The Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation has the following core functions:
- To ensure equal opportunities of quality education for all;
- An education system which provides every young person with the lifelong skills, values, and self-reliance to be independent;
- To offer a wide variety of higher education and training opportunities to enable everyone to get ahead in life and develop themselves professionally;
- To continue to formulate and implement effective policies on education and employment, working closely with stakeholders in the field