Organisational Structure

Organisational Structure

The ministries of education will continue to be responsible for policy development, management and Co-ordination in The Gambia. They will guide the development of the education sector during the policy period and beyond and further reinforce its management capacities to cope with the decentralisation process.

The Ministers for education will be responsible for leadership in the sector and policy oversight. The Permanent Secretaries are the chief executives and advisers to the Ministers and will provide oversight for the activities of the sector. There will be two Deputy Permanent secretaries for each ministry one of whom is assisting the Permanent Secretary in the administrative and financial management functions of the Ministry while the second is assisting in the co-ordination of policy, programmes and project implementation.

There will continue to exist, two management committees for the effective management and co-ordination of policy implementation. One will be the senior management teams (SMT) and the inter-ministerial senior management team comprising the two Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, deputy permanent secretaries and the directors and to be chaired by the Permanent Secretaries.

The second will be the co-ordinating committee meeting (CCM) to be made up of all Deputy Permanent secretaries, directors, principal education officers, managers/deputy managers and relevant stakeholders to be chaired by the Permanent Secretary. This committee will meet bi-monthly by rotation at each of the six regions.