It received a glowing report when it was last inspected, in 2015 by Education Scotland, but since then Ofsted has taken over as the inspectorate of schools in Guernsey.
In England, Ofsted also inspects local authorities providing child services.
Policy & Resources president Lindsay de Sausmarez used last week’s States meeting to ask whether a similar inspection of the Education Office could be undertaken.
Education president Paul Montague said it was an ‘intriguing question’ and revealed that an inspection of the Education Office by Ofsted could indeed soon be on the cards.
‘Many years ago, as a rather annoying union representative, I campaigned vigorously for the Education Department to be inspected,’ he said.
‘I suppose I should take this up.
‘We have discussed this as a committee and we reflected on how best to approach that, and we will take that forward and look into it.’
Deputy Montague said the 2015 exercise had been ‘a validated self-inspection’.
Ofsted would be expected to use a different approach.
Meanwhile, the Education President said his committee had not yet started a review of university funding which it wishes to carry out during the current political term, but he indicated that it could be more wide-ranging than any such previous review.
Deputy Tom Rylatt asked the committee to consider how grant funding for students could be amended to encourage them to return to the island, something Education has baulked at when suggested previously.
‘We need to think about our investment as an island in our young people, and we need not to see them as a commodity but as individuals in lifelong learning,’ said Deputy Montague.
‘But we need to remember that we do have a demographic crisis heading our way and we need to do everything we can to encourage people to return to their island if they go away.’
Education has a budget of just over £4.5m. this year to fund students in higher education and the numbers receiving support have fallen.
Twenty years ago the annual budget was £6.5m. and it would now be more than £11.5m. if it had been increased in line with inflation.
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