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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