Key Institutions Report final 15 December 2011 - Unmit

GOVERNANCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE - ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF KEY INSTITUTIONS
Decided by the Prime-Minister
MAIN MANDATE / COMPETENCIES
“It is incumbent upon the Ministry of Education:
a) Develop planning measures and draft legislation and regulations necessary for the
continuation of the policies for its areas of responsibility;
b) supporting the use of the Official Languages in the system of Education, as defined by
the Framework Law on Education as a condition of development of the entire education
system;
c) Ensure accreditation, development and administration of a network of Preschool
Education, pursuant to the Framework Law on Education, which allows the preparation
of children for successful integration in the system of basic education;
d) Ensure, accredit and administer based on criteria of quality and legality, a system of
universal, compulsory and free primary education;
e) Accredit, develop and administer a system of general secondary education
nationwide, and consolidate and extend a system of secondary technical-vocational,
educational policy as a measure of great importance to the training of middle managers
serving the needs of country's economic development;
f) Develop and implement the curriculum of various degrees of education and training
and develop more effective teaching methods for school success;
g) To plan, develop, coordinate and accredit the training of higher level in the country
and abroad, based on the principle of equity and developed through the educational
systems of the University, Polytechnic and Post-Secondary;
h) Regulating mechanisms for equivalence of academics degrees;
i) Develop policies to promote postgraduate training and scientific research in order to
contribute to the social, economic and technological development of the country;
j) Ensure the training of teachers;
k) To ensure, through cooperation with other departments and government
partnerships or agreements with private sector entities and cooperative, the
development of a network of technical and vocational training that responds to current
and future needs of the country on skilled human resources;
l) To develop the mechanisms necessary for the proper administration and management
of teaching staff and other staff of the education sector;
m) Promote a policy of recurrent education, ensuring the eradication of illiteracy, the
development of literacy, of special and inclusive education;
n) To promote the gradual and sustained release of new information technologies and
communication in the functioning of administrative services, schools and in the
methodologies and education and training processes;
o) To ensure a flexible and efficient development and maintenance of infrastructure of
education, to ensure a network of public offering of education and training nationwide;
p) To implement a system of inspection of education services to ensure the principle of
legality, the implementation of development policies for the schools and the
implementation of curricular and pedagogic approaches;
q)To provide for the conservation, protection, and enhancement of heritage and diverse
cultural history of Timor-Leste, including its architectural heritage, ethnographic,
linguistic, literary, crafts, customs and traditions and arts in general;
r) To promote, support and disseminate a language policy that would strengthen
national unity and identity through the promotion of the Timorese linguistic diversity
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