'A' corps of public servants reformed up to 30 percent - Abdrahimov
ASTANA. November 19. KAZINFORM - 'A' corps of civil servants has been renewed by 30 percent, said the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Gabidulla Abdrakhimov at the briefing of the central communications service.
"At the moment corps 'A' is complete and has been updated by 30 percent, that means new people. For some positions people came from the private sector - business, these people have not been in the public service", said G.Abdrakhimov.
According to him, the corps has been formed of professional managers and should be a mechanism to implement the policy of the President in building the effective state. They are 540 posts in total.
As explained by G.Abdrakhimov to participate in the selection of a "A" corps applications were submitted by 2224 people, and testing for the qualification requirements have been passed only by 1851 candidates. At the end of the testing 1122 people were allowed for the interview, representing 60 percent of those admitted for testing.
G.Abdrakhimov also informed that the civil servants of 'A' corps will sign a 4-year contract, renewable for another 4 years. At the end of each year there will be assessment of civil servants' activities.