The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MEJD; pt, Ministério da Educação, Juventude e Desporto, tet, Ministériu Edukasaun, Juventude no Desportu) is the government department of
East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...
accountable for education (excluding higher education) and related matters.
Functions
The Ministry is responsible for designing, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:
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education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...
and qualification of all levels of education (excluding higher education);
* consolidation and promotion of
official languages
An official language is a language given supreme status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically the term "official language" does not refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government (e.g. judiciary, ...
;
* youth; and
* sport.
Minister
The incumbent
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport is
Armindo Maia
Armindo Maia is an East Timorese politician and academic, and a member of the Fretilin political party. He is the incumbent Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, serving since June 2020 in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led ...
. He is assisted by António Guterres, Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sport,
[The ]Constitution of East Timor
The Constitution of East Timor entered into force on 20 May 2002, and was the country's first constitution after it gained independence from Portugal in 1975 and from Indonesia, which invaded East Timor on 7 December 1975 and left in 1999 followi ...
provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used. and Abrão Saldanha, Secretary of State for Youth and Sport.
See also
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List of education ministries
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pu ...
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List of sports ministries
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Politics of East Timor
Politics of East Timor takes place in a framework of a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of East Timor is the head of government and the President of East Timor exercises the functions o ...
References
Footnote
Notes
Further reading
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External links
* – official site
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Education, Youth and Sport
Education in East Timor
East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...
East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...
East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...
East Timor, Education, Youth and Sport
2001 establishments in East Timor