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. Such agencies typically address educational concerns such as the quality of schools, standardization of curriculum. 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. Following is a list of education ministries by country:
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Africa
- Ministry of National Education (Algeria)
- Ministry of Education (Egypt)
- Ministry of Education (Ethiopia)
- Ministry of Education (Kenya)
- Ministry of Education (Namibia)
- Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Education (Rwanda)
- Ministry of Education (Sierra Leone)
- South Africa: Department of Education (South Africa) or the former Bantu Education Department
- Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture (Zimbabwe)
Asia
- Ministry of Education (jordan)
- Ministry of Education (Palestine)
- Ministry of Education (Afghanistan)
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
- Ministry of Education (Republic of China)
- Ministry of Education (Bahrain)
- Ministry of Education (Bangladesh)
- Education Bureau (Hong Kong)
- India: Ministry of Education (India), Department of Higher Education (India) and Department of Technical Education (India)
- Ministry of Education (Iran)
- Ministry of Education (Iraq)
- Ministry of Education (Israel)
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
- Ministry of Education (Lebanon)
- Ministry of Education (Malaysia)
- Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia)
- Nepal: Department of Education (Nepal)
- Ministry of Education (Nepal)
- Ministry of Education (Pakistan)
- Philippines: Department of Education (Philippines)
- Ministry of Education (Saudi Arabia)
- Ministry of Education (Singapore)
- Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka)
- Ministry of Education (Thailand)
- Ministry of National Education (Turkey)
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
- Bulgaria: Ministry of Education, Youth and Science
- 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, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports
- Ireland: Department of Education and Skills
- Italy: Ministry of Education, Universities and Research
- Merged from Ministry of Public Education (Italy) in 2008
- 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
- Russia: Ministry of Education and Science
- Formerly Ministry of Education (Soviet Union)
- Serbia: Ministry of Education and Sports
- Spain: Ministry of Education
- Sweden: Ministry of Education and Research
- Ukraine: Ministry of Education
- United Kingdom:
- England: Department for Education
- Merged from Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)
- Which previously merged from Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)
- Northern Ireland: Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
- Scotland: Scottish Government Education Directorates
North America
- Ministry of Education (Bahamas)
- Ministry of Education and Youth (Belize)
- Canada:
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- New Brunswick: Department of Education (New Brunswick)
- Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Department of Education
- Ministry of Education (Ontario)
- Ministry of Education (Jamaica)
- Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico)
- Ministry of Education (Saint Lucia)
- United States: United States Department of Education
- Many U.S. states also have state-level department of education
Oceania
- Australia:
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- New South Wales: Department of Education and Training (New South Wales)
- Tasmania: Department of Education (Tasmania)
- Victoria: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (Victoria)
- Western Australia: Department of Education (Western Australia)
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