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:

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
    • Minister of Education (South Africa), split in 2009 into:
    • Minister of Basic Education
    • Minister of Higher Education and Training
  • Zambia:
    • Ministry of General Education
    • Ministry of Higher Education (Zambia)
  • Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture (Zimbabwe)

Americas
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Yukon

Asia

Europe

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:
  • Kiribati : Ministry of Education (Kiribati)
  • New Zealand:
  • 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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