List of education ministries explained

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:

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:

• Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria)

• Rivers State: Rivers State Ministry of Education

• Kaduna State: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Kaduna State)
• 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 Higher Education and Training
  • Department of Basic Education
  • Antecedents:
    • Department of Education (South Africa) (split in 2009)
    • Bantu Education Department (1953-1994)
• Zambia:
  • Ministry of General Education
  • Ministry of Higher Education (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:

• Alberta

• British Columbia

• Manitoba

• New Brunswick

• Newfoundland and Labrador

• Northwest Territories

• Nova Scotia

• Nunavut

• Ontario

• Prince Edward Island

• Quebec

• Saskatchewan

• Yukon
• Ministry of Education (Chile)
• Ministry of National Education (Colombia)
• Costa Rica: Ministry of Education (Costa Rica)
• El Salvador: Ministry of Education (El Salvador)
• Guatemala: Ministry of Education (Guatemala)
• Honduras: Secretariat of Education (Honduras)
• Ministry of Education (Jamaica)
• Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico)
• Nicaragua: Ministry of Education (Nicaragua)
• Panama: Ministry of Education (Panama)
• Ministry of Education (Peru)
• Ministry of Education (Saint Lucia)
• Ministry of Education and National Reconciliation (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
• United States: United States Department of Education, headed by the United States secretary of education
  • Many U.S. states also have a state-level department of education
  • Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico

Asia

• Ministry of Education (Afghanistan)
• Ministry of Education (Bahrain)
• Bangladesh:
  • Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
  • Ministry of Education (Bangladesh)
• Ministry of Education (Brunei)
• Ministry of Education (Myanmar)
• Ministry of Education (Bhutan)
• China:
  • Ministry of Education (Mainland China)
  • Education Bureau (Hong Kong)
• 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 (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
  • Flanders: Flemish Ministry of Education and Training (Dutch; Flemish: Vlaams Ministerie van Onderwijs en Vorming)
  • French Community: General Administration for Education and Scientific Research of the Ministry of the French Community
  • German-speaking Community: Ministry for German-speaking Community
• 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 (Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων)
• Ireland:
  • • • Department of Education Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
• 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)
  • Ministry of Education (Poland)
• 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:
• Slovenia: Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (Slovenia)
• Spain: Ministry of Education
• Sweden: Ministry of Education and Research
• Ukraine: Ministry of Education
• United Kingdom:
  • England: Department for Education, previously Department for Education and Skills and Ministry of Education
  • Northern Ireland: Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
  • Scotland: Scottish Government Education Directorates
  • Wales: Department for Education and Skills

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

• Right to science and culture
• Human rights
• Right to education
• Right to an adequate standard of living
• Welfare rights
• Right to education
• Economic, social and cultural rights
• Culture minister
• Cultural genocide
• Education minister
• Ministry of Culture and Tourism (disambiguation)
• Ministry of Education and Culture
• Education

References

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