Competition system

Decree number 105 dated may 19, 2024.

The system of the national competition for the recruitment of student judges includes:

The Director General of the Higher School of magistracy,

  • Pursuant to Executive Decree No. 16-159 dated May 30, 2016, regulating the Higher School of magistracy, defining its functioning modalities, admission requirements, study regimen, as well as the rights and duties of the trainee magistrates

  • Pursuant to the ministerial decree dated July 18, 2022, which specifies the content of the application file for the national competition for the recruitment of judicial trainee students, as well as the number, type, duration, coefficients, and program of the exams, and the composition of the examination committee.

  • Pursuant to the decree dated May 15, 2024, concerning the opening of the national competition for the recruitment of judicial trainee students for the year 2024.

Decides the following:

Article 1: In accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the decree dated July 18, 2022, which specifies the content of the application file for the national competition for the recruitment of judicial trainee students, as well as the number, nature, duration, coefficients, and program of the exams, and the composition of the examination committee mentioned above, this decree establishes the regulations for the national competition for the recruitment of judicial trainee students for the year 2024.

This regulation aims to establish the rules for the participation of candidates in the competition and to ensure their overall discipline.

Article 2: Grants access to examination rooms to candidates holding an invitation to take the competition, issued by the school administration, as well as an identity card to prove their identity.

Article 3: The identity of the candidates is verified and calls are made at the beginning of each test.

Identity monitoring may be carried out during the exam.

Article 4: It is strictly forbidden for any foreign individual unrelated to the competition to enter the examination halls, regardless of any justification.

Article 5: The candidate must report to the examination hall at least thirty (30) minutes before the start of the test.

No late candidate shall be allowed to enter the examination hall after the distribution of the question papers, regardless of the reason given.

Article 6: Upon entering the examination room, each candidate must relinquish any document except the summons and the identity card.

He must also rid himself of his mobile phone and any related accessories, regardless of their type, and leaving a mobile phone on is strictly prohibited under penalty of disqualification.

Any candidate found in possession of an unauthorized document or a mobile phone or any other means of communication is disqualified.

Article 7:Candidates must remove their jackets, coats, wallets and handbags, before the start of the exam and placing them away from the examination table.

Article 8: The presumption of cheating is attributed to the candidate found in possession during the examination of any document, regardless of its nature, even if he/she did not attempt to use it, as well as any mobile phone, its accessories, and any listening and speaking devices.

Candidates are required not to object to the monitoring of their ears by the room supervisor whenever necessary.

Article 9: Examination papers and drafts are distributed to candidates according to standardized models and colors, and these documents are considered official for the competition.

Article 10: Upon completing the exam or at the end of the allotted time, the candidate must submit their answer sheet and sign the designated list for this purpose.

Answers written in drafts cannot be retrieved.

Article 11: Le candidat doit remplir la feuille de réponse avec précision, sans ratures, marques manuscrites supplémentaires, phrases d’introduction ou de conclusion non pertinentes par rapport aux réponses, ou mise en évidence des titres de manière attrayante. Article 11: The candidate must fill in the answer sheet accurately, without any erasures, additional handwritten marks, introductory or concluding sentences unrelated to the answers, or highlighting of titles in an eye-catching manner.

Article 12: Writing on the answer sheet is only allowed with a single pen, in blue or black ink, avoiding thickening the line or pressing the pen, or any other indication that could allow identifying the candidate.

Article 13: No additional documents will be accepted without prior request from the candidate.

Article 14: The candidate is not allowed to change their assigned seat in the examination hall except by order of the hall supervisor.

Article 15: The candidate is disqualified from the competition in case of absence in any of the scheduled subjects.

Article 16: Exiting the examination room is not permitted for any reason (even to go to the restroom).

Article 17: In case of serious health issues, the candidate receives first aid.

The president of the examination hall notifies the technical security officer, who calls the doctor for examination near the examination hall.

In case the absence exceeds half an hour, the candidate is not allowed to re-enter the examination hall, and the president of the hall records the absence of the concerned candidate from the examination in the examination proceedings.

Article 18: It is strictly prohibited for candidates and any other person to stand near the examination halls.

Article 19: Candidates are prohibited from talking to each other during the exam or making any gestures that may facilitate cheating.

In case of proven cheating, the concerned invigilator and the hall supervisor shall draft a written and detailed report, accompanied, if necessary, by all physical evidence.

In case of caught cheating, the candidate is immediately asked to leave the examination room and their summons is withdrawn. A detailed report is then drafted regarding the incident.

Article 20: states that the documents submitted are not returned to their owners, regardless of the reason.

Article 21: states that candidates must comply with the orders and directives of the invigilators without any resistance or disrespect.

Article 22:Candidates must hand in their answer sheets as soon as the invigilators announce the end of the examination time.

The head of the examination room takes charge of the examination papers, monitors them, and takes necessary measures to preserve them and hand them over to the technical secretariat.

Article 23:At the end of each examination, the head of the examination room submits to the technical secretariat the examination report, which must reflect the actual conditions in which it took place.

Article 24:Any candidate may be disqualified from the competition if they do not write their registration number on the exam paper or if they write a number other than the one assigned to them on the receipt of dossier submission or on the card attached to the examination table.

Article 25his regulation is made known to each candidate, and if necessary, it is read at the beginning of the first examination of the competition.

The General Director

 For the Higher Judicial School

Djadi Abdelkarim
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