Duties and responsibilities:
i. Participating in the formulation of guidelines and policies on education financing, fund allocation and student aid;
ii. Supervising compilation of national education funding statistics;
iii. Oversight of state-owned asset, budget and final account management, financial control and internal auditing of directly affiliated higher education institutions and units;
iv. Co-management of compulsory education guarantee funds and other special funds for education; and
v. Co-decision making for distribution of educational loans from international financial organizations.