The
Department of
Education
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and Early Childhood Development is an executive agency of the
Government of New Brunswick
The Government of New Brunswick (french: Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick) refers to the provincial government of the province of New Brunswick. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867.
The Province of New Brunswick is ...
, Canada. It is responsible for the administration of the New Brunswick
public education system. Its
primary and
secondary school
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s are divided into seven districts in separate units; four
anglophone
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districts and three
francophone districts.
On May 14, 1998 it also took over responsibility for
universities
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and
community college
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s however community colleges were later moved to the Department of Training and Employment Development on March 23, 2000. On February 14, 2006 it was returned to its pre-1998 configuration with responsibility for just primary and secondary schools when universities were moved to the new Department of Post-secondary Education and Training.
In October 2010, it took responsibility for
early childhood education
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from the
Department of Social Development and its name changed from the Department of Education to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Ministers
See also
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New Brunswick Department of Education District 17 School District 17 is a defunct Canadian school district in New Brunswick. It was an Anglophone district operating 18 public schools (gr. K-12) in Queens and Sunbury counties. Enrollment was approximately 6,000 students and 580 teachers. Distric ...
References
External links
Department of Education
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Early childhood educational organizations
Education in New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
Education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...