Staff urged to undergo training

The National National

By LORRAINE JIMAL
ALL public servants are required to undergo necessary skills training to qualify for promotions in the public service, Public Service Minister Joe Sungi says.
Sungi said the National Executive Council had approved the Pacific Institute of Leadership and Governance and its human resource capacity to provide training for the country’s public servants.
“This policy will install a new culture into the service and help weed out corruption in the system,” he said.
Sungi said one of the policies to come into effect was the absorbtion of church health workers into the public service payroll system.
“We have a lot of problems with church health workers who have missed out a lot in terms of their pay and we want to include them in the public service payroll system as well.”
He said this would ensure that all public service providers were looked after, especially teachers and health workers.
Sungi said other things to be included in the public service plan were:

  • CONTINUED public sector reforms;
  • MANAGING regulatory functions of the Department of Personnel Management;
  • ACCULTURATION of public servants;
  • STATE service man-power redistribution;
  • IMPROVED terms and conditions of public servants;
  • TOUGHER penalties of maladministration;
  • INSTITUTIONALISATION public service database; and,
  • EFFECTIVE workforce planning.

Sungi said the public service played a vital role in implementing Government policy and ensuring development and services reached the people.