By Sheku Sackoh Turay
The Ministry of Public Administration and Political Affairs (MoPAPA) successfully concluded the first phase of the Validation process of the development of a Public Service Curriculum on Friday 6th March, 2026, at the Civil Service Training College (CSTC) in Freetown.
The Minister of MoPAPA Hon. Amara Kallon has adhered to one of the Big Five Game Changers of His Excellency which is the Revamping of the Public Service Architecture by transitioning the Civil Service Training College to a Public Service Academy (PSA). According to the Minister, His Excellency has given him the mandates to execute the transition process.
The initial stage of the transition process commenced with the consultation process which was done from the 17—19 March at the CSTC. Diverse stakeholders were engaged in order to enhance a comprehensive Public Service Curriculum which will be implemented at the Public Service Academy now CSTC.
In his closing courtesy to the participants and the consultant, he said he’s just waiting for the document to be validated and taken to parliament for it to be approved, developed a business plan and other financial arrangements together with the proposed structure of the transformed Public Service Academy
“I’ve discussed with the President for the transitioning of the Civil Service Training College to a Public Service Academy. We want the document in place, take it to Parliament for them to approve. We’re working behind the scene to develop a business plan and financial analysis and also the proposed structure”. Minister Kallon stated.
The Minister further went on to state that once all the validation process is complete it will be taken to parliament for approval and hopefully by June 2026, the transition commences.
The Minister said in order to have an effective and efficient service delivery in the Public Service, you need to have capacity building public servants that will augment the skills of the human resources in the civil service. That’s why H.E deemed it necessary to revamp the Public Service Architecture in the country.
Prof. Ezekiel Duramany Lakkoh who is the consultant stated that, most Universities are moving to skills base education and the world is migrating to Micro Credentials studies. He further stated that, Ministers needs to do induction at the Public Service Academy which will enable them to have an insights of the Public Service administratively functions.
Participants expressed appreciation of the draft curriculum while they await the final validation process. According to the Minister, if everything goes on successfully, the transitioning process will be done in June, 2026.