The main responsibilities of the Ministry of Education are:
1. Fully implement the educational principles, policies and regulations of the Party and the state, study and formulate specific principles and policies for ethnic education, and organize their implementation.
2, study and formulate the national education development plan and annual development plan, formulate the focus, scale, speed and steps of education development, organize, guide and coordinate the implementation of the national education development plan, annual plan, education system reform and school-running system reform.
3, responsible for the national basic education (including preschool education), special education, vocational and technical education, after-school education, adult education, higher education (including social forces running schools), coordination, guidance and supervision of the education work of districts, counties (townships) and relevant departments.
4, responsible for the construction of national teachers and education administrative cadres, responsible for the national primary and secondary school principals qualification; Participate in the formulation of relevant policies and rules and regulations on personnel management in the national education system; Guide the reform of education and personnel system, and organize the implementation of employment distribution for graduates of normal universities.
5, overall management of the department's education funds; To participate in the formulation of rules, regulations and measures on education fund raising, education loans, education fees and education infrastructure investment; According to the growth principle of education funds determined by the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, the province and the state, monitor the collection and use of education funds in all districts and counties (prefectures), and manage the funds and state-owned assets of national education capital construction and affiliated educational institutions according to relevant regulations; Guide the work-study program and school-run industrial work within the national education system.
6. Be responsible for the adjustment of network layout planning of various schools in China, and the management of school infrastructure, school buildings, school property and educational land.
7, responsible for the management of national academic education and examination work.
Legal basis:
Provisions of the State Council on Working Hours of Employees
Article 6
No unit or individual may extend the working hours of employees without authorization. If it is really necessary to extend working hours due to special circumstances and urgent tasks, it shall be implemented in accordance with relevant state regulations.
Article 7
State organs and institutions implement unified working hours. Since the implementation of these regulations, Saturday and Sunday in the first week are rest days, Sunday in the second week is rest days, and so on.