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An education ministry is a national or subnational
government agency A government agency or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government (bureaucracy) that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, s ...
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 The Commission of National Education (, KEN, ) was the central educational authority in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, created by the Sejm and King Stanisław August Poniatowski, Stanisław II August on October 14, 1773. Because of its ...
(, ), founded in 1773 in the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...
. Following is a list of education ministries by country:


Africa

* Ministry of National Education (Algeria) *
Ministry of Education (Egypt) The Ministry of Education is a ministry responsible for education in Egypt. Ministers * Hilmi Murad 1968–1969 * El Helali el Sherbini from September 2015 * Tarek Shawki from February 2017 to August 2022 * Reda Hegazy From August 2022 to Ju ...
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Ministry of Education (Ethiopia) The Ministry of Education () is an Ethiopian government department responsible for the governance and policies of education. It is headquartered in Arada Sub-City, Addis Ababa. It is responsible for overseeing the teaching and learning process th ...
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Ministry of Education (Ghana) The Ministry of Education (MOE) is a multiportfolio government ministry of Ghana, responsible for the governance and management of Ghana's education. It is responsible for the national education curriculum, primarily instituted by Ghana Educat ...
* Ministry of Education (Kenya) * Ministry of Education (Namibia) * Nigeria: :*
Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria) The Federal Ministry of Education is a part of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria. It regulates secondary and tertiary education in Nigeria. Its headquarters office is located at Block 5A (8th Floor), Federal Secretariat Complex, Shehu Shagari Way ...
:* Rivers State: Rivers State Ministry of Education :* Kaduna State: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Kaduna State) *
Ministry of Education (Rhodesia) The Ministry of Education was a government ministry of Rhodesia from the country's independence in 1965 to 1979, when the country transitioned from white minority rule to the current republic of Zimbabwe. First established in 1948, with the estab ...
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Ministry of Education (Rwanda) The Ministry of Education (MINeDUC, , ) of Rwanda, previously the ''Ministère de l'Éducation, de la Science, de la Technologie et de la Recherche scientifique'', is headquartered in Kigali. As of December 2017, the minister is Dr. Eugène Mutimu ...
* Ministry of Education (Sierra Leone) * Somalia: ** Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Puntland) ** Ministry of Education (Somalia) **
Ministry of Education and Science (Somaliland) The ''Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Somaliland'' () () The Ministry of Education and Science of Somaliland is a national executive authority responsible for the state policy development and normative and legal regulation ...
* South Africa: ** Department of Higher Education and Training **
Department of Basic Education The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is one of the departments of the South African government. It oversees primary and secondary education in South Africa. It was created in 2009 after the election of President Jacob Zuma, when the forme ...
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Department of Education (South Africa) The Department of Education was one of the departments of the South African government until 2009, when it was divided into the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Higher Education and Training. It oversaw the education and tra ...
(split in 2009) ***
Bantu Education Department The Department of Bantu Education was an organization created by the National Party of South Africa in 1953. The Bantu Education Act, 1953 provided the legislative framework for this department. Function of the department Before the Bantu Educat ...
(1953–1994) * Zambia: **
Ministry of General Education The Ministry of Education is a ministry in Zambia. It is headed by the Minister of Education and oversees primary, secondary and tertiary education. In 2015 the ministry was split, with the Ministry of Higher Education created to oversee terti ...
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Ministry of Higher Education (Zambia) The Ministry of Higher Education was a ministry in Zambia. It oversaw university and vocational, training, science, technology and innovation and was headed by the Minister of Higher Education. The ministry was established in 2005 after being s ...
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Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture (Zimbabwe) The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is a department in the Government of Zimbabwe that is responsible for the management of primary and secondary education within the country. The incumbent minister is Hon. Dr. Torerayi Moyo, Deput ...


Americas

* Antigua and Barbuda:
Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries The Ministry of Education, Creative Industries and Sports is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda is a Sovereign state, sovereign archipelagic country composed of Antigua, Barbuda, and List of isla ...
* Argentina:
Ministry of Human Capital The Ministry of Human Capital () of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power responsible for labour, education, culture and social welfare. The incumbent minister is Sandra Pettovello, who has served since 10 December 2023 i ...
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Secretariat of Education (Argentina) The Secretariat of Education (, formerly Ministry of Education) of Argentina is a secretariat and former ministry of the national executive power that oversaw education policies on all educational levels, alongside the governments of the twent ...
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Ministry of Education (Bahamas) The Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training is a government ministry of the Bahamas responsible for public education. Ministers of Education See also *Government of the Bahamas * Education in the Bahamas References Gove ...
* Barbados:
Ministry of Education, Technological & Vocational Training (Barbados) Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...
* Belize: Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture * Ministry of Education (Bolivia) *
Ministry of Education (Brazil) The Ministry of Education ( Portuguese: ''Ministério da Educação''), commonly known as MEC, originates from its previous name, the Ministry of Education and Culture (Portuguese: ''Ministério da Educação e Cultura''), is a cabinet-level fe ...
* Canada: no federal ministry, see
Education in Canada Education in Canada is for the most part provided publicly, funded and overseen by federal, provincial, and local governments. Education is within provincial jurisdiction and the curriculum is overseen by the province. Education in Canada is ...
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Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
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British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...
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Manitoba Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...
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New Brunswick New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...
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Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the populatio ...
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Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of Provinces and territorie ...
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Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...
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Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...
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Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
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Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is an island Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. While it is the smallest province by land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...
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Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
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Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
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Yukon Yukon () is a Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada, bordering British Columbia to the south, the Northwest Territories to the east, the Beaufort Sea to the north, and the U.S. state of Alaska to the west. It is Canada’s we ...
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Ministry of Education (Chile) The Ministry of Education (, MINEDUC) is the Ministry of State responsible for promoting the development of education at all levels, to assure all people access to basic education, to stimulate scientific and technological research and artistic c ...
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Ministry of National Education (Colombia) The Ministry of National Education () is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for overseeing the instruction and education of the Colombian people, similar to education ministries in other countries. List of ...
* 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) The Ministry of Education (, MINED) is a government ministry of El Salvador, headquartered in San Salvador.Contacto
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* Guatemala:
Ministry of Education (Guatemala) The Ministry of Education ( or MINEDUC) is a government Ministries of Guatemala, ministry of Guatemala, headquartered in Zone 10 of Guatemala City.Ini ...
* Honduras: Secretariat of Education (Honduras) * Jamaica: Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information *
Secretariat of Public Education In Mexico, the Secretariat of Public Education ( in Spanish ''Secretaría de Educación Pública'', ''SEP'') is a federal government authority with cabinet representation and the responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation o ...
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Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
) * Nicaragua: Ministry of Education (Nicaragua) * Panama: Ministry of Education (Panama) *
Ministry of Education (Peru) The Ministry of Education (, MINEDU) is the List of ministries of Peru, government ministry responsible for education in Peru. History At the History of Peru (1821–1842), beginning of an independent Peru, the Education branch was known as that ...
* Ministry of Education (Saint Lucia) *
Ministry of Education and National Reconciliation The Ministry of Education and National Reconciliation is the education ministry of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The head office of the ministry is in the government ministerial complex in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Kingstown. ...
(Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) * United States:
United States Department of Education The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government, originating in 1980. The department began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and ...
, headed by the
United States secretary of education The United States secretary of education is the head of the United States Department of Education. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States, and the federal government, on policies, programs, and activi ...
** Many U.S. states also have a state-level department of education **
Puerto Rico Department of Education The Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDOE; ) is one of five jurisdiction-wide public education systems in the United States, with Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa being the others. The PRDOE is the state education ...
* Uruguay:
Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay) The Ministry of Education and Culture () of Uruguay is the ministry of the Government of Uruguay that is responsible for the coordination of national education, the promotion of the country's cultural development, the preservation of the natio ...


Asia

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Ministry of Education (Afghanistan) The Afghan Ministry of Education () () is responsible for policy formulation, the organization, and supervision of education in Afghanistan. Its headquarters is located in Kabul. The Ministry of Education provides a semi-annual report to infor ...
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Ministry of Education (Bahrain) The Ministry of Education is a department of the government of Bahrain. It is responsible for the government-operated schools. Dr. Mohammed bin Mubarak Juma was the minister. Higher Education Council Higher Education Council (HEC), the agency wh ...
* Bangladesh: **
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (; abbreviated as MoPME) is the ministry responsible for primary (class I-VIII) and mass education in Bangladesh. Secondary, vocational and tertiary educations is the responsibility of the Ministry of E ...
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Ministry of Education (Bangladesh) Ministry of Education (), abbreviated as MoE, is the ministry responsible for secondary, vocational and tertiary education in Bangladesh. Primary education and mass literacy is the responsibility of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MOP ...
* Ministry of Education (Brunei) *
Ministry of Education (Myanmar) The Ministry of Education (, ; abbreviated MOE) is the Politics of Myanmar, Myanmar government government agency, agency responsible for education in Myanmar. Brief History The Ministry of Education aims to nurture future oriented advanced ...
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Ministry of Education (Bhutan) The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) (Dzongkha: ཤེས་རིག་དང་རིག་རྩལ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཁག།; Wylie: ''shes rig dang rig rtsal gong 'phel lhan khag'') is a governmen ...
* Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (Cambodia) * China: ** Ministry of Education (Mainland China) **
Ministry of Education (Taiwan) The Ministry of Education (MOE; ; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Kau-yuk Phu'') is the ministry of Taiwan responsible for incorporating educational policies and managing public schools and it oversees the educational administrative agencies of local governmen ...
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Education Bureau The Education Bureau (EDB) is a policy bureau responsible for formulating and implementing education policies in Hong Kong. The bureau is headed by the Secretary for Education and oversees agencies including University Grants Committee ...
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Ministry of Education (India) The Ministry of Education (MoE) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The ministry, headed by Sanya Shresth, is further divided into two departments: the Department ...
* Indonesia: ** Formal education:
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Indonesia) The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (, abbreviated as Kemendikdasmen) is an Indonesian ministry that organizes the government sub-divisions of primary education and secondary education which are within the scope of government affair ...
** Formal higher education: Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Indonesia) ** Religious education:
Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia) The Ministry of Religious Affairs () is an Indonesian ministry that administers religious affairs. It is responsible to the President of Indonesia, president, and is led by a minister. History Plans for the creation of a Ministry of Religious A ...
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Ministry of Education (Iran) The Ministry of Education of Iran (, ''Vezârat-e Âmôzesh vâ Parvâresh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Iran'') (lit. Ministry of Teaching and Growing of the Islamic Republic of Iran) established in 1964, is an Iranian government body (department) re ...
* Ministry of Education (Iraq) *
Ministry of Education (Israel) The Ministry of Education (, Romanization of Hebrew, translit. ''Misrad HaHinukh''; ) is the branch of the Israeli government charged with overseeing public education institutions in Israel. The department is headed by the Minister of Education, ...
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) The , also known as MEXT, is one of the eleven ministries of Japan that compose part of the executive branch of the government of Japan. History The Meiji government created the first Ministry of Education in 1871. In January 2001, the former ...
* Ministry of Education (Jordan) * *
Ministry of Education (South Korea) The Ministry of Education (MOE; ) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. It was created on March 23, 2013. It should not be confused with seventeen regional Offices of Education whose heads, Superintendents, are directly el ...
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Ministry of Education (Laos) 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 Pub ...
* Ministry of Education (Lebanon) * Malaysia: **
Ministry of Education (Malaysia) The Ministry of Education (; Jawi: ) is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for education system, compulsory education, pre-tertiary education, technical and vocational education and training (TVET), curriculum s ...
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Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia) The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE; ; Jawi: ) is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for higher education, polytechnic, community college, student loan, accreditation, student volunteer. Its main office is in P ...
* Ministry of Education (Maldives) *
Ministry of Education (Nepal) The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology () is a Government of Nepal, governmental body of Nepal responsible for the overall development of education in Nepal. The ministry is responsible for formulating educational policies and plans an ...
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Ministry of Education (Pakistan) The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training () is a federal ministry of the Government of Pakistan. The ministry's political head is known as thMinister of Pakistanand the ministry's bureaucratic head is the Education Secretary ...

Ministry of Education (Palestine)
* Philippines: **
Commission on Higher Education The Commission on Higher Education (CHED; ) is a government agency under the Office of the President of the Philippines. It is responsible for regulating and governing all higher education institutions and post-secondary educational programs i ...
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Department of Education (Philippines) The Department of Education (DepEd; ) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for ensuring access to, promoting equity in, and improving the quality of basic education. It is the main agency tasked to manage and g ...
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Ministry of Education (Philippines)
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Ministry of Education (Saudi Arabia) The Ministry of Education (MoE) (), known before 2003 as the Ministry of Knowledge and until 1953 as the Directorate of Knowledge, is a government ministry in Saudi Arabia that is responsible for regulating Education in Saudi Arabia, primary, seco ...
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Ministry of Education (Singapore) The Ministry of Education (MOE; ; zh, 教育部; ) is a ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the education in Singapore. Organisati ...
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Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka) The Ministry of Education (; ) is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to primary, secondary, and tertiary education in Sri Lanka. Currently, Sri Lanka allocates less th ...
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Ministry of Education (Thailand) The Ministry of Education ( Abrv: MOE; , ) is a Thai governmental body responsible for the oversight of education in Thailand. It was established by King Rama V (Chulalongkorn) in 1892 as the Ministry of Public Instruction (, ; literally "Mini ...
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Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam) The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET, ) is the government ministry responsible for the governance of General education, general/Academy, academic education and higher education (training) in Vietnam. Vocational education is controlled ...
* Timor-Leste: ** Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (Timor-Leste) ** Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Culture


Europe

* Åland: Department for Education and Culture * Albania: Ministry of Education and Sports * Andorra: Ministry of Institutional Relations, Education and Universities * Armenia: Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport * Austria:
Ministry of Education, Science and Research The Ministry of Education ( German: ''Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung'', ''Bildungsministerium'', historically also ''Unterrichtsministerium'') is the government ministry of Austria in charge of public schools and aca ...
() *Azerbaijan: Ministry of Science and Education * Belgium: no federal ministry, see
Education in Belgium Education in Belgium is regulated and for the most part financed by one of the three communities: Flemish, French and German-speaking. Each community has its own school system, with small differences among them. The federal government plays a ...
: ** Flanders: Flemish Ministry of Education and Training () ** French Community: General Administration for Education and Scientific Research of the Ministry of the French Community ** German-speaking Community: Ministry of Education and Employment * Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Ministry of Civil Affairs The Ministry of Civil Affairs ( zh, 中华人民共和国民政部) the cabinet-level executive department of the State Council of China which is responsible for social and administrative affairs. It is the 10th-ranked department in the State C ...
** Sector for Education of Bosnia and Herzegovina *Bulgaria: Ministry of Education and Science * Croatia: Ministry of Science and Education * Cyprus:
Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth The Ministry of Education and Sports () is a department of the Albanian Government responsible for Education and Sport. The current minister is Ogerta Manastirliu. History Since the establishment of the institution, the Ministry of Education ha ...
* Czech Republic: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports * Denmark: Ministry for Children, Education and Gender Equality * Estonia: Ministry of Education and Research * Faroe Islands: Ministry of Education, Research and Culture * Finland:
Ministry of Education and Culture A ministry of education and culture is a cabinet position in the governments of several nations. In some nations the ministry of education and the ministry of culture are separate departments; in others, the ministry of education and culture al ...
* France: Ministry of National Education and Youth () * Georgia: Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia * Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research () * Greece: Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports () * Greenland: Ministry for Education, Culture, Sports and Church * Guernsey: Committee for Education, Sport & Culture * Iceland: Ministry of Education and Children * Ireland: **
Department of Education 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 Pub ...
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Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science () is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Departmental te ...
* Isle of Man:
Department of Education, Sport and Culture Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
* Italy: Ministry of Education and Merit * Jersey: Department for Children, Young People, Education and Skills **Education Directorate * Latvia: Ministry of Science and Education *Lithuania: Ministry of Education and Science * Luxembourg: Ministry of National Education () * Malta: Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation * Moldova: Ministry of Education and Research *Montenegro:
Ministry of Education 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 Pub ...
* Netherlands: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science * North Macedonia: Ministry of Education and Science * Norway: Ministry of Education and Research * Poland:
Commission of National Education The Commission of National Education (, KEN, ) was the central educational authority in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, created by the Sejm and King Stanisław August Poniatowski, Stanisław II August on October 14, 1773. Because of its ...
() ** Ministry of National Education * Portugal:
Ministry of Education 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 Pub ...
* Romania:
Ministry of Education 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 Pub ...
* Russia: Ministry of Education and Science, split in 2018 into: **
Ministry of Education 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 Pub ...
** Ministry of Science and Higher Education * Serbia:
Ministry of Education 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 Pub ...
*Slovakia: * Slovenia: Ministry of Education, Science and Sport * Spain: Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports * Sweden: Ministry of Education and Research * Switzerland:
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER, ; ; ) is one of the seven departments of the federal government of Switzerland, headed by a Member of the Swiss Federal Council. The department was renamed from Federal D ...
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State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) within the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research is the federal government's specialised agency for national and international matters concerning educa ...
* Turkey: Ministry of National Education * Ukraine: Ministry of Education and Science * United Kingdom: ** England:
Department for Education The Department for Education (DfE) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for child protection, child services, education in England, educati ...
, previously Department for Education and Skills and
Ministry of Education 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 Pub ...
** Scotland:
Education and Justice Directorates The Education and Justice Directorates are a group of directorates of the Scottish Government. The Director General for Education and Justice is Neil Rennick, who was appointed to the role in September 2023. He has direct responsibility for educa ...
**Wales: Department for Education and Skills ** Northern Ireland:
Department of Education 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 Pub ...


Oceania

* Australia: :*
Department of Education 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 Pub ...
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Department of Education, Skills and Employment The Australian Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) was a department of the Government of Australia, existing between 1 February 2020 to 1 July 2022 from a merger of the Department of Education (2019–2020) and Department of ...
(2020–2022) :** Department of Education (Australia) (2019–2020) :**
Department of Education and Training (Australia) The Australian Department of Education and Training was a former Government department, department of the Government of Australia that was in existence between 2014 and 2019 and which was charged with the responsibility for national policies and ...
(2014–2019) :** Department of Education (Australia, 2013–14) :** For earlier antecedents, see Preceding departments :* State government departments: ::* New South Wales:
Department of Education (New South Wales) The New South Wales Department of Education, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of early childhood, primary school, secondary school, vocational education, adult, migrant and hi ...
::* Victoria: Department of Education and Training (Victoria) ::* Queensland:
Department of Education (Queensland) The Department of Education is a ministerial department of the Queensland Government responsible for the administration and quality of education in Queensland, Australia. The department is composed of two separate portfolios, Education Queen ...
::* South Australia:
Department for Education (South Australia) The Department for Education of South Australia is a state government department delivering school education throughout the state. Education in Australia at school level is managed by each state, though the Commonwealth government makes a signific ...
::* Tasmania:
Department of Education (Tasmania) The Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) is a government department within the Government of Tasmania with responsibility for Government schools, child and family learning centres, child safety and out of home care, youth j ...
::* Western Australia:
Department of Education (Western Australia) The Department of Education is the Government of Western Australia, state government department responsible for education in Western Australia as well as on Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The Department's head office, commonly ...
::* Australian Capital Territory: Education and Training Directorate ::* Northern Territory: Department of Education (Northern Territory) * Kiribati :
Ministry of Education (Kiribati) The Ministry of Education (MoE) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in Bikenibeu, Tarawa, next to the King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School. the ministry has about 1,400 employees.Ministry of Education (New Zealand) The Ministry of Education () is the public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing the New Zealand education system. The Ministry was formed in 1989 when the former, all-encompassing Department of Education was broken up into ...
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Department of Education (New Zealand) The New Zealand Department of Education was, prior to 1989, the public service department of the New Zealand government that was responsible for pre-tertiary education. The department was established in its initial form in 1877 under the Educati ...
* Marshall Islands:
Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands) Ministry of Education, or the MOE, is a government branch in the Marshall Islands that controls and takes care of education, as well as all public schools in the Marshall Islands. The Minister of the MOE is one of the senators of the Marshall Is ...


See also

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Right to science and culture The right to science and culture is one of the economic, social and cultural rights claimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related documents of international human rights law. It recognizes that everyone has a right to freely part ...
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Human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...
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Right to education The right to education has been recognized as a human rights, human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free education, free, pr ...
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Right to an adequate standard of living The right to an adequate standard of living is listed as part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was accepted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948.United Nations''Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...
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Welfare rights Welfare rights means the rights of people to be aware of and receive their maximum entitlement to state welfare benefits, and to be treated reasonably well by the welfare system. It has been established in the United Kingdom since 1969 and has a ...
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Right to education The right to education has been recognized as a human rights, human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free education, free, pr ...
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Economic, social and cultural rights Economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) are Socioeconomics, socio-economic human rights, such as the right to education, right to housing, right to an adequate standard of living, right to health, victims' rights and the right to science and ...
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Culture minister A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organizat ...
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Cultural genocide Cultural genocide or culturicide is a concept first described by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, in the same book that coined the term ''genocide''. The destruction of culture was a central component in Lemkin's formulation of genocide ...
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Education minister 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 deli ...
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Ministry of Culture and Tourism (disambiguation) Ministry of Culture and Tourism may refer to: * Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Ontario), Canada *Ministry of Culture and Tourism (China) * Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Ethiopia) *Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Indonesia) * Ministry of Touri ...
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Ministry of Education and Culture A ministry of education and culture is a cabinet position in the governments of several nations. In some nations the ministry of education and the ministry of culture are separate departments; in others, the ministry of education and culture al ...
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Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...


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Ministries Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...
* Education policy Lists of government ministries