one of the administrative objects of the Ministry of Education, and it is in charge of research and planning concerning local education administration; guidance and advice concerning the organization and management of local education administration. It also gives measures to check violations of the provisions of laws and regulation or inadequate management, etc.
Peru has only few UGELs (Local School Boards) around the country who must facilate decentralized management of Educational Administration, but setting up the offices at the region or only some municipal level to serve the central departments in the Ministry of Education does not mean decentralization. This causes lacking of unity in the educational administration at the regional level. It is urgency for the Peruvian government to review and revise some laws concerning education. As well as in Japan, Peru needs Local School Boards to work cooperatively with the municipalities in each city.
The Peruvian government should make the national administration unified as rapidly as possible. Like in Japan, education at every level should be managed solely by the Ministry of Education. Though facing various kinds of problems, the government should try the best on this.
SCHOOL EVALUATION
School evaluation in Peru must practice self-evaluation as school evaluation in Japan, because until now, there is no formal document or a guide on self-evaluation in schools of Peru. The ministry should promote the view self-evaluation where each school must evaluate itself, and publish the results to the educational community to improve standards of education.
It is necessary for the school evaluation to be done by the collaboration of the school, educational administration, universities, and research laboratories.
The government should emphasize the quality of teacher, not only through a national assessment, but with training and pedagogical guidance. Teachers must be evaluated in carrying out their duties, with specific viewpoints, and principals must be evaluated in their abilities for task-setting, solving problems, and organizational operation as managers and supervisors in situations where they are required to use their abilities.
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