Public education is directed and funded from the national level.[22] The Ministry has two Ministerial level officers, each heading one independent arm of the Ministry.[22] The Ministre de L’Education de Base, de L’Alphabétisation et des Langues Nationales (Ministry of Basic Education, Literacy, and National Languages) is responsible for Primary education, literacy programs outside the schools, and the promotion and standardization of "National Languages", such as Bambara and Tamcheq, other than the official language, French.[22]