Function of Branch

Normal administrative affairs of the branch.

Preparing the annual budget of the Ministry of Education.

Assigning powers necessary to perform the financial activities related to all account units implemented under the ministry.

Providing recurrent allocations related to the projects such as teacher development, special education, secondary education, primary education, State Minister’s officer, administration and establishment services, Minister’s office prevailing under vote of expenditure (126) of the Ministry of Education and maintaining the expenditure ledgers. 

Maintaining expenditure ledgers relating to the allocations provided by the other ministries and departments and preparing expenditure reports.  

Releasing the recurrent, capital and counter-foreign funds necessary for all accounts units (provincial departments of education, ministry of education, colleges of education, ministries and other).

Obtaining the monthly summaries of accounts of all account units implementing in the ministry and preparing the main accounts summary and sending it to the treasury.   

Preparing the monthly expenditure reports relating to each project.

Preparing monthly progress review reports about those recurrent expenditure.   

Preparing the imprest account and comparing.

Obtaining bank balance sheets from account units and preparing bank balance sheets. 

 The activities related to common deposit accounts and maintenance of official bank accounts.

Activities of approving the repayments from income.

Providing answers for audit queries submitted regarding the branch.

Other activities related to the annual budget estimates. (ITMIS Program, F. R. 66 transfers and obtaining additional allocations)

Coordination of necessary activities for the settlement of annual accounts of all institutions and sections coming under 126 vote of expenditure and submit the summary of accounts to the treasury.   

Preparing the year end financial statements in three languages Sinhala, Tamil and English submit them to Auditor General.