Damascus-Sana
The Ministry of Education seeks gradually and permanently to simplify administrative procedures related to stakeholders and workers in this sector in order to reach the optimal provision of the necessary service for them while reducing the effort and time they entail, according to
Assistant Minister of Education Maha Kanaan.
Among the decisions taken by the ministry in order to achieve this goal is the adoption of the principle of decentralization and the recent authorization of the governors and education directors in the governorates with many of the ministry's powers, which greatly reduces the burden on the central administration, as management and treatment are carried out at the local level according to Kanaan's statement to the SANA delegate, who made it clear that most of the aforementioned have been delegated The powers of the minister related to day-to-day affairs, personnel affairs, and local services necessary for the advancement of the educational process and ensuring its smooth running away from red tape and favoritism.
Kanaan indicated that the most important powers delegated to the governors are related to “appointing and contracting for the first category with persons with disabilities, transferring, deputizing and loaning workers, adjusting their employment status, granting bonuses and study leave, and disciplinary return of those discharged from the profession to work.” While directors of education have been delegated to 54 items aimed at all. To facilitate the procedures of citizens and workers alike.
Among the remaining procedures, which need the approval of the Ministry, they are “exceptional promotion and transfer from a productive job to a service job, and transportation with the newly created vacancy,” because it is the exclusive prerogative of the Minister of Education.
In another context, and with the aim of facilitating the services provided by the ministry to citizens, the ministry has worked to form a committee to follow up the implementation of the citizen service center project, which will contribute to providing multiple services completely without the need to review any other party, as according to the study decided for its completion, it will be possible through the center to obtain a “certified copy of Documents and certificates inside and outside the country, a statement of employment or service status for the ministry’s employees, attestation of teacher preparation certificates, success documents in informatics courses, and a certified copy of the preparatory and secondary certificates since 1991 inside and outside the country.
On the same topic, Kanaan clarified that the architectural, civil, electrical and mechanical study has been completed, and all plans for the center have been announced, and the tender has been announced to start the implementation, referring to other services provided through the Electronic Services Center.
Kanaan emphasized that the controls and powers granted by the ministry with the aim of simplifying work are all derived from the Basic Law for workers in the state, noting that the door for complaints is permanently open to any citizen, as they are closely followed up by those involved in the central administration and take the necessary measures for that in addition to following up on complaints on communication pages Social media, the official ministry website, or the one that comes to the press office daily.
Rehab Ali
