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A ministry of education and culture is a
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position in the
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of several nations. In some nations the
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 ...
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ministry of culture Ministry of Culture may refer to: * Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports (Albania) * Ministry of Culture (Algeria) * Ministry of Culture (Argentina) * Minister for the Arts (Australia) * Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan)Ministry o ...
are separate departments; in others, the ministry of education and culture also includes arts, science, sports, etc. The ministry is politically responsible for
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 ...
and promoting and protecting cultural expression.


Ministries of education and culture by country

* Ministry of Education and Culture (Cyprus) *
Ministry of Education and Culture (Finland) The Ministry of Education and Culture (, ) is one of the twelve ministries in Finland. It prepares laws and oversees the administration of matters relating to education (such as daycare, schools and universities), and culture (such as museums, l ...
* Ministry of Education and Culture (Israel) A position that existed in 1949–1977, 1984–1990, 1992–1993, and is now the ''Ministry of Education''. * Ministry of Education and Culture (Mozambique) * Ministry of Education and Culture (Philippines) A position that existed from 1978-2001 and is now the ''Department of Education''. *
Ministry of Education and Culture (Spain) The Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports (MEFPD) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for proposing and carrying out the government policy on education and vocational training. This covers all the teachings ...
A position that existed from 1996-2000 and is now the ''Ministry of Education''. * Ministry of Education and Culture (Somalia) * Ministry of Education and Culture (Tanzania) *
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 ...


Similarly named ministries in other countries

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Ministry of Education (Austria) 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 acad ...
* Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports (Greece) *
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Iceland) The Ministry of Education and Children () is an Icelandic cabinet-level ministry founded 16 December 1942. The ministry is divided into three departments and four offices. The current Minister of Education and Children's Affairs is Ásmund ...
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Indonesia) The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (, abbreviated Kemendikbudristek) was a government ministry of the Indonesian government responsible for education, cultural, research, and technology affairs. Its formation resulted ...
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 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 period, Meiji government created the first Ministry of Education in 1871. In January 2001 ...
, Japan * Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, and Sports (Mongolia) *
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands) The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (; OCW) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for education, culture, science, research, gender equality and communications. The Ministry was created in 1918 as the Ministry of Education, Arts and Sci ...
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Ministry of Education, Research and Culture (Sweden) The Ministry of Education and Research () is a government ministry in Sweden responsible for matters relating to schools, universities, colleges, and research. Before 1968, the ministry was called the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical ...
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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 ...


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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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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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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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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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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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Ministry of Culture (disambiguation) Ministry of Culture may refer to: * Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports (Albania) * Ministry of Culture (Algeria) * Ministry of Culture (Argentina) * Minister for the Arts (Australia) * Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan)Ministry o ...
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Ministry of Culture and Sport (disambiguation) Ministry of Culture and Sport may refer to: * Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece) * Ministry of Culture and Sports (Guatemala) * Ministry of Culture and Sport (Israel) * Ministry of Culture and Sports (Kazakhstan) * Ministry of Culture, Heritag ...
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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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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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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 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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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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