Education minister explained
An education minister (sometimes minister of education) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with educational matters. Where known, the government department, ministry, or agency that develops policy and delivers services relating to sports are listed; overseen by and responsible to the education minister. 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.
Country-related articles and lists
Minister of Education may refer to:
Albania
Argentina
Australia
Bangladesh
Brazil
- Minister of Education (Brazil)
Brunei
- Minister of Education (Brunei)
Bhutan
Canada
- Minister for Alberta Education
- Minister for Education and Child Care (British Columbia)
- Minister for Education (New Brunswick)
- Minister of Advanced Education and Skills (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Minister of Education (Nova Scotia)
- Minister of Education (Ontario)
- Minister for Education, Recreation and Sports (Quebec)
Note: Canada does not have an Education Minister at the federal government level as education is a provincial responsibility.
Chile
- Minister of Education (Chile)
China
Hong Kong
Croatia
- Minister of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia)
Denmark
- Minister of Children and Education (Denmark) (Danish: Børne- og Undervisningsminister)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Danish Ministry of Education
- Minister for Research, Innovation and Higher Education (Denmark)
Egypt
Estonia
Fiji
- Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts (Fiji)
Finland
France
- Minister of National Education (France)
Germany
- Federal Minister of Education and Research (Germany)
Greece
- Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (Greece)
Hungary
Iceland
- Minister of Education, Science and Culture (Iceland)
Indonesia
- Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Indonesia)
Iran
- Ministry of Education (Persian: وزارت آموزش و پرورش جمهوری اسلامی ایران |translit=Vezârat-e Âmôzesh vâ Parvâresh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Iran |lit=Ministry of Teaching and Growing of the Islamic Republic of Iran )
- Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Persian: وزارت علوم، تحقیقات و فناوری|Vezārate 'Olum, Tahqiqāt va Fanāvari)
India
Ireland
Iraq
Isle of Man
- Minister for Education and Children (Isle of Man)
Israel
Italy
Japan
- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the
Lithuania
Malaysia
Marshall Islands
Mexico
- Secretary of Education (Mexico)
Moldova
Netherlands
- Minister of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)
- State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Knowledge, Teachers, Culture
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Norway
- Minister of Education
- Minister of Research and Higher Education
Pakistan
Peru
- Minister of Education (Peru)
Philippines
- Secretary of Education (Philippines)
Poland
- Minister of National Education (Poland)
- Minister of Science and Higher Education (Poland)
Portugal
- Minister for Education (Portugal)
- Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education (Policy)
Romania
- Minister of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Romania)
Singapore
- Minister for Education (Singapore)
Slovakia
- Minister for Education, Science and Sport (Slovakia) Ministry of National Education (Slovakia) (Slovak: Ministerstvo školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu)
South Africa
Spain
- Minister of Education (Spain)
Sri Lanka
- Minister of Education (Sri Lanka)
- Minister of Higher Education (Sri Lanka)
Sweden
- Minister for Education (Sweden)
Switzerland
Thailand
- Minister of Education (Thailand)
United Kingdom
England
Northern Ireland
- Minister of Education (Northern Ireland)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Education (Northern Ireland) (Irish: An Roinn Oideachais; Scots: Männystrie o Lear or Scots: Depairtment o Leir)
- Minister for the Economy (Northern Ireland)
- Develops policy, higher and further Education and delivers services via the Department of Economy (Northern Ireland) (Irish: An Roinn Fostaíochta agus Foghlama; Scots: Depairtment for Employ an Learnin)
Scotland
Wales
- Minister for Education and Skills
United States
Uruguay
Vietnam
- Minister of Education and Training (Vietnam)
See also