MUSCAT: The Ministry of Labour has started the trial run of the performance measurement system on 175,000 public sector employees working in 57 government units. 

Speaking to The Arabian Stories, a top official at the Ministry said Ejada (performance measurement system) will come into effect from January 2, 2022. “Currently we started the trial run on 175,000 employees in 57 government units and the evaluation will end on December 31,” he said. 

The appraisal system which is in line with the Oman 2040 Vision, aims to improve the level of quality of services provided to citizens, enhance the community’s confidence in government performance, in addition to clarifying the employee’s duties and responsibilities. “This system is crucial when it comes to analysing an individual’s performance. When it comes to promotions, bonuses and incentives for an individual, this system plays an important factor. It doesn’t matter how many years you have worked. What matters is your work, productivity and results,” he said.

According to the official, 1,220 training workshops were held in preparing the units.“Ejada will assist in evaluating the performance of government units by creating a national system for governance and institutional performance aimed at developing the level of quality of government services, which will contribute to a qualitative leap in the performance of government units and improve the Sultanate’s classification in some international indicators, in addition to motivating government units to improve,” he added.