Secretaries Sue DPSM For Contempt

This comes nine months after the High Court gave DPSM eight months to implement, through various directives, a clear career progression structure for the secretarial and executive office management cadre.

Earlier this year the secretaries across government ministries and departments had succeeded in their bid to force the employer to set aside the Competency Based Career Path (CBCP) scheme, which DPSM introduced in 2015. The CBCP scheme was introduced via a Directive No. 1 of 2015. The scheme introduced new academic requirements and competencies for progression and elevation from lower to higher offices. “It is true we met as the national coordinating committee for secretaries last Wednesday. The government has not done anything after the court order.