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

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

Antigua and Barbuda: Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries
Argentina: Ministry of Human Capital
- Secretariat 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:

Ministry of Education (Chile)
Ministry of National Education (Colombia)
Costa Rica: Ministry of Education (Costa Rica)
Dominican Republic: Ministry of Education (Dominican Republic)
Ecuador: Ministry of Education (Ecuador)
El Salvador: Ministry of Education (El Salvador)
Guatemala: Ministry of Education (Guatemala)
Honduras: Secretariat of Education (Honduras)
Jamaica: Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information
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
- Puerto Rico Department of Education
Uruguay: Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay)

Asia

Europe

Åland: Department for Education and Culture
Albania: Ministry of Education and Sports
Andorra: Ministry of Institutional Relations, Education and Universities
Armenia: Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport
Austria: Ministry of Education, Science and Research (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung)
Azerbaijan: Ministry of Science and Education
Belgium: no federal ministry, see Education in Belgium:
- Flanders: Flemish Ministry of Education and Training (Dutch: 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 of Education and Employment
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ministry of Civil Affairs
- Sector for Education of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria: Ministry of Education and Science
Croatia: Ministry of Science and Education
Cyprus: Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth
Czech Republic: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Denmark: Ministry for Children, Education and Gender Equality
Estonia: Ministry of Education and Research
Faroe Islands: Ministry of Education, Research and Culture
Finland: Ministry of Education and Culture
France: Ministry of National Education and Youth (French: Ministère de l’Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse)
Georgia: Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia
Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
Greece: Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports (Greek: Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού)
Greenland: Ministry for Education, Culture, Sports and Church
Guernsey: Committee for Education, Sport & Culture
Iceland: Ministry of Education and Children
Ireland:
- Department of Education
- Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Isle of Man: Department of Education, Sport and Culture
Italy: Ministry of Education and Merit
Jersey: Department for Children, Young People, Education and Skills
- Education Directorate
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)
Malta: Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation
Moldova: Ministry of Education and Research
Montenegro: Ministry of Education
Netherlands: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
North Macedonia: Ministry of Education and Science
Norway: Ministry of Education and Research
Poland: Commission of National Education (Polish: Komisja Edukacji Narodowej)
- Ministry of National Education
Portugal: Ministry of Education
Romania: Ministry of Education
Russia: Ministry of Education and Science, split in 2018 into:
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Serbia: Ministry of Education
Slovakia: Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic [sk]
Slovenia: Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Spain: Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
Sweden: Ministry of Education and Research
Switzerland: Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
- State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
Turkey: Ministry of National Education
Ukraine: Ministry of Education and Science
United Kingdom:
- England: Department for Education, previously Department for Education and Skills and Ministry of Education
- Scotland: Education and Justice Directorates
- Wales: Department for Education and Skills
- Northern Ireland: Department of Education

Oceania

Australia:

Department of Education (2022–)
Antecedents:
- Department of Education, Skills and Employment (2020–2022)
- 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)

References

^ 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.
^ 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.

[ND-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.

[TT-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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