The necessity to ensure everyone gets to enjoy the benefits of government’s services, the speed with which such services get delivered and the standard or quality of what we do for ordinary members of the public continues to be at the heart of Civil Service Reforms.
Public Service Commission permanent secretary, Parmesh Chand said permanent secretaries were empowered under the 2013 Constitution to deal with all matters pertaining to staffing in their respective ministries and departments.
This inter-alia will lead to optimal utilisation of existing human resources under their control as permanent secertaries are able to re-organise and restructure their staffing establishment to bring about improvements in the scope, coverage and standards of service delivery.
Mr Chand said the PSC’s new role was now focused on appointing the most qualified and suitable candidate to the post of permanent secretary in respective ministries, providing them all the support and assistance necessary to complement their efforts in improving their ministry/department’s human resource capabilities and providing the necessary frameworks and environment in which assessments, evaluation and granting of any form of recognition is based on performance.
A lot of consultations and reach-outs are being conducted within the public service to inculcate this new attitude and culture for all round improvements in efficiencies, excellence and service delivery.
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