Role of Secretariat

The Minister of Education, who is a member of the state legislature, is in overall charge of education in the state, subject to the joint responsibility of the State Cabinet. The Secretary, School Education Department is the Chief Executive Officer who assists the Education Minister in all functions related to school education in the State including planning, budgeting and administration. The Secretary is assisted by a Special Secretary (Elementary Education), an Additional Secretary (Govt. Schools), a Joint Secretary (Legal Matters), a Deputy Secretary(Private Schools) and six Under Secretaries.

The functions assigned to the School Education Department includes:

• overall control of education department

• policy formulation,

• finalisation of the annual budget relates to school education

• administrative sanctions for various projects and programmes

• advice to other departments in education and training aspects

The following are the Directorates implementing the education in various aspects which are under the control of School Education Department.

1. Directorate of Elementary Education

2. State Project Directorate, District Primary Education Programme & SSA

3. Directorate of School Education

4. Directorate of Matriculation Schools

5. Directorate of Government Examination

6. Directorate of Teacher Education, Research and Training

7. Directorate of Non-formal and Adult Education

8. Directorate of Public Libraries

9. Teachers Recruitment Board

10.Tamil Nadu Text-book Corporation

To see the addresses and functions of the above Directorates click here.