Final validation workshop on the Ghana Public Service Information Technology (IT) and Information Management (IM) Scheme of service was yesterday held in Accra.

The scheme which is being supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) seeks to enhance the recruitment, engagement, retention and the career development of the IT/IM personnel within the Public Service Organisation of the country

The Chief Director of the Ministry of Communications Kwaku Ofosu -Adarkwa in an interview maintained that the scheme as a follow-up on an ICT policy is unprecedented in the whole of Africa.

He said, the scheme which takes-off presently will go a long way to boost productivity in the country as unnecessary delays in the service industry will soon end.

The Chief Director disclosed further that the Scheme calls for immediate reforms in the country’s Education Curriculum in order to develop standard human resource for the country’s industrial needs.

On the Framework for developing the Scheme, the President of the Accra Institute of Technology, Prof Clement Dzidonu, explained that the scheme for the IT/IM incorporates elements of both personnel–ranking and the position system models for recruiting employees and allocation of specific professional status and salary within the public service.

He thus illustrated that the Personnel-ranking system is strictly based on the educational background and seniority of the individual while in contrast the Position-System put emphasis on selecting the best-suited candidate for each position to be filled–whether by external recruitment or via internal promotion or mobility.

On the key elements of the scheme, Prof Dzidonu proposed that organisational structures for the public service will include an IT unit with a maximum staff of 10 personnel to be headed by a Senior Information Officer, with rank equivalent to Assistant Director , an IT division with a maximum staff of 15 personnel to be headed by a Principal Information officer with rank equivalent to Deputy Director within the public service and an IT Directorate with a maximum of 15 and above with rank equivalent to Director within the public service.

The professor added however that each public sector organisation can have only one of these structures in accordance with its size and areas of operations.

Source: ISD (Joe Addo)
Posted: 28/11/08

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