His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today issued Decree (51) of 2023, restructuring the Ministry of Education, based on a by proposal the Education Minister, and following the approval of the Cabinet.
According to the decree, the Education Ministry was restructured as follows:
Education Minister, who will oversee:
First: Directorate of Communications
Second: Directorate of Evaluation and Performance
Third: Directorate of Risk Assessment and Legal Affairs
Fourth: Director-General of Schools' Affairs, who shall be responsible for:
1- Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Services, overseeing:
a. Directorate of Student Services
b. Directorate of Community Partnership
c. Directorate of Physical Education
2- Assistant Undersecretary for Education, overseeing:
a. Directorate of Educational Operations, District (1).
b. Directorate of Educational Operations, District (2).
c. Directorate of Educational Operations, District (3).
d. Directorate of Educational Operations, District (4).
Fifth: Undersecretary for Policies, Strategies and Performance, overseeing:
1- Assistant Undersecretary for Education and Learning Policies Development, overseeing:
a. Directorate of Policies and Curricular Development
b. Directorate of Educational Policies and Development
2- Assistant Undersecretary for Strategies and Performance, overseeing:
a- Directorate of Strategic Planning
b- Directorate of Licensing and Follow-up of Private Schools
c- Directorate of Licensing and Follow-up of Early Education
3- Assistant Undersecretary for Support Services, overseeing:
a- Directorate of Human Resources
b. Directorate of Financial Resources
c. Directorate of Services
d. Directorate of Information Systems
Royal Decree 85/2020 on the restructuring of the Ministry of Education shall be abrogated.
The Education Minister shall implement the provisions of this decree, which takes immediate effect, and will be published in the Official Gazette.
Source: Bahrain News Agency