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Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (East Timor)

Coordinates: 8°33′35″S 125°34′4″E / 8.55972°S 125.56778°E / -8.55972; 125.56778
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Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
  • Ministério da Educação, Juventude e Desporto (Portuguese)
  • Ministériu Edukasaun, Juventude no Desportu (Tetum)
Office of the Ministry, Lospalos
Office of the Ministry, Lospalos
Ministry overview
Formed2001 (2001)
JurisdictionGovernment of East Timor
HeadquartersRua Tuana-Laran, Dili
8°33′35″S 125°34′4″E / 8.55972°S 125.56778°E / -8.55972; 125.56778
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • António Guterres, Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sport
  • Abrão Saldanha, Secretary of State for Youth and Sport
WebsiteMinistry of Education, Youth and Sport
Agency IDMEJD
Ministry logo
Logo of the Ministry

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MEJD; Portuguese: Ministério da Educação, Juventude e Desporto, Tetum: Ministériu Edukasaun, Juventude no Desportu) is the government department of East Timor accountable for education (excluding higher education) and related matters.

Functions

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The Ministry is responsible for designing, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:[1]

  • education and qualification of all levels of education (excluding higher education);
  • consolidation and promotion of official languages;
  • youth; and
  • sport.

Minister

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The incumbent Minister of Education, Youth and Sport is Armindo Maia. He is assisted by António Guterres, Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sport,[note 1] and Abrão Saldanha, Secretary of State for Youth and Sport.[1]

See also

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References

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Footnote

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  1. ^ The Constitution of East Timor 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.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 7 January 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Further reading

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