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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Compiled by the Policy and Planning Unit MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Table of Contents 1.

FORWARD FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL ............................................................................................................ 3 2.

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CORPORATE STRUCTURE ..................................................................................................................................... 4 CORPORATE OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Vision ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Mission ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Objectives (Goal or Aims) ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Key Strategies, Activities, Accomplishment and Challenges of the Ministry of Education in 2014 ......................... 6 HUMAN RESOURCE ........................................................................................................................................... 11 KEY STATISTICAL SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. 12 EDUCATION SECTOR FINANCING ....................................................................................................................... 14 Budget Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 14 Recurrent budget ................................................................................................................................................... 15 Payroll expenses ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 Operational expenses ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Allocation of the Operation Budget ................................................................................................................... 17 Virements .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Operation Budget Overspendings ..................................................................................................................... 18 Allocation of Government Grant ....................................................................................................................... 19 School Grant: Primary Schools, Centre Schools & Secondary Schools .............................................................. 20 Primary School Grant ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Secondary School Grant .................................................................................................................................... 21 Other Grants: Early Childhood Care Education + Institutional Grants .............................................................. 21 Revenue .................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Exam Levies ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 Government Houses Recoveries ........................................................................................................................ 22 Other Fees ......................................................................................................................................................... 22 Assets ................................................................................................................................................................. 22 7.
DEVELOPMENT BUDGET .................................................................................................................................... 22 Active & Ongoing Projects ...................................................................................................................................... 23 OTHER ISSUES .................................................................................................................................................... 26 8.
Portfolio legislation ................................................................................................................................................ 26 Statutory Authorities and Non statutory Bodies .................................................................................................... 26 International Agreements or Commitments .......................................................................................................... 26 Complaints Mechanism .......................................................................................................................................... 27 CONTACT OFFICER ............................................................................................................................................. 27 9.
2014 Page 1 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Tables Table 1: Key Strategies, Activities, Accomplishments and Challenges .......................................................................... 7 Table 2: Total Budget Expenditure Summary for MoET: Recurrent + Development .................................................. 14 Table 3: Budget Allocations & Actual Expenditure Incurred by MoET in 2014 ........................................................... 15 Table 4: Teacher Payroll Expenditure Accounts .......................................................................................................... 16 Table 5: 2014 Payroll Expenditure by Activity ............................................................................................................. 16 Table 6: Summary of Operational Budget Expenditure by Account ........................................................................... 17 Table 7: 2014 MoET Internal Virement Summary ....................................................................................................... 18 Table 8: Operation Budget Overspending by Accounts .............................................................................................. 18 Table 9: 2014 Grant Expenditure to different levels of Education system, by cost center ......................................... 19 Table 10: Actual Grant Expenditure & Financing Allocation by Cost center level ....................................................... 20 Table 11: 2014 School Grant Rates ............................................................................................................................. 20 Table 12: 2014 Summary of School Grant Payment ................................................................................................... 21 Table 13: Revenue Report as of 31st December 2014 ................................................................................................ 22 Table 14: Development Budget Expenditure Summary by Activities .......................................................................... 23 Table 15: Budget Expenditure Summary for 2014 Active Projects, by Donor/Pool Funding ...................................... 23 Table 16: Development Budget Expenditure Summary for 2014 Active and Ongoing Projects dating back to 2011/2012 & 2013 ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 Table 18: 2014 Development Budget Expenditure Summary table ............................................................................ 25 Figures Figure 1: AMENDED MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING STRUCTURE 2014 ...................................................... 4 Figure 2: 2014 Enrolment & Estimated Population..................................................................................................... 12 Figure 3: 2014 GER vs NER in Primary (yr 1-6) ............................................................................................................ 12 Figure 4: Pupil to Classroom Ratio, 2014 .................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 5: Qualified & Certified teacher ratio, 2014 ..................................................................................................... 13 Figure 6: Transition Rate, year 8 to year 9, 2014 ........................................................................................................ 13 Figure 7: Transition Rate to Yr. 11 and to Yr. 13, 2014 ............................................................................................... 13 Figure 8: MoET 2014 Budget vs. Actual ....................................................................................................................... 16 Figure 9: Recurrent Expenditure 2014 ........................................................................................................................ 17 2014 Page 2 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 1.
FORWARD FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL Dear, Honorable Minister, I have the honor in submitting to you the 2014 Annual Report of the Ministry of Education.

This report has been prepared under subsection 20 (1) (L) of the Public Service Act of 1998 and in accordance with the guidelines for the preparation of Annual Reports referred to in this subsection and related documents issued by the Public Service Commission.

Year 2014 has been another challenging year.


A lot has been done to implement the activities of the Ministry of Education and Training Annual Plan and the Vanuatu Education Support Program (VESP) jointly funded by AusAID and NZAID.

The budget constraints and the lack of human capacity to deliver services at the province and school level has been a dominant agenda for sometime.
The Ministry has been supported by its development partners for many years and the continual development funding arrangement under VESP signifies that the Vanuatu Government through the Ministry of Education is and has established a closer working relationship with its development partners to address key educational issues in schools and communities at large.
2014 marks the beginning of the MoETs engagement in the new funding arrangement, whereby the bulk of the development funds are managed by the contractor (Coffey International) aside from the government system (SMART STREAM).

With these few general remarks, may I take this opportunity to also thank the team of people who have worked tirelessly in realizing these changes and achievements that have taken place to date.
First of all to yourself as the Minister responsible, for not only rendering me your full support, but in particular for the level of wisdom expended in navigating the changes, culminating in the successes we have experienced to date.

The political advisors made the most difference in working together as a strong team in terms of unconditional support that was rendered.
The Directors, both Principals of VIT and VITE, the Secretary to the TSC, the PEO’s and the taff that have all contributed in their very unique ways in realizing these positive changes.

Honorable Minister, as you are fully aware, the Ministry of Education is currently going through major changes and I strongly believe that as those changes unfold, they will be of significant benefit not only to the school children of Vanuatu but also for the youth and adult population at large in the years to come.
Yours sincerely, Jesse Dick Joe Director General, Ministry of Education 2014 Page 3 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2.

CORPORATE STRUCTURE The Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the Ministry of Education (MoE) organization structure and the Job Description for the office of the Director General (i.e.

Corporate Services Unit), division of Administration and Finance, Policy and Planning and Education Services under the Ministry of Education, on the 19th of November 2009.
In addition to that, the PSC also approved the salary grade for each position as presented on the approved structures.

Until 2006, the MoE’s organizational structure had 7 Director Positions.

In 2007, a review of the MoE organization structure was made and the 7 Director positions were reduced to 2.

The 2 Directors were responsible for the 2 Divisions, particularly the Division of Corporate Services and the Division of Education Services).
However, a later review to the structure in 2009 saw the inclusion of one more Director Position which brings the total directorate positions in the MoE structure to 3 (Director of Administration and Finance, Director of policy and planning and the Director of Education Services).

Find below is the copy of the approved MoE organizational structure.

The consultation and reviewing of the MoE structure is underway.
It is assumed that the review of the MoE structure will ensure there are better alignment of the structure with the revised legislations to address the current MoE policies and the MoE priorities, outlined in the Education sector plans.

Figure 1: AMENDED MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING STRUCTURE 2014 2014 Page 4 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2014 Page 5 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 3.
CORPORATE OVERVIEW Vision Our vision is for a caring education system which provides every young person with the lifelong skills, values, and confidence to be self-reliant and to contribute to the development of Vanuatu, and which works in partnership with all stakeholders to provide well-managed schools.
Mission Our mission is to provide student-centered education that is accessible, relevant, sustainable, responsive, and of good quality, to guarantee every young person:  Pre-school and basic education to year 10, including literacy, numeracy, life skills, and livelihood skills, respect for our history and culture, and respect for human rights;  Expanded opportunities for secondary, technical, tertiary and higher education;  Support for parents and communities to participate in and manage their schools;  A well-managed and accountable education system which focuses on building the human resources of Vanuatu, improving learning, living, and working opportunities, and enabling young people to contribute to the productive sectors in both rural and urban areas.
Values  Students and schools first  Transparency, fairness, equity, and respect  Professionalism and accountability, focused on results  Grounded in the best of Ni-Vanuatu culture and open to the knowledge of the world  A team/ family approach Objectives (Goal or Aims) The Ministry of Education has three major objectives:  To increase equitable access to education for all people at all levels of education in Vanuatu   Improve the quality of education Improve planning, fiscal and financial management Key Strategies, Activities, Accomplishment and Challenges of the Ministry of Education in 2014 The Vanuatu Education Road Map (VERM) program that was largely supported by the pool partner funding begins in 2010 and ended in 2012 (as stipulated in the joint partnership agreement (JPA) and the initial Grant Funding Agreement (GFA)).
2013 marks the transition period of which both the government through the ministry of education and the donor partners reflect on the challenges and achievements of VERM, and preparing to embark on new support program; the Vanuatu Education support program (VESP).

Thus a transition plan was developed.

2014 Page 6 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING There are five key strategies in the transition plan.
These key strategies were identified through systematic reviews conducted by external partners in consultation with the ministry of education.

And these five strategies will be the focus of the Ministry of Educations planning and budgeting for the next five years.

Table 1: Key Strategies, Activities, Accomplishments and Challenges Goalsbjective Key Strategies 1.

Improve the quality of Education 1.


Train and support teachers to implement the new curriculum Key Activities1  Development of teachers guide to supplement the new curriculum  Distribute literacy and numeracy kit for year 1  Work in collaboration with VITE/ISU to develop training package/module for provincial trainers Key Accomplishments2  Primary teacher guide; (Math / Science /Language & Communication/Living in our community all completed Junior secondary teachers guide Yr. 7-10.

(Draft in progress.
Reviewed to incorporate TVET in school concepts & learning out-comes)   Draft of the Senior teachers guide for Yr. 11 was sent to SPBEQ for checking  Challenges/Issues Insufficient funds to support the development of the junior and senior curriculum  In-service training of: o Provincial trainers to be able  Training of 381 year 1 teachers from 321 school on effective to support teachers  Draft outline of the new Diploma teaching in Primary teaching  New teacher standards developed  Impact study on the trainings carried out by ISU conducted o Zone curriculum advisors to be able to support teachers in implementing the new curriculum o Head teachers to be able to support yr. 1 teachers & o Yr. 1 teachers on the new curriculum (syllabus & teacher guide)  New diploma program on Primary teaching  Clashes of activities  Unplanned activities delegated to be carried out by ISU  No operation budget for ISU  Administer students Internal  All IA programs are well coordinated and  Communication issues 1 These are some of the key activities that has been undertaken by divisions/units.
There are many task align to each of these key activities in the work plans.

2 These are some of the key actions/events and undertakings that were reported in the divisions/units quarterly reports.
2014 Page 7 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Assessments (IA) and National Examinations  Development of policies/rules and procedures and intervention tools for assessments completed by dateline  Two capacity building workshops for the examination system in Vanuatu (examiners, moderators and markers) has been conducted by two NZQA officers  ARTTLe (assessment tool for teachers) for yrs.
3, 5 & 7 has been developed and ready to be piloted in 2015  EAU staff trained on interpreting Titan data writing up Titan reports  Upgrading of Atlas done by SBPEQ  National Assessment policy is almost complete 2.
Strengthening of ECCE delivery  Training of provincial coordinators ECCE key teachers and ECCE teachers on Curriculum and Lesson planning  Understanding the curriculum and Skills learnt in developing lesson plans (6 ECCE provincial coordinators/all ECCE key teachers and 60 teachers of the 60 pilot ECCE centres  Conducting baseline survey for  Baseline information on the 60 pilot ECCE centres 60 ECCE pilot schools (Torba/Malampa)  Knowledge Attitude Practices (KAP) survey conducted on Maewo  Development and production of ECCE materials  Licensing of ECCE centres (model kindys) established  KAP report produced and published  ECCE book on early identification of disability and responsibility to look after kids are develop, translated and printed and pack ready for delivery in 2015 2.
To increase equitable access to education for all people at all levels of education in Vanuatu.

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Engaging communities through the school base management approach  SBM Policy Development &  Complete review of progress indicator for Planning o SBM Policy o Review Minimum School minimum school standards  Awareness on assessment policy and new curriculum carried out in all province Standard progress indicator  School inspection carried out in Tafea, Malampa,  Community engagement Sanma and Penama between ZCA’s and their zone schools, with regards to registration and enrolment of their schools  Lack of commitment from head teachers in handling examination tasks  Lack of man power at the EAU to carry out task (data entry etc.)
 Lack of funding for verification of IAs  Lack of science equipment in most senior schools have resulted in cancellation of student experiments  Delay of exam paper  Lack of budget support to provincial ECCE coordinators and key teachers to fully carry out their mentoring visits  Lack specific skills from provincial coordinators to meet requirements of certain activities  Lack of proper planning  Lack of coordination 2014 Page 8 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING  Professional standards for school principals developed, trialled and ready to phase to all provinces  Preliminary survey in the two urban centres (Port Vila & Luganville) have been completed, 10 primary schools were selected for building in the two urban centres to ease enrolment pressure.
 GIP application for 4 classrooms to be funded by the GGP in 2015 has been submitted to the Japanese embassy in Fiji via DSSPAC  Slow process of tender  Lack of community motivation 4.
Providing locally relevant and efficient delivery of services and equipment o Community advocacy program o SBM communications  School leadership program o School leadership o New curriculum awareness  Asset Management strategy survey (VESP work plan)  Supervision of classroom up- grade building projects from the Japanese Grassroots Grant Project (GGP)  Supervision of other projects: o Malapoa College new classroom facility o Renovation works at malapoa and matevulu colleges o Lycee LAB & Arep project o South Pacific Mini Games new sports complex 3.
Improve planning, fiscal and financial management 5.
Developing capacity within the Ministry of Education to deliver an effective, well managed and de- concentrated education system in Vanuatu 2014  Facilitate and Manage MoET  4 MoET staff graduating with APTC diploma in staff participation in the APTC management program  Manage procurement activities  Manage the review of Education Act & TSC Act  Manage & coordinate reporting’s  Manage VEMIS data base development  Manage Planning and budgeting exercises  Manage School grant payment  Manage recruitment and appointment of MoET officers into the newly revised organizational structure  Manage in-school Auditing  Scholarships management and management in May 2014  Procurement procedure is strengthen  Vanuatu Qualification Authority Act approved and gazetted (Vanuatu Qualification Authority Act No.
1 of 2014)  Education Act review approved and gazetted (Education Act No.

9 of 2014)  TSC Act approved and gazetted ( Teaching Service Act No.

38 of 2013)  2013 annual report submitted  National EFA country report produce and disseminated to regional stakeholders  Monthly divisional progress reporting’s are coordinated  Annual School Survey administered.
 VEMIS data base has been reviewed for ownership purposes/user friendly coordination  Provincial Planning’s delivered at provincial level  MoET Policies /Regulations Implemented on Ad hoc basis  Gaps in policies / regulations  Lack of directions and delegation from managers  Lack of proper planning  Lack of coordination of activities  Lack of recognition and staff motivation  Lack of specific skills to meet requirements and administer certain activities Page 9 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING  Manage teacher recruitments and postings  Manage ICT support and MoET website development  Staging of the Senior Education Officers Conference meeting  Lack of confidence from staff  Lack of administrations at various levels within the Education system & officers understand planning and budgeting requirements  Grants paid to primary school are used to purchase learning materials and resources for schools  Organizational structure and Job amended and all Job Descriptions completed  MoET staff transferred to new organizational structure  Schools heads comply to the school grant criteria  Scholarships are managed  Student allowances are well managed  Teacher postings are administered (ongoing)  MoET website developed  MoET logo launched  Education Management Web Page is updated  Senior education conference conducted and resolutions integrated into annual work plans 2014 Page 10 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 4.
HUMAN RESOURCE MOET HUMAN RESOURCE ESTABLISHMENT AS OF 29 APRIL 2015 Acting Contract Ongoing Study Temporary TSC Vacant Sum of Females Sum of Males Total Employment Status Number of Staff Acting Contract Ongoing Study Temporary TSC Vacant Grand Total 80 21 41 3 12 10 127 294 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Note:  Appraisals for direct appointments in process  Negotiations for direct appointments for 10 TSC Staff are in process with PSC  Out of 12 temporary  4 awaiting PSC permanent Appointment  3 still in process of finalising recruitment  3 Advertising process  3 Awaiting approval of financial visa 2014 Page 11 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 5.
KEY STATISTICAL SUMMARY Figure 2: 2014 Enrolment & Estimated Population The school enrolment years 1 to 13 represents approximately 25 per cent of the estimated total population of Vanuatu in 2014.

The shaded pyramid on the right shows the shape of the enrolment against the estimated population of the right age in each of the year levels (Age 6-18).

The pyramid shows two important characteristic about the school enrolment.
 The school enrolment population in the first five years of primary schooling larger than the estimated population of the correct age, which means that significant number of children in these year levels may not be at their correct ages (either under or over age).

is  The school enrolment population decrease in numbers from year seven up to year 13, meaning high number of push outs from the system.
Figure 3: 2014 GER vs NER in Primary (yr 1-6) The Net Enrolment Rate (NER) has been constant over the years, meaning MoE has a lot to do in terms of advocating and managing the children to attend primary school at the right age.

The primary school grant incentive, introduced in 2010 has seen an increase in the primary school enrolment.

The Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) trend shows a steady increase, meaning more unofficial age children are present in the system.
The graph on the right shows the pupil to classroom ratio for the primary school (Government and Government assisted) in 2014.

The norm pupil to classroom ratio in primary schools is 1:30.
The graph shows that;  The pupil to classroom ratio is very high in the two urban centers compared to that of all the rural province 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 2014 116.9% 87.7% 120.6% 88.0% 140% 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 GER NER Figure 4: Pupil to Classroom Ratio, 2014 59.9 54.7 46.8 20.0 17.2 19.2 19.1 25.3 24.7 20.8 Urban Rural Page 12 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Figure 5: Qualified & Certified teacher ratio, 2014 Qualified is defined as a teacher that is not specifically trained to be a teacher but has an academic qualification.
Certified is a teacher that has an academic qualification and is trained to be a teacher.

80.0% 60.0% 50.46% The graph on the right shows the percentage of qualified and certified teachers by school type 48.06% 40.0% 20.0% 0.0% 70.09% 65.86% 64.45% 60.49% 60.10% 57.50% ECE Primary Qualified Ratio Secondary Vanuatu Certified Ratio Figure 6: Transition Rate, year 8 to year 9, 2014 Data from VEMIS shows an increased in the rate of transition from year 8 to year 9 since 2010.
Which means more and more year 8 school children are moving on to years 9.

Despite of the increase, where does the remaining percentage of school children go to ia a question that still needs an answer to.

90 88 86 84 82 80 78 76 74 82.1% 79.8% 88.1% 89.2% 88.8% The transition rate to year 11 and to year 13 fluctuates over years since 2010.

The transition rate to year 11 ranges between 72 to 85 % from year 2010 to 2014.
The transition rate to year 13 show a significant decrease over years from 28.8% in 2010 to 10.6% in 2013 and a slight increase in 2014.

The big gap on the transition rate between year 11 and 13 is significant, it could be defined by the high drop out after the year 10 and year 12 exams.

It could be said that many of thses dropouts carry on at VIT and other formal and non- formal tertiary institutions through out the country.
100 80 60 40 20 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Figure 7: Transition Rate to Yr. 11 and to Yr. 13, 2014 81.5 74.2 72.5 85.9 72.5 28.8 22.9 14.0 10.6 19.1 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year 11 Year 13 2014 Page 13 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 6.

EDUCATION SECTOR FINANCING Budget Overview In summary, the Ministry has continued to implement its activities with continued technical and budget support from development partners.
The Vanuatu Education Road Map (VERM)3 program ended in March 2013, and the Vanuatu Education Sector Program (VESP) was implemented.

In 2014, as 75% of the recurrent budget was for staff personnel emoluments, the development budget was utilized to carry out priority activities identified within VESP to achieve the Ministry’s objectives, which were not funded within the recurrent budget.
Below, in table 1, is the summary of the total Budget Expenditure for the overall Ministry of Education and Training which includes both Recurrent and Development data.

The total expenditure for the Ministry in the year 2014 is 4.58 billion vatu which is also the expected amount needed to finance the education system per year as well.
Table 2: Total Budget Expenditure Summary for MoET: Recurrent + Development RECURRENT DEVELOPMENT Activity Details Budget Total Expenditure Remaining Balance Revenue/ Budget Total Expenditure Remaining Balance MEAA Cabinet Support Division 39,962,083 40,466,101 -504,018 MEBA Office of the Director General 24,889,635 23,203,131 1,686,504 -286,158 330,294 MEBB Administration & Finance Directorate 81,165,087 75,596,643 5,568,444 0 34,588 0 44,136 34,588 TOTAL COST OF FINANCING MOET IN 2014 40,466,101 23,533,425 75,631,231 MEBC Policy & Planning Directorate 47,134,561 41,699,874 5,434,687 -9,254,510 7,722,898 -1,531,612 49,422,772 MECA Education Services Directorate 128,939,537 121,999,775 6,939,762 -65,497,117 100,990,581 35,493,464 222,990,356 MECB Secondary Schools Division 1,173,869,808 1,264,309,172 -90,439,364 MECC Primary Schools Division 1,757,903,267 1,836,804,257 -78,900,990 -189,625,436 140,976,131 MECD Technical & Higher Education Division 665,697,030 660,554,210 5,142,820 -3,962,549 7,105,352 0 1,264,309,172 - 48,649,305 3,142,803 1,977,780,388 667,659,562 MECE School Support Services Division 154,945,540 148,519,062 6,426,478 -3,092,965 7,592,602 4,499,637 156,111,664 MEDA Tertiary Education & Post Schooling 91,958,967 91,788,799 170,168 Other Education Commissions & Councils 13,458,988 13,556,511 -97,523 MEDB Total 0 0 91,788,799 13,556,511 4,179,924,503 4,318,497,535 Note that, the difference between Recurrent & Development reporting is the positive and negative balances.
In recurrent reporting a negative balance (with a negative sign) implies overspending while in development reporting it infers funds availability.

A positive balance would be the opposite, indicating funds availability in recurrent while overspending in terms of development reporting.

Also Expenses are normally positive in nature in development reports.

-271,718,735 -138,573,032 264,752,446 -6,966,2894 4,583,249,981 Overall, there are three categories of revenue for the Ministry; 1.

Exam Levies 2.
Exam Levies 2.

Government Houses Recoveries 3.

Other fees The total revenue collected for these categories was 12.6 million vatu.

3 Although VERM ended in 2012, there are still few projects active and ongoing in the year 2014.

Details are in the upcoming tables.

4 In terms of Development reporting, negative balances implies availability of funds.

The -6,966,289 is the fund available as at 31st December 2014.
2014 Page 14 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING With regards to Ministerial assets, Smart stream recorded the total net value of assets for the Ministry was 245 million vatu, by 31st December 2015.

Unfortunately the Ministry has captured this information only at the central and the provincial level, while the data for schools is not yet captured on the system.
Recurrent budget This report has collated all budget and expenditure activities for overhead and payroll under the Ministry of Education which comprises of the Cabinet Services (510), Department of Education (540) and Teaching Service commissions and other Education Commissions and Councils for the financial year of 2014.

In 2014, the Ministry of Education was allocated an annual Budget of 4,179,924,503 vatu.
This was approximately 23.85 % of the total Government appropriated recurrent budget of 17.52 billion vatu.

In comparison with the 2013 appropriated annual budget, this is a decrease in budget by 2.45%.

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This budget of 4,179,924,503 vatu is at 31st of December 2014, which represents the actual appropriated budget by the parliament as at 31st of January which was 4,177,924,503 vatu (MFEM, Budget 2014, Vol.
1 & 2) and the final budget, which included the 2 million vatu which was vired from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports to cater for the Vanuatu Qualification Authority (VQA) staffs outstanding salaries and allowances.

Summary of the mentioned is tabled below in table 2.
Program MEA MEB Table 3: Budget Allocations & Actual Expenditure Incurred by MoET in 2014 Budget 39,962,083 24,889,635 81,165,087 47,134,561 128,939,537 1,173,869,808 1,757,903,267 665,697,030 154,945,540 91,958,967 13,458,988 4,179,924,503 Source: Extracted from Vanuatu Government Smart stream Vision Report (28/04/2015) Details Cabinet Support Division Office of the Director General Administration & Finance Directorate Policy & Planning Directorate Education Services Directorate Secondary Schools Division Primary Schools Division Technical & Higher Education Division School Support Services Division Tertiary Education & Post Schooling Other Education Commissions & Councils Activity MEAA MEBA MEBB MEBC MECA MECB MECC MECD MECE MEDA MEDB Total MEC MED Total Expenditure 40,466,101 23,203,131 75,596,643 41,699,874 121,999,775 1,264,309,172 1,836,804,257 660,554,210 148,519,062 91,788,799 13,556,511 4,318,497,535 Remaining Balance (504,018) 1,686,504 5,568,444 5,434,687 6,939,762 (90,439,364) (78,900,990) 5,142,820 6,426,478 170,168 (97,523) (138,573,032) Overall, the Ministry had an unfavorable variance of 138 million vatu.
The above unfavorable accounts were mainly due to, high traveling expenses than expected, and the continuous high demand of teachers of which many entered the system but were not budgeted for thus stretching the payroll budget that far.

About 84 % of the total overspending in payroll was from the Teachers’ payroll as shown in the table 3 below.
These major overspending in the Teachers’ payroll was for the family allowances, housing allowances, special allowances for head teachers especially, leave allowance payouts with severances, overtime wages, and permanent wages.
2014 Page 15 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Id 1 2 3 Table 4: Teacher Payroll Expenditure Accounts Cost Centre Secondary Schools Primary Schools % as share of Payroll Budget 33.38% 46.21% Budget 1,078,685,102 1,493,288,369 Remaining Balance -70,298,308 -41,686,627 Total Committed Budget to date 1,148,983,410 1,534,974,996 VIT/VITE Total 4.84% 84.42% 156,339,668 -7,410,779 163,750,447 2,728,313,139 -119,395,714 2,847,708,853 Total Payroll Expenditure as at 31/12/2014: 3,231,770,252VT Beneath is a reflection showing the overall picture of total budget and expenditure as at 31st of December 2014, by each respective Directorate.
Figure 8: MoET 2014 Budget vs. Actual Payroll expenses The Ministry has overspent its annual payroll budget of 104.17 % on staff personnel entitlements, including salaries, family allowances, housing allowances, and superannuation.

Most of these payroll expenditures are for primary and secondary teachers of both government and government assisted schools and post-secondary institutions, VIT & VITE.
Additional payroll commitments arose from backlog of teachers’ salaries, scholarship teachers being paid on full salary for the duration of their 3 year program which was unbudgeted for, arrears of family and housing allowances, and overtime payments.
Table 5: 2014 Payroll Expenditure by Activity ID 1 2 3 Cost Centre 51 - Education Cabinet 54 - Ministry of Education & Training 55 - Education Commissions and Councils Total Annual Payroll Budget Total Payroll Expenditure 32,322,544 3,050,173,551 19,963,568 3,102,459,663 32,826,562 3,179,051,020 19,892,670 3,231,770,252 % as share of total Payroll Expenditure 101.56% 104.23% 99.64% 104.17% Source: Extracted from Vanuatu Government OLAP Report (25/03/2014) 2014 Page 16 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Operational expenses Allocation of the Operation Budget Table 6: Summary of Operational Budget Expenditure by Account Account Group ADMIN COST GRANT REFUND SCHOLARSHIP TERMINATION TRAVEL Grand Total EXPENDITURE 83,508,402 411,021,361 10,073,204 390,244,384 61,641,905 130,238,027 1,086,727,283 % 7.68% 37.82% 0.93% 35.91% 5.67% 11.98% 100.00% Given that all accounts classified as Admin Cost remains constant, in terms of operational costs 35.91% of the total operation budget was spent on the government scholarship students, 37.82% was spent on operating grants to the government and government assisted primary and secondary schools, the six provincial education offices, Zone Curriculum Advisors (ZCA), Early Childhood Education (ECCE) USP Fencing and the post-secondary institutions: VIT and VITE.
In figure 2, it gives a much bigger picture of the total recurrent budget expenditure (operation + payroll expenditures) for 2014 grouped in 5 different account groupings being, salaries/wages/allowances+vnpf, scholarship, termination, MoET admin cost and Grant.

At this level, the major expenditure remains the payroll which makes up 75% of the total followed by Grants (10%) and Scholarship (9%).
About 1% of total expenditure was spent on teachers’ termination and death benefits and of which all funds were made and managed by the Teaching Service Commission.

The remaining 5% was spent on the Ministry’s administrative expenses.
Figure 9: Recurrent Expenditure 2014 2014 Page 17 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Virements In 2014, the Ministry incurred expenses which were unplanned for therefore there were virements and advances prepared within the Activities and Programs payroll and overheads to ensure that operational costs were met and managed well.

Table 5 displays the summary of all the virements of funds within accounts of the Ministry: Table 6 shows internal virements from accounts to accounts within the ministry.
Of the 27.5 million vatu worth of virements 59% of the total was made from payroll to payroll and 33% from operations to payroll mainly to offset various payroll overspending.

The remaining 8% comprise transfer of funds from operation to operation (7%) and from payroll to overhead (1%).

In addition, 2 million vatu was also vired from the Department of Youth Development & Training (58BC) to Vanuatu Qualification Authority (55AB) to cater for the VQA staffs payroll emoluments.
Table 7: 2014 MoET Internal Virement Summary % Virements Accounts 59.06% PAYR - PAYR 32.70% OVER - PAYR Total (VT) 16,295,000 9,020,981 OVER - OVER PAYR - OVER 1,940,588 332,850 7.03% 1.21% Total % PAYR/OVER 91.76% 8.24% Grand Total 27,589,419 Source: Extracted from Vanuatu Government Smart Stream (25/03/2014) 100.00% 100.00% Operation Budget Overspendings The data contained in table 7 includes only over spent accounts, and does not include the accounts that are under spent in the overall operation budget.
Table 8: Operation Budget Overspending by Accounts5 Annual Budget Accounts Total Expenses Balance % OVERSPEND/ Account Drug Distribution - Medical Equipment Facilities Hire General - Materials House R+M Internet and Satellite Communications Local Courses Local Medical Treatment Office Cleaning Official Entertainment Other Fees Other Medical Treatment Other Rental Refunds 0 1,911,647 58,200 2,061,250 0 0 1,389,525 0 817,880 2,623,850 0 0 1,181,835 4,997,606 57,778 11,800,723 206,667 3,541,534 44,444 2,222 1,622,758 319,917 1,533,301 6,130,859 70,715 113,776 1,837,799 10,073,204 -57,778 -9,889,076 -148,467 -1,480,284 -44,444 -2,222 -233,233 -319,917 -715,421 -350,7009 -70,715 -113,776 -655,964 -507,5598 0.00% 116.84% 355.10% 171.81% 0.00% 0.00% 116.79% 0.00% 187.47% 233.66% 0.00% 0.00% 155.50% 201.56% 5 This is inclusive of all scholarship fees + Insurance 2014 Page 18 Scholarship6 Security Services Travel7 Vehicles Fuel Vehicles Hire MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 255,674,600 0 47,810,705 3,306,236 0 284,017,808 1,840,000 130,238,027 3,777,859 -130,666 -28,343,208 -1,840,000 -8,242,7322 -4,716,23 130666 2800.17% 0.00% 1004.26% 114.26% 0.00% In the overspend column in table 7, the red figures represents the major overspendings in the operation budget for the year 2014.
Given that all under spent accounts of the operation budget remain constant, the most overspend account is the scholarship of 2800.17%.

The over spend was due to increased number of intakes and insurance fees which was an additional cost incurred but was unbudgeted for.

The second worst over spending to scholarship account is the travel expenses.
The 1004.26% overspend came about due to continuous unplanned/ unbudgeted traveling such as the Malampa & Shefa Ministerial tours both of which comes with heavy expending’s.

The other major reds are between 110 and 200 percent which is critical in a way but if managed and controlled in a more appropriate way the overspendings could be avoided.

In contrast, the non-red accounts are unbudgeted expenditures.
Unbudgeted expenditures are not just expenditures that were incurred without a budget BUT also overspending the budget is also considered as unbudgeted expenditures.

Although the accounts were not budgeted for, the table shows that there was expenditure incurred per accounts.

The highest unbudgeted account for the Ministry in the year 2014 is the security services incurring an expenditure of 1.8 million vatu.
All these unbudgeted accounts in the table contribute to the major overspendings in the operations budget.

Allocation of Government Grant According to table 8, the total actual cost of financing the different levels of the Education system, Institutions and the Provincial offices amounted to 854.6 million vatu.
Table 9: 2014 Grant Expenditure to different levels of Education system, by cost center ID Cost Centres ZCA PEB VanGov Scholarship Fund Primary ECCE VIT/VITE Secondary USP Fencing & Security Total Actual Expenditure 8,596,000 24,214,000 433,633,027 252,890,663 4,000,000 31,780,000 92,486,852 7,000,000 854,600,542 The graph in Figure 3 is just a replication of table 8.
The longest of the blue spikes was the VanGov Scholarships followed by the Primary and Secondary School Grants 7 Include all Local/International Travelling, Accommodation, Subsistence Allowances 2014 Page 19 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Table 10: Actual Grant Expenditure & Financing Allocation by Cost center level Actual Grant and Financing Allocation Actual Expenditure USP Fencing & Security 7,000,000 Secondary VIT/VITE 92,486,852 31,780,000 ECCE 4,000,000 Primary VanGov Schlshp Fund PEB ZCA 24,214,000 8,596,000 252,890,663 433,633,027 Also as part of the grants payments were the two separate payments to Commonwealth of learning for Vanuatu Country Profile fee and the annual contribution to Commonwealth of Learning by the Ministry.
School Grant: Primary Schools, Centre Schools & Secondary Schools All government and government-assisted schools are paid grants twice each year, 60% in tranche 1 and 40% in tranche two.

Table 9 shows the 2014 School Grant Rate that was applied when calculating the schools grant allocations to the schools.
Table 11: 2014 School Grant Rates GROUP PRIMARY YEARS 1-6 YEARS 7 & 8 SECONDARY YEARS 9-13/14 ANNUAL RATE/HEAD 8,900VT 3,668VT 7,110VT Primary School Grant In 2014, the first tranche of 60% was paid in full by 31st January8 to all schools while the 40% was paid in three parts.
The first payment of the 2nd tranche was effected on 18th of September 2014 but few primary years 1 - 6 schools were left out given that they didn’t meet the reporting requirements for submission of the school’s annual financial report, as well as their response to desktop auditing which was undertaken by the Internal Audit Unit of the Ministry.
On 27th October 2014 the second part payment were then paid after some schools that were left out in the first part payment were able to comply with the requirements.

And the 3rd payment of the second tranche was made on 2nd January 8 60% Tranche 1 of 2014: 287,126,266VT, see summary in Table 10 2014 Page 20 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2015 when few other schools that are left out from the second part are then paid due to the same reason and restrictions on government cash flow.
Secondary School Grant The secondary school grant rate which used to be 8,1257VT in 2013 was reduced to 7110VT/head only because the New Policy Proposal (NPP) request for Year 7-8 Grant, which was expected to be picked up by the donor funding’s, was rejected by the Ministerial Budget Committee (MBC) leaving the Secondary School Grant cost center under budgeted.
Thus given the under budget, the allocation of the grant cannot be based on the old rate / head (8,125VT/head) hence the secondary school grant was calculated on a pro - rata basis to arrive at the new rate to ensure fair sharing of the grant to all secondary schools.
Table 12: 2014 Summary of School Grant Payment Group Primary School 9 Secondary School 10 Total 1st Tranche Payment (60%) 226,853,880 60,272,386 287,126,266 2nd Tranche Payment (40%) 159,732,024 32,548,307 192,280,331 Total 386,585,904 92,828,693 479,414,597 In table 10, total Primary School Grant expenditure was 386 million vatu.

Out of that amount, 133 million vatu was donor funded while the other 95 million was the government contribution.
According to the secondary School Grant 25.3 million vatu was for years 7 & 8 and the remainder 67.4 million vatu was for the years 9 – 13/14 all of which makes up the 92 million vatu.
Other Grants: Early Childhood Care Education + Institutional Grants Grants are also paid to these cost centers Early Childhood Care Education Vanuatu Institute of Technology 10 million vatu Vanuatu Institute of Teachers Education 21 million vatu 4 million vatu Additionally, the government also commits itself to meet the 15 million vatu which is for the security & fencing of the University of the South Pacific (USP) Emalus Campus.
Part of the grant, 7 million vatu was already paid and the second payment of 8 million should be paid in 2015.

Revenue As previously mentioned, the three revenue accounts for the Ministry are: Exam Levies Examination Levies is collected annually by the Examination and Assessment Unit (EAU) to cater for all national examination costs.
Although the money is not directly used by the EAU for its operational expenses, the EAU sees fit to charge all examination fees at differing rates depending on the qualification level.
9 This is inclusive of Centre School Primary year 1 - 6 10 This is inclusive of Centre School Years 7&8 2014 Page 21 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Government Houses Recoveries The revenue for Government Houses Recoveries was recovered given these two situations below: Staffs that have been overpaid on housing allowances during employment Staff that are not entitled to housing allowance, but were receiving housing allowance - - Other Fees Other Fees received as revenue are mainly: - For the reprinting of curriculum materials for all schools by the CDU which includes reprinting of curriculum syllabus, teachers guides, readers and other curriculum materials The table beneath shows the revenues collected in 2014 which totaled to 12.6 million vatu.
Table 13: Revenue Report as of 31st December 2014 Account Description 7NFO 7NFX 7NOH Total Revenue Other Fees Exam Levies Government Houses Recoveries Actual Commitments Total Budget 1,598,390 10,764,525 247,056 12,609,971 0 0 0 0 1,598,390 1,500,000 10,764,525 4,000,000 247,056 0 12,609,971 5,500,000 Source: Extracted from Vanuatu Government OLAP Report (25/03/2014) The table shows a favorable balance of 12.6 million which is twice the budgeted amount of 5.5 million vatu.
Assets The total net value of assets, as earlier stated for the Ministry and as captured in Smart Stream was 245 million vatu.
The summary by the three departments are outlined below: Department 510 – Education Cabinet Net Value of Assets 9.3 million vatu 540 – Ministry of Education & Training 229 million vatu 550 – Education Commissions and Councils 6.9 million However this does not capture and include all assets at the provincial and most importantly at the school level as yet with the vast amount of resource and support being provided by the Vanuatu Government and the other donor partners.

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DEVELOPMENT BUDGET In 2014, the Ministry received financial and technical support from donor partners to fund activities contained within the Vanuatu Education Road Map (VERM), Vanuatu Education Sector Program (VESP) and the Grass root Projects (GGP).

Other funding support were provided through the New Zealand Small Basket projects, the French Embassy, UN, United Kingdom, UNICEF, UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning through the University of the South Pacific.
In table 12, it shows the donor funding spread across the activities within Ministry of Education and Training.

Donor funds are more concentrated in the Executive arms of the department (MEB) and 2014 Page 22 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Education department (MEC) with no support to the cabinet services (MEA) and Other Education Commissions and Councils (MED).
Table 14: Development Budget Expenditure Summary by Activities Program Activity Details Revenue/ Budget Total Expenditure Remaining Balance MEA MEB MEC MED Cabinet Support Division MEAA MEBA Office of the Director General MEBB MEBC MECA MECB MECC MECD MECE MEDA MEDB Other Education Commissions & Councils Total Administration & Finance Directorate Policy & Planning Directorate Education Services Directorate Secondary Schools Division Primary Schools Division Technical & Higher Education Division School Support Services Division Tertiary Education & Post Schooling -286,158 0 -9,254,510 -65,497,117 -189,625,436 -3,962,549 -3,092,965 330,294 34,588 7,722,898 100,990,581 140,976,131 7,105,352 7,592,602 -271,718,735 264,752,446 0 44,136 34,588 -1,531,612 35,493,464 0 -48,649,305 3,142,803 4,499,637 0 0 -6,966,289 The 2014 development budget as extracted in the Vision Development Smart Stream on the 29th of April 2015 show a total budget of 271 million vatu and expenditure of 264 million vatu with a remaining balance as at 31st December 2014 of 6.9million.
Active & Ongoing Projects There are two parts to the 2014 budget extract; table 13 contains information of ONLY 2014 ACTIVE projects.

And table 14 holds the other half of the ACTIVE and ONGOING projects that incurred expenses in 2014 but started from way back in 2011/2012/2013.
Table 15: Budget Expenditure Summary for 2014 Active Projects, by Donor/Pool Funding Donor/Pool Funding COMMON WEALTH JAPAN Revenue/Bgt 1,238,563 9,713,067 MISCELLANEOUS O/S CONTRIBUTION 1,716,701 % of Total Contribution Expenditure 0.46% 3.57% 0.63% 1,236,702 1,201,891 646,610 NZ Smol Grass Root Project 34,985,111 12.88% 31,653,161 PUBLICATION REVENUE U.N.I.C.E.F UNITED KINGDOM UNITED NATIONS VERM VESP Grand Total 474,998 3,423,400 895,463 5,221,134 2,134,621 0.17% 1.26% 0.33% 1.92% 0.79% 211,915,677 77.99% 271,718,735 100% 1,371,974 1,367,650 593,123 35,799,283 17,250,588 159,254,984 250,375,966 Balance Remaining 1,861 8,511,176 1,070,091 3,331,950 -896,976 2,055,750 302,340 -30,578,149 -15,115,967 52,660,693 21,342,769 Table 14 displays the budget expenditures summary for active and ongoing projects dating back to 2011/2012/2013 funded by different agencies in 2014.
As at 31st December 2014, the projects consumes already 14.3 million vatu of the 146 million vatu revenue budget leaving the remaining balance at (131,753,177) vatu.

2014 Page 23 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Majority of the projects were GGP projects which was Japan contribution focusing in only construction of primary schools.

The other projects were the New Zealand Smol Krass Root Project which was funded by New Zealand and the other three were the French, USP, and UNICEF projects.
The table outlines clearly all the projects including the start date and revenue contribution by the donor / pool funding.

Finally, there are ACTIVE and ONGOING PROJECT for the year 2010 under the project code 10F354 which is for ‘Teachers Training Support for VITE‘ and was funded by the French Embassy.
The project started in 12th October 2010 with an opening revenue balance of 3,542,175 vatu and as at 31st December 2014, the transaction report confirmed incurred expenditure totaling to 2,758,825VT leaving a remaining balance of 783,350vatu.
2014 Page 24 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Table 16: Development Budget Expenditure Summary for 2014 Active and Ongoing Projects dating back to 2011/2012 & 2013 Project Description Default Project Code Bonkovio School Double Classroom upgrading of Kami Primary School 09A754 11B854 11C154 Upgrading Of Vuigalato Primary School Bakanoa Primaary School 12B854 Arep Primary School 12B954 12F954 Port Narvin Pre School 12C254 Quatui Primary School 12H954 Namaru Primary School 12I254 12I354 12I554 12I754 12I854 Bangalulu Primary School Port Melou Primary School Vanmanla Primary School Fokona Primary School Volvei Primary School 12C154 Upgrade of School Water Supply Systems Laruanu Community Kindergarden 12E655 12G658 Multipurpose Court for Onesua Presbyterian College 13J154 Double Classroom Lenakel Harbour View Primary School 13J254 Saletui School Library Pinapow Primary School Desk TVET Reconstruction in Vanuatu Reforme Du System Educatif 13K954 11D454 13K554 13A154 Opening School Concept Vanuatu ECCE Identification Tool 13L654 Total Donor / Pool Funding Rev_ code Rev_Desc Start Date Revenue Total Exp GGP GGP GGP GGP GGP GGP GGP GGP GGP GGP GGP GGP GGP NZ Smol Grass Root Project NZ Smol Grass Root Project NZ Smol Grass Root Project NZ Smol Grass Root Project NZ Smol Grass Root Project NZ Smol Grass Root Project FRENCH FRENCH U.S.P U.N.I.C.E.F 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QJA 7QNZ 7QNZ 7QNZ 7QNZ 7QNZ 7QNZ 7QFR 7QFR 7QSP 7QUN Japan 29/04/2010 8/04/2011 Japan Japan 8/04/2012 Japan 29/03/2012 2/03/2012 Japan Japan 26/04/2013 Japan 29/03/2012 Japan 14/06/2013 Japan 14/06/2013 Japan 14/06/2013 Japan 14/06/2013 Japan 14/06/2013 Japan 14/06/2013 7,837,845 9,067,003 9,067,003 8,898,896 8,898,896 1,137,692 8,898,896 8,789,066 8,786,066 8,786,066 8,786,066 8,106,693 8,789,060 New Zealand 29/03/2012 8,898,896 New Zealand 12/12/2012 New Zealand 25/01/2013 New Zealand 25/10/2013 3,999,471 3,816,952 2,519,136 New Zealand 14/11/2013 933,000 230 7,803,257 9,010,439 7,559,756 8,057,326 8,713,636 883,032 8,620,568 8,355,557 8,705,570 8,017,234 8,469,457 7,205,783 8,420,198 8,196,076 3,381,584 3,290,990 151,265 207,927 Balance (VSSD) -230 34,588 56,564 1,507,247 841,570 185,260 254,660 278,328 433,509 80,496 768,832 316,609 900,910 368,862 702,820 617,887 525,962 2,367,871 725,073 New Zealand 21/11/2013 9/06/2011 France 1/10/2013 France 15/11/2012 U.S.P 14/11/2013 U.N.I.C.E.F 1,088,920 6,076,713 9,351,621 595,700 3,000,000 146,129,657 991,920 5,344,925 9,105,181 596,300 665,426 14,376,480 97,000 731,788 246,440 -600 365,426 131,753,177 Table 17: 2014 Development Budget Expenditure Summary table Table # 9 10 Budget Expenditure Summary for 2014 ACTIVE PROJECTS ONLY by Donor / Pool Funding -271,718,735 250,375,966 21,342,769 Budget Expenditure Summary for ACTIVE and ONGOING PROJECTS dating back to 2011/2012/2013 14,376,480 -14,376,480 Total -271,718,735 264,752,446 -6,966,289 Description Revenue Expenditure Balance Remaining Table 15 summarizes total expenditure for 2014 for all ACTIVE, ACTIVE and ONGOING PROJECTs which were 235 million vatu with a balance remaining of 6,966,289 vatu (this is according to vision smart stream development reports).
2014 Page 25 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING The Ministry will continue to work more closely with managers to allow planned budgets and activities for the year to be fulfilled, and all resources are available to ensure that efficiency prevails within the system.

This will assist us to ensure that all funds are well accounted for and utilized to ensure the Ministry is able to deliver on its objectives.

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OTHER ISSUES Portfolio legislation The following legislation governs the affairs of the Ministry of Education and Training:  Education Act No 9.

Of 2014  Teaching Service Act No 30. of 2013  Vanuatu Qualification Authority Act No 1. of 2014  Vanuatu Institute of Technology Act No.

24 of 2001  Vanuatu Institute of Teacher Training Act No 25.

Of 2001 Other related acts includes: LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU Consolidated Edition 2006 LEADERSHIP CODE [CAP.
240]   CHAPTER 219 CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (RATIFICATION) Act 26 of 1992  LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU Consolidated Edition 2006 VANUATU NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND [CAP.
189] Consolidated Edition 2006 Statutory Authorities and Non statutory Bodies The Ministry of Education portfolio includes the following statutory bodies;  Teaching Service Commission (TSC)  Vanuatu Institute of Technology (VIT)  Vanuatu Institute of Teacher Education (VITE)  National Education Commission (NEC)  National Education Advisory Council (NEAC) TSC, VIT and VITE are govern by their own Acts while NEC and NEAC are commissions and Councils International Agreements or Commitments The Government through the Ministry of Education has been a signatory with a number of these regional and international agencies: beneath are the agencies by which the government through the Ministry of Education is working closely with;  University of the South Pacific  Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) 2014 Page 26 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING  UNESCO (MDG and EFA Goals – are incorporated into the MoET performance framework to address the surrounding issues  UNICEF  South Pacific Board of Education and Assessment (SPBEA)  Commonwealth of learning  Links and engagements with NGOs and organizations in Vanuatu (World Vision, Peace Corps and JOCV.
Complaints Mechanism The Ministry administers complaints through the office of the Director General and relates these either to the Teaching Service Commission or the Public Service Commission.

Legal advice is sought from the State Law Office for all legal issues and complains.

The Ministry of Education is not aware of any investigations by the Ombudsman’s Office or the Auditor General carried out during the year in relation to its operations.

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CONTACT OFFICER Mr Jesse Dick Joe Director General, Ministry of Education and Training, Private Mail Bag, 9028, Port Vila 2014 Page 27