13,993 Senior Civil Servants Take Promotion, Confirmation Exam

13,993 Senior Civil Servants Take Promotion, Confirmation Exam

Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HCSF, Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has again stressed the importance of conducting the confirmation and promotional, COMPRO, examination for civil and public servants via a computer-based test, CBT.

She highlighted the significance on Wednesday while monitoring the 2024 OHCSF Senior Compro Exam in Abuja.

About 13,993 candidates will be participating in the exam nationwide. However, no fewer than 2,573 workers will be taking the test at various CBT Centres in Abuja.

Speaking after monitoring the exercise at the Ansar-ud-deen International School, Walson-Jack, commenced the seamless manner the CBT exam was being conducted in partnership with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB.

“I am here to supervise what is going on. I have gone round the Centre and I can say that it is a full house. The candidates are here in their large numbers, and the exam itself is going on well.

“Let me appreciate the efforts of JAMB, our dependable partner which is conducting the test. This first batch of COMPRO Exam for our senior civil and public servants has been fruitful. Therefore, we look forward to a successful second”.

According to the HCSF, her office has lined up several training workshops on Information Communication Technology, ICT, for workers ahead of future CBT promotion and confirmation exams.

“We are coming up with a lot of ICT training to help the workers as we go along with the CBT. It will encourage public and civil servants to take IT and digitalization very seriously. Because the test is computer-based, and they need to be IT savvy to pass the test,” Mrs. Walson-Jack said.