The Ministry of Education (

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: ''Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung'', ''Bildungsministerium'', historically also ''Unterrichtsministerium'') is the

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in charge of public schools and

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. The current head of the Ministry is

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. The ministry was first created in 1848 as the Ministry of Public Schools (''Ministerium für öffentlichen Unterricht''). As of 2018, the agency's official name is Ministry of Education, Science and Research (''Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung'' or ''BMBWF'').

Responsibilities

The Ministry is responsible for all matters regarding public education, including general education, vocational preparatory schools,

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and the Pedagogical Universities.

History

The Ministry was first founded in 1848 in the wake of the Bourgeois revolution. Back then, it was named "Ministry for Cultus and Education" and included religious affairs. In the first years of the

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it was merged into the "Ministry for Interior and Education", until it became its own authority again in 1923. Chancellor

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restructured it in 1971, creating the Ministry of Science and Research on one hand and the "Ministry of Education and Arts" on the other. From 2000 to 2007, they were merged again and formed a "Ministry of Education, Science and Culture". In 2007, the Science Ministry was again established as its own authority. This left the remaining parts as "Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture" (

: ''Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur'', short: ''BMUKK'' or ''Unterrichtsministerium''). It then had additional responsibilities in the fields of Religious foundations and the arts, such as theatre and Film promotion, Museums and related management and funding, such as for the

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, and the

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. The Bundesdenkmalamt was a sub department of the BMUKK as well.

Ministers

References

External links

Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung

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