Create appropriate planning culture and the policy framework to ensure equity, equality and efficiency in the General Education System of Sri Lanka
Mission
Identifying active policies which ensure equity, equality and efficiency according to the government policies related to the general education system and designing appropriate plans for long & medium term programs and projects that are successfully implemented
Main Functions
Analyzing and describing of existing education policies:
* Developing, justifying and identifying the amendments of the policies on equity, quality and efficiency and analyze policies to eliminate the identified disparities exist mainly
Obtaining and investing foreign funds through discussing local and foreign partners to enhance the investment for general education system and preparation of education policies on investments
Assisting policy and planning recommendation committee participated by Ministry of Education and Provincial Education Authorities
Improving decisions on norms of the school structures, establishing criteria to grant resources to the schools and making suggestions to develop efficient school net work
Providing recommendations (to Research & Development branch of Ministry of Education, Universities and National Institute of Education) on research requirements of policies to identify the learning outcomes of the students
Maintain formal mechanism to obtain the stake holders’ suggestions and comments in order to identify the quality of the service delivery of education system and changes of related policies
Develop short term, medium term and long term strategic plans (with the integration of National and Provincial institutions) for the benefit of education system based on the state policy statements national educational policy and legal framework and policies identified by the Ministry of Education
Prepare result based plans on the sector development approach or the project approach (when necessary) in order to invest the foreign funds received for the education system in an efficient way
Preparing medium term and annual implementation plan for the Ministry of Education
Encouraging use of appropriate technical methodologies, scientific analysis on existing data and making projections to assist the preparation of plans
Developing and implementing of education policies, plans and programs by evaluating of students’ achievement levels, launching with the integration of university system and making aware the system on the related decisions
Join together with the Monitoring and Performance Review branch when implementing amended/ developed plans based on the requirements and assisting relevant partners on implementation
To set an excellent system in monitoring and performance review of education with a total commitment to achieving national education goals
Mission
To collect, analyze and assess and make available accurate, long-term records of with respect to progress of education in support of the effective and efficient implementation of education programs and promote negotiations with relevant partners on identifying emerging issues and deciding policies, strategic directions and priorities
Main Functions
Providing the systematic and scientific basis information that lead to identifying the actual needs of the system for effective planning and developing new strategies and policies
Conduct progress review meetings to monitor the utilization of funds
Publishing progress on education with current information on the status of education
Collecting general education information, updating and providing for the relevant partners in order to achieve the mission of the Ministry of Education
Establishing the principles on human resource management, well-planned human resource development policy and conducting studies, planning and implementing to improve the competency capacity of the human resources including officers, principals in the education system through providing local & foreign training, considering the disparities of competencies of existing human resources
Vision
Improving capacity of the competencies of human resources to achieve the goals of Ministry of Education in optimum level
Main Functions
Preparation of human resource development plan for Ministry of Education
Produce globally competent educational professionals in general education system.
Mission
Encourage professionals in general education system to become genius in the global society while maintaining Sri Lankan identity by absorbing all appropriate educational procedures from global education for the benefit of the school community in Sri Lanka.
