Guinea's School of Public Administration
| Author | Brian Weinstein |
| Date | 01 October 1965 |
| Published date | 01 October 1965 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/j.1099-162X.1965.tb00652.x |
Guinea)
s
School
of
Public
Administration
by
BRIAN
WEINSTEI:-l
Organization
THE
Ecole
Superieure
d'Administration
of
the
Republic
of
Guinea
is now in its
second year.
Other
schools
and
syllabuses
preceded
the
present
ESA
just
as
earlier schools
in
Nigeria,
Kenya,
Ivory
Coast
and
elsewhere
had
syllabuses for
civil servants before
the
present
Institutes
of
Public
Administration
and
Ecoles
Nationales
d'Administration were estahlished.
Prior to
Guinean
independence
in 1958
an
Ecole
Territoriale
d'Admlnistration
bad been set
up.
By a
decree
in
November
1958 this school was transformed
Into
the
Guinean
Ecole
Nationale d'Administration
and
was placed
under
the
direction
of
the Secretary
of
State
for the Civil Service.
In
1960
the
ENA
was
reorganized,
and
the
syllahus then consisted
of
what
was called asix-month
stage
for
middle-ranking
personnel; the courses
emphasized
accounting
and
basic concepts
of
law. Correspondence
and
special accelerated courses were set
up
when
this was possible.
The
ENA
was transformed for the
academic
year 1963-1964 by presidential
.decree
and
the present
Ecole
Superieure
d'Administration
opened
at
the
end
of
[963 not far from
the
centre
of
Conakry.
One
of
its
three
buildings is used for
classrooms
and
offices;
another
is
the
dining
room
and
recreation
room;
the
third building, designed for use as a dormitory, was constructed
during
the
first year.
The
stated
goal
of
this public institution is to
'form'
high
ranking
function-
aries for the
Guinean
administration.
'Form'
in
French
does not,
of
course,
1l1ean
the
same
thing
as
'train'
in English.
The
goal is to provide
the
students
with a
general
as well as with a
more
specialized
education
--
to help them
become well-educated, reflective individuals willing to
and
capable
of
serving
their
country
possibly in several different positions
during
their careers. All
students
must
have
already
completed
the
secondary level of
education
and
1l1ust
have
passed
both
parts
of
the
baccalaurem,
which
is
equivalent
to
the
General
Certificate
of
Education
-
Advanced
Level
and
Ordinary
Level - in English-
Speaking countries.
Like most
of
the
other
schools
of
administration
in Africa
the
status of
the
ESA has
changed
according
to
the
way
in
which
the
government
and
its services
have
been
organized.
During
1963-1964
the
school was
attached
to
the
Ministry
of
State
and
then
to
the
Ministere du
Contrdle
Administratif; in 1964-1965 it is
Considered to be
under
the
control of several ministries
which
exercise control
through
a
Conseil
d'Administration
with
representatives from
the
ministries
and
Services concerned. Astatus different from
that
of
other
educational
institutions
and a status
which
is
perhaps
not fixed
once
and
for all is typical
of
ENA's
and
IPA's in Africa.
The
Ecole
Superieure
d'Administration is
independent
of
all
other
educational
establishments
within
Guinea
and
without,
but
in 1963-1964 it was
aided
by
BOston University.
The
latter
was
the
executing
agent
for the Agency for
ｾＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭＭ
. Dr. Brian Weinstein, Ph. D. (Harvard),
taught
at the Guinean School of Administration
and
IS now at the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, U.S.A.
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