Home（https://www.education.gov.dm/index.html）
About Us（https://www.education.gov.dm/about-us.html）
Departments & Units（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units.html）
Curriculum & Measurement Unit（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/curriculum-measurement-unit.html）
Curriculum Guides（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/curriculum-measurement-unit/curriculum-guides.html）
Curriculum Reports（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/curriculum-measurement-unit/curriculum-reports.html）
Programmes of Study（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/curriculum-measurement-unit/programmes-of-study.html）
Education Planning Unit（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/education-planning-unit.html）
Education Trust Fund（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/education-planning-unit/education-trust-fund.html）
Information Technology Unit（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/education-planning-unit/information-technology-unit.html）
Quick Stats（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/education-planning-unit/quick-stats.html）
Library and Information Service（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/library-and-information-service.html）
School Operations Unit（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/school-operations-unit.html）
Early Childhood Development（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/school-operations-unit/early-childhood-development.html）
Special Education（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units/school-operations-unit/special-education.html）
Services（https://www.education.gov.dm/services.html）
Education Laws（https://www.education.gov.dm/services/education-laws.html）
F.A.Q.（https://www.education.gov.dm/services/f-a-q.html）
Forms（https://www.education.gov.dm/services/forms.html）
Scholarships（https://www.education.gov.dm/services/scholarships.html）
Vacancies & Tenders（https://www.education.gov.dm/services/vacancies-tenders.html）
Stakeholders（https://www.education.gov.dm/stakeholders.html）
Parents（https://www.education.gov.dm/stakeholders/parents.html）
Students（https://www.education.gov.dm/stakeholders/students.html）
Teachers（https://www.education.gov.dm/stakeholders/teachers.html）
News & Media（https://www.education.gov.dm/news-media.html）
Education Matters（https://www.education.gov.dm/news-media/education-matters.html）
News（https://www.education.gov.dm/news-media/news.html）
Photo Gallery（https://www.education.gov.dm/news-media/photo-gallery.html）
Videos（https://www.education.gov.dm/news-media/videos.html）
Contact Us（https://www.education.gov.dm/contact-us.html）
Home（https://www.education.gov.dm/index.html）
Departments & Units（https://www.education.gov.dm/departments-units.html）
Education Planning Unit
Education Planning Unit
Senior Planning Officer (Ag.) Nathaline Constance
The role and function of planning in any organisation or institution is undeniable. It plays a pivotal role in mapping the way forward and in allocating the appropriate resources to do so. It remains the nerve centre for the organisation as it provides feedback on performance and the need for changes designed to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery. Planning is a management tool and should be pursued at all levels throughout the organisation.
According to the Education Strategy Letter (Sept, 1995), The Planning and Development Section will have overall responsibility for:
The long range planning of sector development and the related preparation of programmes (5 years) and projects and the conduct of research and policy studies in support of decision making and policy formulation.
The development and maintenance of a statistical service for the sector would include a comprehensive database related analytical capacity to serve the education community and other public service needs; this database to include all students, teachers schools and services of the Ministry of Education, sector financing and cost and other relevant data as may be feasibly required.
The Education Strategy Letter identifies the key functions of the Education Planning Unit as follows: