List of education ministries

An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Public Education, and the head of such an agency may be a minister of education or secretary of education. Such agencies typically address educational concerns such as the quality of schools or standardization of curriculum. The first such ministry ever is considered to be the Commission of National Education (Polish: Komisja Edukacji Narodowej, Lithuanian: Edukacinė komisija), founded in 1773 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1][2] Following is a list of education ministries by country:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2013)

Africa

  • Ministry of National Education (Algeria)
  • Ministry of Education (Egypt)
  • Ministry of Education (Ethiopia)
  • Ministry of Education (Ghana)
  • Ministry of Education (Kenya)
  • Ministry of Education (Namibia)
  • Nigeria:
  • Ministry of Education (Rhodesia) (1965-1979)
  • Ministry of Education (Rwanda)
  • Ministry of Education (Sierra Leone)
  • Ministry of Education (Somalia)
  • Ministry of Education and Science (Somaliland)
  • South Africa: Department of Education (South Africa) or the former Bantu Education Department
  • Zambia:
  • Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture (Zimbabwe)

Americas

  • Ministry of Education (Argentina)
  • Ministry of Education (Bahamas)
  • Barbados: Ministry of Education, Technological & Vocational Training (Barbados)
  • Belize: Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture
  • Ministry of Education (Bolivia)
  • Ministry of Education (Brazil)
  • Canada: no federal ministry, see Education in Canada:

Asia

  • Ministry of Education (Afghanistan)
  • Ministry of Education (Bahrain)
  • Bangladesh:
  • Ministry of Education (Brunei)
  • Ministry of Education (Myanmar)
  • Ministry of Education (Bhutan)
  • China:
  • East Timor:
    • Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (East Timor)
    • Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Culture (East Timor)
  • Ministry of Education (India)
  • Indonesia:
    • Formal education: Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Indonesia)
    • Religious education: Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia)
  • Ministry of Education (Iran)
  • Ministry of Education (Iraq)
  • Ministry of Education (Israel)
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
  • Ministry of Education (Jordan)
  • Ministry of Education (Kuwait) [ar]
  • Ministry of Education (South Korea)
  • Ministry of Education (Laos)
  • Ministry of Education (Lebanon)
  • Malaysia:
    • Ministry of Education (Malaysia)
    • Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia)
  • Ministry of Education (Maldives)
  • Ministry of Education (Nepal)
  • Ministry of Education (Pakistan)
  • Ministry of Education (Palestine)
  • Philippines:
    • Department of Education (Philippines)
    • Ministry of Education (Philippines)
  • Ministry of Education (Saudi Arabia)
  • Ministry of Education (Singapore)
  • Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka)
  • Ministry of Education (Taiwan)
  • Ministry of Education (Thailand)
  • Ministry of National Education (Turkey)
  • Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam)

Europe

  • Austria: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur)
  • Azerbaijan: Ministry of Education
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  • Bulgaria: Ministry of Education, Youth and Science
  • Croatia: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
  • Czech: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
  • Denmark: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
  • Estonia: Ministry of Education and Research
  • Faroe Islands: Ministry of Education, Research and Culture
  • Finland: Ministry of Education
  • France: Ministry of National Education (French: Ministère de l’Éducation nationale)
  • Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
  • Greece: Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (Greek: Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων)
  • Ireland:
  • Italy: Ministry of Education, Universities and Research
    • Merged from Ministry of Public Education (Italy) in 2008
  • Latvia: Ministry of Science and Education
  • Lithuania: Ministry of Education and Science
  • Luxembourg: Ministry of National Education (French: Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enfance et de la jeunesse)
  • Montenegro: Ministry of Education
  • Netherlands: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
  • Norway: Ministry of Education and Research
  • Poland: Commission of National Education (Polish: Komisja Edukacji Narodowej)
  • Portugal: Ministry of Education
  • Romania: Ministry of National Education
  • Russia: Ministry of Education and Science, split in 2018 into:
    • Ministry of Education
    • Ministry of Science and Higher Education
  • Serbia: Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
  • Slovakia: Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport (Slovakia) [sk]
  • Slovenia: Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (Slovenia)
  • Spain: Ministry of Education
  • Sweden: Ministry of Education and Research
  • Ukraine: Ministry of Education
  • United Kingdom:

Oceania

  • Australia:
  • Department of Education, Skills and Employment (2020 - )
  • Antecedents:
    • Department of Education (Australia) (2019 - 2020)
    • Department of Education and Training (Australia) (2014-2019)
    • Department of Education (Australia, 2013–14)
    • For earlier antecedents, see Preceding departments
  • State government departments:
  • New South Wales: Department of Education (New South Wales)
  • Victoria: Department of Education and Training (Victoria)
  • Queensland: Department of Education (Queensland)
  • South Australia: Department for Education (South Australia)
  • Tasmania: Department of Education (Tasmania)
  • Western Australia: Department of Education (Western Australia)
  • Australian Capital Territory: Education and Training Directorate
  • Northern Territory: Department of Education (Northern Territory)
  • Kiribati : Ministry of Education (Kiribati)
  • New Zealand:
  • Ministry of Education (New Zealand)
  • Antecedents:
  • Department of Education (New Zealand)
  • Marshall Islands: Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands)

See also

References

  1. ^ Norman Davies (28 February 2005). God's Playground: 1795 to the present. Columbia University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-231-12819-3. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  2. ^ Ted Tapper; David Palfreyman (2005). Understanding Mass Higher Education: Comparative Perspectives On Access. RoutledgeFalmer. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-415-35491-2. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
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