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Department of Education of Hunan Province
Address: No. 238, 2nd Section of 2nd East Ring Road, Changsha, Hunan Province
Postal Code: 410016
Telephone: +86 731 84714891
Main Responsibilities:
1. To implement national education laws and regulations; to draft local educational rules and regulations; and to draw up strategies, policies, and plans for the educational reform and development of the province and organize their implementation.
2. To undertake the specific work of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Education Work Leading Group; organize and study Party building and ideological and political construction policies, educational development strategic plans, and major reform plans of Hunan’s education sector; and, coordinate and supervise the implementation of the decisions, work arrangements, and requirements made by the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Education Work Leading Group.
3. To take charge of the overall planning, coordination, and management of all forms of education at various levels; formulate, in collaboration with relevant departments, the standards for the setting-up of schools of all types at various levels; guide the reform of education and teaching methods; and, take charge of the statistics, analysis, and release of basic educational information.
4. To promote all-round development of compulsory education and equitable education; take charge of the macro-guidance and coordination of compulsory education; give guidance on general senior high school education, pre-school education, and special education; lay down requirements and basic documents for teaching in elementary education; organize the examination and approval of local course materials for elementary education and commissioned unified course materials; and, conduct quality-oriented education in an all-round way.
5. To provide guidance for the development and reform of employment-oriented vocational education; formulate the teaching guidance documents and teaching assessment standards; and, guide the construction of teaching materials for secondary vocational education and vocational guidance.
6. To coordinate and guide higher education, higher education for adults, self-study examination of higher education, and continuing education; study and formulate standards for setting-up all forms of higher education, basic teaching documents, and evaluation standards, and organize their implementation; and undertake, in accordance with relevant rules, the establishment, adjustment, and review and approval of name alteration of ordinary colleges and universities.
7. To take charge of the overall management of the educational funds of the Department of Education of Hunan Province; take part in formulating policies for raising and allocation of educational funds, and investment in educational infrastructure construction; be responsible for statistics of and perform supervision over the educational funds in their input and use; provide management, in accordance with relevant rules, over the educational aids and loans of the province provided by governments and organizations from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and foreign countries; give guidance and coordinate the work on extending financial help to needy students; and, instruct and organize the implementation of auditing on the departments within the education system.
8. To plan and give guidance on the educational work for the ethnic minority groups, and coordinate the educational aids to the ethnic minority groups, ethnic minority areas, and impoverished areas.
9. To give guidance on the work of ideology and political education, moral, physical, health, arts, and national defense education in all types of schools at various levels; guide the construction of the Party, publicity, united front work, and mass organizations in the institutions of higher learning; and, instruct and coordinate the work of the education system.
10. To administer teachers' work across the province within the limit of its duties according to the stipulations prescribed in the Teachers Law of the People's Republic of China; implement the teacher qualification standards of all types and at various levels, and formulate, in collaboration with relevant departments, the standards for the establishment of schools of all types and at various levels; and, guide the talent team building of education system.
11. To manage the entrance examination for academic credentials for higher and secondary education of various forms, and the administration of records of students' enrollment status; make admission plans for higher education in collaboration with relevant departments; and, take part in drawing up the employment policies for college and university graduates, and guide colleges and universities to carry out employment and entrepreneurship work for students.
12. To plan and guide the research by institutions of higher education in natural sciences, philosophy and social sciences; coordinate and guide the institutions of higher education to take part in developing the national and provincial innovation system, and undertake national and provincial key projects and programs for the development of science and technology; guide the construction and development of the scientific and technological innovation of institutions of higher education; and, give guidance on the informatization of education and promote the collaborative innovation of enterprises, universities, and research institutions.
13. To organize and guide international educational exchanges and cooperation; coordinate and guide the programs for Chinese students studying abroad and foreign students studying in Hunan, joint educational programs by Chinese and foreign educational institutions, and the management of schools for the children of foreign nationals; plan, coordinate, and guide the work of promoting the Chinese language in the world; and, carry out educational cooperation and exchanges with Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.
14. To organize and guide supervision over the education work of the province.
15. To coordinate and manage provincial language work, formulate and organize the implementation of provincial language plan, and guide the promotion of Putonghua or mandarin and standardized Chinese characters and the training of Putonghua or mandarin teachers.
16. To take charge of the work of the conferring of academic degrees and implement the national degree system.
17. To assist the Organization Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee in inspecting and managing school leading groups and leaders; give guidance on the work of ideological education and training for cadres of institutions of higher learning.
18. To carry out other work assigned by the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and the Hunan Provincial People's Government.
Chinese source: jyt.hunan.gov.cn
Postal Code: 410016
Telephone: +86 731 84714891
Main Responsibilities:
1. To implement national education laws and regulations; to draft local educational rules and regulations; and to draw up strategies, policies, and plans for the educational reform and development of the province and organize their implementation.
2. To undertake the specific work of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Education Work Leading Group; organize and study Party building and ideological and political construction policies, educational development strategic plans, and major reform plans of Hunan’s education sector; and, coordinate and supervise the implementation of the decisions, work arrangements, and requirements made by the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Education Work Leading Group.
3. To take charge of the overall planning, coordination, and management of all forms of education at various levels; formulate, in collaboration with relevant departments, the standards for the setting-up of schools of all types at various levels; guide the reform of education and teaching methods; and, take charge of the statistics, analysis, and release of basic educational information.
4. To promote all-round development of compulsory education and equitable education; take charge of the macro-guidance and coordination of compulsory education; give guidance on general senior high school education, pre-school education, and special education; lay down requirements and basic documents for teaching in elementary education; organize the examination and approval of local course materials for elementary education and commissioned unified course materials; and, conduct quality-oriented education in an all-round way.
5. To provide guidance for the development and reform of employment-oriented vocational education; formulate the teaching guidance documents and teaching assessment standards; and, guide the construction of teaching materials for secondary vocational education and vocational guidance.
6. To coordinate and guide higher education, higher education for adults, self-study examination of higher education, and continuing education; study and formulate standards for setting-up all forms of higher education, basic teaching documents, and evaluation standards, and organize their implementation; and undertake, in accordance with relevant rules, the establishment, adjustment, and review and approval of name alteration of ordinary colleges and universities.
7. To take charge of the overall management of the educational funds of the Department of Education of Hunan Province; take part in formulating policies for raising and allocation of educational funds, and investment in educational infrastructure construction; be responsible for statistics of and perform supervision over the educational funds in their input and use; provide management, in accordance with relevant rules, over the educational aids and loans of the province provided by governments and organizations from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and foreign countries; give guidance and coordinate the work on extending financial help to needy students; and, instruct and organize the implementation of auditing on the departments within the education system.
8. To plan and give guidance on the educational work for the ethnic minority groups, and coordinate the educational aids to the ethnic minority groups, ethnic minority areas, and impoverished areas.
9. To give guidance on the work of ideology and political education, moral, physical, health, arts, and national defense education in all types of schools at various levels; guide the construction of the Party, publicity, united front work, and mass organizations in the institutions of higher learning; and, instruct and coordinate the work of the education system.
10. To administer teachers' work across the province within the limit of its duties according to the stipulations prescribed in the Teachers Law of the People's Republic of China; implement the teacher qualification standards of all types and at various levels, and formulate, in collaboration with relevant departments, the standards for the establishment of schools of all types and at various levels; and, guide the talent team building of education system.
11. To manage the entrance examination for academic credentials for higher and secondary education of various forms, and the administration of records of students' enrollment status; make admission plans for higher education in collaboration with relevant departments; and, take part in drawing up the employment policies for college and university graduates, and guide colleges and universities to carry out employment and entrepreneurship work for students.
12. To plan and guide the research by institutions of higher education in natural sciences, philosophy and social sciences; coordinate and guide the institutions of higher education to take part in developing the national and provincial innovation system, and undertake national and provincial key projects and programs for the development of science and technology; guide the construction and development of the scientific and technological innovation of institutions of higher education; and, give guidance on the informatization of education and promote the collaborative innovation of enterprises, universities, and research institutions.
13. To organize and guide international educational exchanges and cooperation; coordinate and guide the programs for Chinese students studying abroad and foreign students studying in Hunan, joint educational programs by Chinese and foreign educational institutions, and the management of schools for the children of foreign nationals; plan, coordinate, and guide the work of promoting the Chinese language in the world; and, carry out educational cooperation and exchanges with Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.
14. To organize and guide supervision over the education work of the province.
15. To coordinate and manage provincial language work, formulate and organize the implementation of provincial language plan, and guide the promotion of Putonghua or mandarin and standardized Chinese characters and the training of Putonghua or mandarin teachers.
16. To take charge of the work of the conferring of academic degrees and implement the national degree system.
17. To assist the Organization Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee in inspecting and managing school leading groups and leaders; give guidance on the work of ideological education and training for cadres of institutions of higher learning.
18. To carry out other work assigned by the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and the Hunan Provincial People's Government.
Chinese source: jyt.hunan.gov.cn