No.93, Tiyu Road, Xiangcheng District, Xiangyang City (postal code: 44 1000).

Xiangyang Education Bureau is the functional department of Xiangyang Municipal People's Government, in charge of Xiangyang education and Chinese language and writing. The office has 15 departments, including administrative examination and approval department, planning and finance department, basic education department, vocational education and adult education department, higher education department, teachers' office, sports health and art education department, personnel department, employment guidance department for graduates of normal universities, education supervision department, Chinese Language Committee office, discipline inspection and supervision department, veteran cadres' office, funding department and trade union office, with 38 on-the-job cadres.

It has eight directly affiliated units, including Education Examinations Institute, Teaching and Research Section, Institute of Educational Science, Audio-visual Education Hall, Teaching Equipment Station, Work-study Program Office, Teachers' Continuing Education Center, and Book Club. There are all kinds of schools 1603 in the city, including 3 universities, 37 secondary vocational schools, 53 ordinary high schools, 230 junior high schools, primary schools1/94, 5 special education schools and 8 kindergartens1.

There are 854,300 students in the city, including 22,690 in institutions of higher learning, 55,265 in secondary vocational schools, 257,507 in junior high schools, 347,795 in primary schools (including 240 in special education) and 55,482 in kindergartens. There are 62,538 faculty members in the city, including 5 1496 full-time teachers.

major duty

1, compile the city's education development plan and organize its implementation, guide and coordinate the reform of the city's education and teaching system, plan and guide the adjustment of the layout of primary and secondary schools in counties and urban areas, and jointly with relevant departments do a good job in the examination and approval of the establishment, cancellation and change of secondary schools and urban primary and secondary schools in the city.

2, the overall management of the department's education funds. Participate in the formulation of methods and plans for raising education funds, education infrastructure investment and education budget standards; Supervise the collection and use of education funds in the city; According to the relevant provisions of domestic and foreign education assistance, education loans and special funds for education in our city.

3. Manage the city's basic education. Organize the implementation of nine-year compulsory education in the city to eliminate illiteracy among young and middle-aged people. Responsible for the education and teaching management of the city's basic education, guiding and managing the city's preschool education and special education for disabled children and adolescents. To guide the moral education, physical education, health, art, labor, national defense, safety and science and technology education in schools at all levels in the city.