4.1 Decentralisation of Power to Educational Service
Areas and Schools
Overseeing more than 90 percent of the schools providing
basic education across the country, the Ministry of Education has
emphasised the policy of decentralising its power in educational
administration to educational service areas and schools.
In accordance with the 1999 National Education Act, the
Ministry formulated the Ministerial Regulation Concerning the
Criteria and Methods for Decentralising Power in Educational
Administration and Management which was promulgated on May
8, 2007 and has been effective since May 16, 2007.
The Ministerial Regulation provided that the Permanent
Secretary of the Ministry of Education and the Secretary General
of the Office of the Basic Education Commission undertake
responsibility regarding the decentralisation of power of educational
administration and management.
In this regard, power will be decentralised in academic affairs,
budgeting, personnel management, and general administration to the
Committees responsible for the supervision of educational service
areas, the Office of Educational Service Areas and schools under
their jurisdiction.