Secretariat of the Pacific Board of Education Assessment (SPBEA)

The mandates of PL 7-97 (which replaced the Education Division in 1992) created the Department of Education with the Office of the Secretary, Support Staff and four (4) main divisions: Curriculum, Standards, Testing & Evaluation, Postsecondary & Scholarship, Vocational Education' Manpower Development & Training, and, finally Federal' Community & Foreign Assistances Program.

FSMC Title 40-Education is the stated Policy for Education. Within this policy, schools need to be accredited to be acknowledged by the FSM National Government. This means that schools have met the required minimum standards. The Secretary of the Department of Education of the Federated States of Micronesia is responsible for establishing, in cooperation and consultation with the State Boards of Education and the State Directors of Education, National Curriculum Minimum Standards. State Departments of Education and Boards of Education shall ensure that the National Curriculum Minimum Standards are implemented through their State Curriculum framework.

The Secretary of Education and the State Boards of Education may also set minimum standards for home learning.