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)
  • Sierra Leone Ministry of Education
  • Somalia:
    • Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Puntland)
    • Ministry of Education (Somalia)
    • Ministry of Education and Science (Somaliland)
  • South Africa:
  • 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:
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Yukon
  • 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

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:
  • 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.