coordinate the Civil Service Ministries at both the Union and Island levels. While the institution has led in the civil service census and other activities, it has been relatively weak in others of its functions, such as applying the civil service laws and regulations, running only a handful of competitive recruitment processes, and providing little coordination of the various FoPs.

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