DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS

•  19 Jan, 2024
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DUTIES:

1. Planning, formulating, Executing and Monitoring the Performance of Various sections of the Education Sector;
2. Organizing, monitoring and collating the Schools’ Annual Census;
3. Collecting, Collating, Analysing, Interpreting and Publishing Educational data for policy decisions;
4. Relating planning to manpower projections and advising on the choice of alternatives;
5. Serving as secretariat of the Ministerial and Departmental Tenders’ Board;
6. Determining and conducting researches into educational issues to assist the government in developing education in the State;
7. Providing data on matters relating to schools mapping, location of new schools, merging, expansion and closure of schools;
8. Responsible for the placement exercise of Pupils in Primary six (6) into Public Junior Secondary Schools;
9. Preparation of School Calendar;
10. Preparing and collating the Ministry’s Monthly Progress and Annual Reports of Activities;
11. Matters relating to costing of Education;
12. Serving as a Data Bank for all educational programme in the State;
13. Serving as a Secretariat for Joint Consultative Committee on Education (JCCE) and National Council on Education (NCE);
14. Collating and Monitoring of the Ministry Year Planner;
15. Collecting, collating and analysing the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) by WAEC and NECO with the aim of determining the Higher Education Potential (HEP) of the State;
16. Collecting, collating and analysing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE);
17. Collecting, collating and analysing the termly Unified Examinations in the various categories of Primary and Secondary Schools;
18. Serving as secretariat for Education Sector Analysis (ESA);
19. Implementing and monitoring of WORLD BANK/UNICEF/ SDG4/EFA Intervention Project;
20. Implementing the Education Tax Fund (EFT) intervention projects on establishment of Computerized Data Bank Unit and in the Junior Secondary Schools;
21. Preparing the Ministry’s Rolling Plan and Annual Estimates;
22. Preparing the Ministry’s Budget in Collaboration with Department of Finance and Accounts;
23. Organizing Annual President’s Teachers’ and School Excellence Award (PTSEA); and
24. All other duties that may be assigned from time to time.