Strategy, Policy Planning, Research and Statistics Department

Overall functions of the Department

• Conduct strategic policy research to inform policy, curriculum and decision making, innovation and development and monitoring and evaluation;
• Monitor and evaluate programmes, projects, educational materials and state of school infrastructure;
• Promote access to education through establishment and registration of schools’ infrastructural development and maintenance;
• Plan for educational needs of the country;
• Assess and process applications for authority to enter schools;
• Collect and process educational statistical data for decision making;
• Establish an Efficient Management System (EMIS) that assists in policy for formulation; and
• Education sector diagnosis, planning and programming.