Duties :

1.  Proposing public policies directed to the activity of planning, and technical information, and overseeing the implementation of these policies after their sanction

‎2. Administrative and Academic supervision on the administrative units associated with his office and coordinating among them so as to ensure integration between their activities and making the maximum use of their available possibilities

3. Supervising the preparation of the annual and the five-year plans and budget estimates for the activity of planning, information and technology in the framework of the objectives and policies of the ministry, in coordination with the administrative units associated with him as well as following-up their implementation after their sanction

‎4. Coordinating with the concerned administrative units of the ministry concerning  the preparation of the annual and the five-year plans and budget estimates for the activity of planning, information and technology

5. Supervising the development of programs, rules, regulations, procedures and schedules for the planning of the work and the activities of the Ministry, and the following-up their application after sanction

6. Supervising the consolidation of the proposed plans for the units and the administrative sectors in the ministry's five-year and annual plans, and formulating them in their final form, as well as taking the necessary steps for their sanction

‎7. Supervising the ministry's plans included in the five-year plans of the Ministry of Economy and Planning in addition to following-up their circulation to of different administrative units and sectors in the ministry
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8. Supervising the coordination with the Budget Department in the preparation of budget estimates for the ministry to ensure that the annual plan is correlated with the budget estimates

‎9. Supervising on informing the sectors and the administrative units of the ministry with their annual adopted plans

‎10. Supervising on the following-up and the evaluations of the plans continually, and preparing periodic reports on the progress of their implementation and clarification all obstacles to submit them to the deputy minister

‎11. Supervising the preparation of progress reports for the plans of the ministry, according to the models provided by the Ministry of Economy and Planning

‎12. Supervising on the liaison and coordination with sectors and administrative units of the ministry, and assisting them in the preparation of their programs and development  

‎13. Supervision to identify the needs of the ministry of manpower, equipment and materials and following-up their provision and development on an ongoing basis, in coordination with the sectors and the various administrative units of the ministry

14. Supervising on the follow-up of permanent and temporary committees to ensure they end their work on time, and submitting their periodic reporting to the deputy minister
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15. Following-up cooperation and coordination with the Secretariat of the Council of Higher Education and other entities related to higher education and the rest of the ministry sectors with regard to the annual and five-year strategic plans of the ministry which to be held at the or works that need translation, or with respect to information, statistics and technology that must be provided by the vice rectorate

16. Supervising the provision of information, statistics and data related to higher education for those responsible for higher education within and outside the ministry

17. Supervising the development the databases and the statistics of the ministry and automatically linking them to the governmental and private educational institutions, educational attaché and sources of information in the Kingdom in order to obtain basic information from sources on an ongoing basis

18. Supervising the provision of documents conservation services and archiving and  facilitating their circulation within and outside the ministry

19. Supervision of the study of developing the systems, the programs, databases and internal and external communication networks

‎20. Supervision to secure communication systems and networks to provide advanced and integrated network of computers in the ministry, in coordination with the relevant authorities

‎21. Supervising the preparation of technical specifications and feasibility studies required to secure the computers in the ministry and the education attachés

‎22. Supervising the preparation of instructions, procedures and standards for computers purchase, as well as instructions, procedures and standards for information security to ensure compliance by the sectors and the ministry's administrative units

23. Supervision to provide technical support in the field of computer for all sectors and administrative units of the ministry to resolve all the problems they face in this area

‎24. Overseeing the coordination with the for E-learning and Distance Education for higher education with regard to the work of information technology
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25. Representing the ministry at conferences and seminars of local, regional, Arab and international meetings in the field of planning and information
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26. Providing advice and assistance to all sectors and administrative units of the ministry in matters concerning the activity of planning, information and technology

27. Performing any other functions assigned to the deputy minister in the field of his competence

28. Follow-up of Total quality management to rationalize costs and the optimal investment of resources and the demands of beneficiaries.