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but to which other departments contribute
for example, the Social
Welfare Department's concern with social work among young people has
a direct and important bearing on social work in schools.
3.19
Against this background the Director of Education is assisted
in his executive responsibilities for education by a Deputy Director (with
overall responsibility for the work of the Department). For operational
purposes the Department is at present divided below this level into two
main Branches, each headed by a Senior Assistant Director, one responsible
for schools and services and the other for planning and development.
Within each Branch are Divisions headed by Assistant Directors. The
Planning and Development Branch consists of the Inspectorate Division
(advisory inspectorate), the Further Education Division (colleges of
education, adult education, approved post-secondary colleges),
Planning and Building Division (planning, building, statistics, junior
secondary education assessment) and the Technical Education Division
(technical institutes, Technical Teachers' College), together with the
Board of Education secretariat, which works directly to the Senior
Assistant Director (Planning and Development). The Schools and Services Branch consists of the Schools Division (primary schools, secondary
schools, secondary school places allocation) and the Services Division
(special education, educational television, careers guidance, student
guidance, overseas students and scholarships). In addition, two divisions
and a number of sections work directly to the Deputy Director: these
are the Accounts and Supplies Division and the Headquarters and Administrative
Division (headquarters, administration, information and public relations,
registration and a new training unit).
3.20
Divisional officers of the Department have functional
responsibilities which in most cases are self-evident from the titles of
their posts (for example, the Senior Education Officer (Approved Post
Secondary Colleges) and his staff are responsible to the Assistant