Articles 10 and 11 in Part II of the Act, among other areas, focus on issues of collaboration, decentralisation and autonomy in Maltese schools. The Education (Amendment) Act, 2006, Cap.327, Part II, Article 10:631, stipulates that the DES is ‘to ensure the effective and efficient operation of and delivery of services to the Colleges and State schools within an established framework of decentralisation and autonomy’. This directorate has to work ‘in constant collaboration with the Colleges and schools …, and to encourage and facilitate their networking and cooperation’ (Laws of Malta 2006 Cap.327, Part II, Article 11 (1):631).