Commission so as to increase the autonomy, flexibility and
responsiveness to the needs of learners and communities of the
Committees responsible for the supervision of educational service
areas, the Office of Educational Service Areas and schools under
its jurisdiction.
4.3 Training of Change Leaders to Support
Decentralisation
The Ministry of Education realised that decentralisation
would not be fruitful if the personnel in educational service areas
and schools were not prepared. Therefore, training of change leaders
was initiated to equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary
for managing organisations of the new era.
Accordingly, nationwide development programmes were
organised for prospective change leaders such as directors and
deputy directors of the educational service areas, school principals,
vice principals of public and private schools, including Islamic
private schools, as well as supervisors and head teachers of subject
groups. Some of these designated change leaders were trained to be
the trainers of other trainees for further implementation.
4.4 Decentralisation of Power to Local Administrative
Organisations
In accordance with the National Education Act, local
administration organisations can provide education at any or all
levels of education according to their readiness, suitability and the
requirement of the local areas.
The Ministry of Education is responsible for prescribing
the criteria and procedures for assessing the readiness to provide
education of the local administration organisations as well as
co-ordinating with them and promoting their capability in provision
of education in line with the policies and standards required.
Besides, the Ministry of Education will also advise
on the budgetary allocations for education provided by local
administration organisations. The relationships between state
educational organisations and local administration orgnisations can
be represented in the table below.