The Ministry of Elementary and Secondary Education has the task of organizing the sub-district government of elementary and secondary education which is the scope of government affairs in the field of education to assist the President in organizing the government of the country. The Ministry of Elementary and Secondary Education carries out the following functions: • formulation and determination of policies in the field of teachers, other educators, and education personnel, as well as teacher professional education, and
early childhood education,
basic education,
secondary education,
vocational education,
special education, and special service education. However, there is exception for schools under SMA Unggul Garuda (Garuda Superior High School) Initiative, which are placed under Directorate General of Science and Technology, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology domain per Presidential Decree No. 7/2026; • implementation of policies in the field of teachers, other educators, and education personnel, transfer of educators and education personnel across provinces, and facilitation of teacher professional education; • implementation of facilitation of teachers, other educators, and education personnel and the implementation of early childhood education, basic education, secondary education, vocational education, special education, and special service education; • preparation of standards, curriculum, and assessment in the field of early childhood education, basic education, secondary education, vocational education, special education, and special service education; • determination of national education standards and national curriculum for early childhood education, basic education, secondary education, vocational education, special education, and special service education; • implementation of development, guidance, and protection of language and literature; • implementation of book system management; • implementation of technical guidance and supervision over the implementation of Ministry affairs in the regions; • coordination of the implementation of tasks, guidance, and provision of administrative support to all organizational elements within the Ministry; • management of state property/assets that are the responsibility of the Ministry; • supervision of the implementation of tasks within the Ministry; • implementation of substantive support to all organizational elements within the Ministry; and • implementation of other functions assigned by the President. == Organizational structure ==