Education Department
Estonia pst 5a
10143 Tallinn
Estonia
Phone: +372 6404 590
E-mail: haridusamet@tallinnlv.ee
Education in Tallinn web page
Head: Andres Pajula
Main tasks:
- organising issues associated with the educational policy in Tallinn;
- consulting children, their parents and educational institutions;
- preparing the annual budget for educational expenditure and approving the budgets of managed institutions;
- creating the conditions for organisation of preschool, basic, secondary and hobby education in managed institutions;
- organising the network of institutions managed by the board, designing its development trends, making proposals to the city government for establishment and reorganisation of institutions and termination of their activities;
- inspecting municipal educational institutions to ascertain they adhere to the legal acts of the state and Tallinn;
- financial, statistical and methodological reporting and analysis concerning education in Tallinn;
- planning the building, major repairs and renovation of the institutions managed by the board, preparing and organising the same if necessary;
- coordinating the IT development of educational institutions;
- organising public competitions for filling vacant positions of educational institution principals;
- organising the possession, use and disposal of the municipal property managed by the board;
- developing and coordinating international educational cooperation;
- maintaining educational databases;
- exercising supervisory control of managed institutions.