The Ministry of Education supervises both basic and higher education, although other ministries are responsible for the administration and management of post-secondary and tertiary-level establishments. Implementation of the basic education policy is split between two departmental offices, one in Mandalay (for Upper Myanmar) and one in Yangon (for Lower Myanmar). A third office attends separately to the needs of Yangon City schools. These three departmental offices and the Department of Educational Planning and Training administer and manage basic education in accordance with the directives of the following statutory bodies and organizations: the Basic Education Council; the Basic Education Curriculum, Syllabus and Textbook Committee; and the Teacher Education Supervisory Committee