Duties and responsibilities

What the law and the Ministry expect of principals, deputies and education officers.

Your legal duties as a principal Regulations 15 to 18 of the Education Regulations, 1982 set out what every principal must do. Here they are in plain language. Your duties as a deputy principal Regulation 19 sets out what a deputy principal in a secondary school does, on top of normal teaching duties. Your duties as an education officer The Education Regulations do not describe education officers' duties. The guide uses a Senior Education Officer job posting from the Ministry of the Public Service to describe them.