Provide quality professional support and services towards a balanced education
Objectives
Ensure quality and effective teaching and learning
Constantly raise the quality of academic achievements of all schools
Provide basic needs such as teachers and educational facilities towards holistic individual potential development
Provide staff development programmes and activities to officers, school leaders, teachers and staff
Create a dynamic, progressive, caring, competitive and happy school culture in accordance to the 'Melayu Islam Beraja' philosophy
Mould excellent, responsible, competitive, progressive, knowledgeable, and skilled students
Main Functions
Supervise, coordinate and support implementation of policy, regulations and programmes of the Ministry in all primary and secondary schools
Coordinate, analyse and supervise matters related to teaching and learning including reports from other departments, government agencies and the public
Raise quality and level of professionalism of officers, school administrators, teachers and staff through various staff development programmes locally and abroad
Plan, assess and monitor supply of teaching and learning materials
Process and supervise recruitment, posting and development of officers and teachers locally and abroad
Cooperate with all other departments under the Ministry of Education and other government agencies and non-government agencies on matters related to roles and functions of the Department of Schools
Provide counselling and career guidance services to schools
Issue Student Passes to foreign student studying in this country