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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
  • 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)

Asia

Central America

  • Belize: Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture
  • Costa Rica: Ministry of Education (Costa Rica)
  • El Salvador: Ministry of Education (El Salvador)
  • Guatemala: Ministry of Education (Guatemala)
  • Honduras: Secretariat of Education (Honduras)
  • Nicaragua: Ministry of Education (Nicaragua)
  • Panama: Ministry of Education (Panama)

Europe

  • Austria: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur)
  • Azerbaijan: Ministry of Education
  • Belgium
  • 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 (Ministère de l’Éducation nationale)
  • Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
  • Greece: Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Έρευνας 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 (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)
  • Portugal: Ministry of Education
  • Romania: Ministry of National Education
  • Russia: Ministry of Education and Science
    • Formerly Ministry of Education (Soviet Union)
  • Serbia: Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
  • Slovakia: Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport sk
  • Slovenia: Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
  • Spain: Ministry of Education
  • Sweden: Ministry of Education and Research
  • Ukraine: Ministry of Education
  • United Kingdom:

North America

Oceania

  • Australia:
  • Department of Education (Australia) (2019 - )
  • Antecedents:
    • 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 and Communities (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)

South America

  • Ministry of Education (Argentina)
  • Ministry of Education (Brazil)
  • Ministry of Education (Chile)
  • Ministry of National Education (Colombia)
  • Ministry of Education (Peru)

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. ^ 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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