List of education ministries
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, Ministry of Public Education, and so forth, 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)
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
Ministry of Education (Afghanistan)
Ministry of Education (Bahrain)
Bangladesh Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Ministry of Education (Bangladesh)
Ministry of Education (Brunei)
Ministry of Education (Burma)
Ministry of Education (Bhutan)
China Ministry of Education (Mainland China) Education Bureau (Hong Kong)
Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
Indonesia: Ministry of Education and Culture (Indonesia) (Non-Religious Primary and Secondary Education) Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Indonesia) (Tertiary Education) Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia) (Religious Education)
Ministry of Education (Iran)
Ministry of Education (Iraq)
Ministry of Education (Israel)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
Ministry of Education (Jordan) [6]
Ministry of Education (Republic of Korea)
Ministry of Education (Lebanon)
Malaysia Ministry of Education (Malaysia) Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia)
Ministry of Education (Maldives)
Ministry of Education (Nepal)
Ministry of Education (Pakistan)
Ministry of Education (Palestine) [7]
Department of Education (Philippines)
Ministry of Education (Saudi Arabia)
Ministry of Education (Singapore)
Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka)
Ministry of Education (Taiwan)
Ministry of Education (Thailand)
Ministry of National Education (Turkey)
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)
Belgium Flanders: Flemish Ministry of Education and Training (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 for German-speaking Community [8]
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 and Skills
Italy: Ministry of Education, Universities and Research Merged from Ministry of Public Education (Italy) in 2008
Lithuania: Ministry of Education and Science
Luxembourg: Ministry of National Education (Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enfance et de la jeunesse)
Netherlands: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Norway: Ministry of Education and Research
Poland: Commission of National Education (Polish: Komisja Edukacji Narodowej) Ministry of Education (Poland)
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
Slovenia: Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Spain: Ministry of Education
Sweden: Ministry of Education and Research
Ukraine: Ministry of Education
United Kingdom: England: Department for Education, previously Department for Education and Skills and Ministry of Education Northern Ireland: Department of Education (Northern Ireland) Scotland: Scottish Government Education Directorates
North America
Ministry of Education (Bahamas)
Canada: no federal ministry, see Education in Canada:
Ministry of Education (Jamaica)
Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico)
Ministry of Education (Saint Lucia)
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 Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico
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, seePreceding 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)
New Zealand: Ministry of Education (New Zealand)
Marshall Islands: Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands)
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
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