Institute for Education Agency (Establishment) Order, 2017

L.N. 243 of 2017

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT

(CAP. 497)

Institute for Education Agency (Establishment) Order, 2017

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 36(1) of the

Public Administration Act, the Prime Minister has made the

following Order:-

The title of this Order is the Institute for Education Citation.

(Establishment) Order, 2017.

(1)

There shall be an Agency, to be known as the Establishment

Institute for Education, which shall serve as a platform to ascertain, of the Agency.

implement and support Government policy where it concerns the

formation, quality and standards that promote and develop training

and the building of skills within the grades of educators and

professionals in the education sector and within European and

international dimensions and to reach all those who are and, or may

become involved in the education sectors and within a socio-

economic context.

(2) The Agency shall assume the responsibilities previously

vested in the Institute for Education, established by means of the

Institute for Education (Establishment) Order, which is being S.L. 327.510

reconstituted by virtue of this Order.

(3) All employees previously performing duties with, and any

other public officers currently deployed with, the Institute for

Education within the Ministry of Education shall be regarded as

employees of the Agency under the same terms and conditions

prevailing at the date of coming into force of this Order and their

employment contracts shall continue in force as if they were entered

into by the Agency.

(4) Public officers deployed with the Agency shall be deemed

to be detailed with the Agency in accordance with article 43 of the

Public Administration Act.

(5) The Agency shall, as from the coming into force of this

Order, assume responsibility for all assets, liabilities and obligations

previously entered into by the entity which is being reconstituted.

(1)

The functions and duties of the Agency shall be to

(a)

create high level accredited courses at various EQF

levels for the needs and interests of education practitioners and

stakeholders;

(b)

collaborate with Education Departments, Colleges

and schools and other entities and institutions whether

government or private, local or international, in designing and

providing quality courses that cater for all the professional

needs of education practitioners and stakeholders;

(c)

provide professional formation, skills, attitudes and

practices and implement activities consistent with or in support

of the Government policies and educational frameworks;

(d)

provide advice in relation to issues, needs and

practices with reference to European and, or international

training programmes and furthermore in relation to the socio-

economic needs from time to time;

(e)

through research, to clarify, understand and widen

the various aspects of educational leadership;

(f)

develop a leadership and autonomous vision for

(g)

create a learning community act for educators to

meet and share common experiences, challenges and

possibilities;

(h)

nurture a meaningful, truly engaging awareness of

education in a wider sense and its dialectal relationship with

(i)

encourage reflective educational leadership that is

aware of its qualities, possibilities, challenges and limits,

personally, socially, and professionally, hence becoming a

leadership that nurtures trust and hope;

(j)

act as a meaningful forum for educational policy

discussions;

(k)

carry out any other function which is related to or

ancillary to the above.

(2) The Agency shall keep under review the workings of this

Order, and where deemed required, at the request of the Minister or

otherwise, submit proposals for the Order’s review.

(1)

The Minister responsible for the Institute for Minister

responsible for

Education shall be the Minister responsible for education.

Agency.

(2) The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for

education shall supervise the Agency in terms of article 39 of the Cap. 497.

Public Administration Act

Provided that the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry

responsible for education may be assisted in such supervision by

another Permanent Secretary in accordance with the proviso to article Cap. 497.

13(5) of the Public Administration Act

Provided further that if a Minister, other than the Prime

Minister, assumes responsibility for the Agency, its supervision shall

fall under the Permanent Secretary of that Ministry.

The Agency shall be governed by the provisions of the Financial

Financial Administration and Audit Act unless otherwise stated in the arrangements.

Agency Agreement between the Permanent Secretary and the

Institute for Education, in which case the provisions of the Agency

Agreement shall prevail.

The operations of the Agency shall follow an Agency Other special

Agreement which is to be agreed between the Permanent Secretary arrangements

applying to the

and the Institute for Education.

Agency.

(1)

The Minister responsible for the Agency may Advisory Board.

establish an advisory board to assist the Chief Executive Officer in

the discharge of his duties.

(2) An advisory board established under this article shall

consist of not less than two and not more than four members

appointed by the Minister responsible for the Agency.

(3) The remuneration paid to members of the Agency’s

Advisory Board shall be in accordance with any directives and

guidelines which may be issued by the Agency from time to time.

The Institute for Education (Establishment) Order, is Revokes

hereby revoked with effect from the 1st August, 2017, without S.L. 327.510.

prejudice to anything done or omitted to be done thereunder.

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To serve as a platform to ascertain,

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implement and support Government

policy where it concerns the

formation, quality and standards that

promote and develop training and the

building of skills within the grades of

educators and professionals in the

education

sector

and

within

European

and

international

dimensions and to reach all those

who are and, or may become

involved in the education sectors and

within a socio-economic context.".

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