Ministry of Education and seven province offices have signed the management contracts to transfer some functions of the ministry to the province offices.
As part of the government’s decentralization policy, the cabinet decided, on 12 January 2010, to transfer some functions of line ministries to province offices, under a management contract between ministries and seven province offices.
At a ceremony held at the President’s Office this afternoon, Minister of Education Dr Musthafa Luthfy signed the contract on behalf of the Ministry, while State Ministers appointed to provinces signed on behalf of their respective provinces. Deputy Undersecretary of the President’s Office Mr. Hussain Adam who is in charge of North Province signed on behalf of the North Province.
Speaking at today’s ceremony, President Mohamed Nasheed said the aim of the government was to transfer the functions of all line ministries to province offices to enable the delivery of services directly to the people, under a management contract.
In his remarks, the President said a Decentralization Act was needed to establish a solid legal framework to run the administrative regions. He said what the government was doing today was creating a sound administrative structure to deliver services closer to the people.
