Ministry Of Education, Youth And Sport (East Timor)
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MEJD; Portuguese: Ministério da Educação, Juventude e Desporto, Tetum: Ministériu Edukasaun, Juventude no Desportu) is the government department of East Timor accountable for education (excluding higher education) and related matters.
Functions
The Ministry is responsible for designing, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:
- education and qualification of all levels of education (excluding higher education);
- consolidation and promotion of official languages;
- youth; and
- sport.
Minister
The incumbent Minister of Education, Youth and Sport is Armindo Maia. He is assisted by António Guterres, Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, and Abrão Saldanha, Secretary of State for Youth and Sport.
See also
References
Footnote
- ^ The Constitution of East Timor provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.
Notes
- ^ "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Further reading
- Supit, Trina (2021). Rebuilding the Education Sector in East Timor during UNTAET: International collaboration and Timorese agency. Routledge studies in educational history and development in Asia. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780367345617.
External links
Media related to Ministry of Education (East Timor) at Wikimedia Commons
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport – official site (in English)
- Priorities and Proposed Sector Investment Program 2005
- Building Evidence, Shaping Policy Findings of the 2012 Timor-Leste Education Survey
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