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Dili, 24/06/2024: The team from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Culture, led by His Excellency the Minister, Dr. Josรฉ Honรณrio, accompanied by technical experts including the Acting Director-General, national and international advisors, and department heads, participated in a plenary session for the presentation and discussion of the proposal for Bill No. 5/VI (1st), “Higher Education Framework Bill,” at the National Parliament.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ, ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ, ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐.
Therefore, the drafting of this bill began several weeks ago with a joint team comprising officials from the Ministry, along with the National Parliament’s G Commission and relevant institutions, conducting revisions and technical discussions to redefine legal definitions to meet the needs of higher education in Timor-Leste.
Currently, the Ministry operates under the Education Framework Law No. 14/2008, October 29, which regulates the education sector, including higher education. With the introduction of this Higher Education Framework Bill, regulatory competencies previously in force, especially regarding rules on implementing reforms in courses such as undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Timor-Leste’s higher education institutions, will be updated.
In a recent session, following the final vote, His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Culture, Dr. Josรฉ Honรณrio, stated: “This new legal framework will focus specifically on higher education, as defined by the policy choices of the IX Government, aiming to address the current state of higher education in Timor-Leste and enhance its quality.”
