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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 (pl. Komisja Edukacji Narodowej, lt. Edukacinė komisija) founded in 1773 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Minister of Education may refer to:

Albania

  • Ministry of Education and Sciences (Albania)

Argentina

  • Minister of Education (Argentina)

Australia

  • Minister for Education (Australia)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Bangladesh

  • Ministry of Education
    • Responsible for secondary, vocational and tertiary education in Bangladesh.
  • Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
    • Responsible for Primary (Class I-VIII) and Mass (literacy) education in Bangladesh.

Brazil

  • Minister of Education (Brazil)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Brazil) (Portuguese: Ministério da Educação)

Brunei

  • Minister of Education (Brunei)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Brunei) (Malay: Kementerian Pendidikan)

Bhutan

  • Ministry of Education (Bhutan)

Canada

  • Minister for Alberta Education
    • Develops policy and delivers services via Alberta Education
  • Minister for Education (New Brunswick)
  • Minister of Advanced Education and Skills (Newfoundland and Labrador)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Department 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.

Catalonia

Chile

  • Minister of Education (Chile)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Chile) (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación)

People's Republic of China

  • Minister of Education of the People's Republic of China

Hong Kong

  • Secretary for Education (Hong Kong)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Education Bureau (Chinese: 教育局)

Republic of China

  • Minister of Education of the Republic of China

Croatia

  • Minister of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia) (Croatian: Ministarstvo obrazovanja, znanosti i sporta)

Denmark

Egypt

Estonia

  • Minister of Education and Research (Estonia)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education and Research (Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium)

Fiji

  • Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts (Fiji)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts (Fiji)

Finland

  • Minister of Education (Finland)

France

  • Minister of National Education (France)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of National Education (France) (French: Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de la Jeunesse et de la Vie associative)

Germany

Greece

  • Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (Greece)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (Greece) (Greek: Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Δια Βίου Μάθησης και Θρησκευμάτων)

Hungary

  • Minister of Human Resources of Hungary
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Human Resources (Hungary)

Iceland

Indonesia

  • Minister of Education and Culture (Indonesia)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education and Culture (Indonesia) (Indonesian: Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan or Kemdikbud)

India

Ireland

  • Minister for Education
  • Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Iraq

  • Ministry of Education (Iraq)
  • Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Iraq)

Isle of Man

Israel

  • Minister of Education (Israel)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Israel) (Hebrew: משרד החינוך‎, Misrad HaHinukh; Arabic: وزارة التربية والتعليم‎)

Italy

Japan

  • Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbu-kagaku-shō (Japanese: 文部科学省))

Lithuania

  • Ministry of Education and Science (Lithuania)

Malaysia

  • Minister of Education (Malaysia)

Marshall Islands

  • Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands)

Mexico

  • Secretary of Education (Mexico)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Secretariat of Public Education (Spanish: Secretaría de Educación Pública)

Netherlands

  • Minister of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)
    • State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Knowledge, Teachers, Culture
      • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands) (Dutch: Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen)

New Zealand

North Macedonia

  • Ministry of Education and Science

Norway

  • Minister of Education
  • Minister of Research and Higher Education
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research (Norwegian: Kunnskapsdepartementet)

Pakistan

  • Minister for Education (Pakistan)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education and Training of Pakistan

Peru

Philippines

Poland

  • Minister of National Education (Poland)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of National Education (Poland) (Polish: Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej)
  • Minister of Science and Higher Education (Poland)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) (Polish: Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego)

Portugal

  • Minister for Education (Portugal)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Portugal) (Portuguese: Ministério da Educação)
  • Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education (Policy)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (Portugal) (Portuguese: Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior)

Romania

  • Minister of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Romania)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Romania) (Romanian: Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetǎrii , Tineretului şi Sportului)

Singapore

Slovakia

  • Minister for Education, Science and Sport (Slovakia) Ministry of National Education (Slovakia) (Slovak: Ministerstvo školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu)

South Africa

  • Minister of Basic Education (South Africa)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Basic Education (South Africa)
  • Minister of Higher Education and Training (South Africa)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Higher Education and Training (South Africa)

Spain

  • Minister of Education (Spain)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Spain)

Sri Lanka

  • Minister of Education (Sri Lanka)
  • Minister of Higher Education (Sri Lanka)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Higher Education (Sri Lanka)

Sweden

Switzerland

  • Member of the Swiss Federal Council and Head of the Department of Home Affairs
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Federal Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland) (German: Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern; French: Département fédéral de l'intérieur; Italian: Dipartimento Federale dell'Interno)

Thailand

  • Minister of Education (Thailand)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Thailand) (Thai: กระทรวงศึกษาธิการ; RTGS: Krasuang Sueksathikan)

United Kingdom

  • Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

England

  • Secretary of State for Education
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Department for Education

Northern Ireland

  • Minister of Education (Northern Ireland)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Education (Northern Ireland) (Irish: An Roinn Oideachais; Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Lear/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; Ulster Scots: Depairtment for Employ an Learnin)

Scotland

  • Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Scottish Government Learning and Justice Directorates

Wales

  • Minister for Education and Skills
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Department for Education and Skills (Wales) (Welsh: Yr Adran Addysg a Sgiliau)

United States

Uruguay

  • Minister of Education and Culture (Uruguay)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay)

Vietnam

  • Minister of Education and Training (Vietnam)
    • Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam)

See also

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