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Education minister

Government position, in charge of education matters

Summary

Government position, in charge of education matters

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 delivers services relating to sports are listed; overseen by and responsible to the education minister. The first such ministry ever is considered to be the Commission of National Education (, ) founded in 1773 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Country-related articles and lists

Minister of Education may refer to:

Albania

Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth ()

Argentina

Minister of Education (Argentina) ()

Australia

Minister for Education (Australia)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Minister for Education (Victoria)

Bangladesh

Minister of Education ()
- Responsible for secondary, vocational and tertiary education in Bangladesh.
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education ()
- Responsible for Primary (Class I–VIII) and Mass (literacy) education in Bangladesh.

Brazil

Minister of Education (Brazil)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Brazil) ()

Brunei

Minister of Education (Brunei)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Brunei) ()

Bhutan

Ministry of Education (Bhutan)

Canada

Minister for Alberta Education
- Develops policy and delivers services via Alberta Education
Minister for Education and Child Care (British Columbia)
Minister for Education (New Brunswick)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Education (New Brunswick)
Minister of Advanced Education and Skills (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Advanced Education and Skills (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Minister of Education (Nova Scotia)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Nova Scotia Department of Education
Minister of Education (Ontario)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Ontario) ()
Minister for Education, Recreation and Sports (Quebec)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports (Quebec) (

Note: Canada does not have an Education Minister at the federal government level as education is a provincial responsibility.

Chile

Minister of Education (Chile)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Chile) ()

China

Minister of Education (China)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China ()

Hong Kong

Secretary for Education (Hong Kong)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Education Bureau ()

Croatia

Minister of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia) ()

Cuba

Denmark

Minister of Children and Education (Denmark) ()
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Danish Ministry of Education
Minister for Research, Innovation and Higher Education (Denmark)
- Develops policy and delivers services via Universities in Denmark

Egypt

Minister of Education of Egypt
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Egypt) ()

Estonia

Minister of Education and Research (Estonia)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education and Research ()

Fiji

Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts (Fiji)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts (Fiji)

Finland

Minister of Education (Finland) (, )

France

Minister of National Education (France)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of National Education (France) ()

Germany

Federal Minister of Education and Research (Germany)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany) ()

Greece

Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (Greece)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (Greece) ()

Hungary

Minister of Human Resources of Hungary
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Human Resources (Hungary)

Iceland

Minister of Education, Science and Culture (Iceland)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Iceland) ()

Indonesia

Minister of Primary and Secondary (Indonesia)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry Primary and Secondary of Education (Indonesia) ()
Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Indonesia)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Higher Education (Indonesia) ()

Iran

Ministry of Education ()
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology ()

India

Minister of Education
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (India)

Ireland

Minister for Education and Youth
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Iraq

Ministry of Education (Iraq)
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Iraq)

Isle of Man

Minister for Education and Children (Isle of Man)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Education (Isle of Man) ()

Israel

Minister of Education (Israel)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Israel) (, Misrad HaHinukh; )

Italy

Minister of Education, University and Research (Italy)

Japan

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Lithuania

Ministry of Education and Science (Lithuania)

Malaysia

Minister of Education (Malaysia)
Minister of Higher Education (Malaysia)

Marshall Islands

Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands)

Mexico

Secretary of Education (Mexico)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Secretariat of Public Education ()

Moldova

Ministry of Education and Research

Netherlands

Minister of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)
- State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Knowledge, Teachers, Culture
  - Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands) ()

New Zealand

Minister of Education (New Zealand)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (New Zealand) ()

North Macedonia

Ministry of Education and Science

Norway

Minister of Education
Minister of Research and Higher Education
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research ()

Pakistan

Minister for Education (Pakistan)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education and Training of Pakistan

Peru

Minister of Education (Peru)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Peru)

Philippines

Secretary of Education (Philippines)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Education (Philippines)

Poland

Minister of National Education (Poland)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of National Education (Poland) ()
Minister of Science and Higher Education (Poland)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) ()

Portugal

Minister for Education (Portugal)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Portugal) ()
Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education (Policy)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (Portugal) ()

Romania

Minister of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Romania)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Romania) ()

Singapore

Minister for Education (Singapore)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Singapore) (; ; )

Slovakia

Minister for Education, Science and Sport (Slovakia) Ministry of National Education (Slovakia) ()

South Africa

Minister of Basic Education (South Africa)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Basic Education (South Africa)
Minister of Higher Education and Training (South Africa)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Higher Education and Training (South Africa)

Spain

Minister of Education (Spain)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Spain)

Sri Lanka

Minister of Education (Sri Lanka)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka)
Minister of Higher Education (Sri Lanka)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Higher Education (Sri Lanka)

Sweden

Minister for Education (Sweden)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden) ()

Switzerland

Member of the Swiss Federal Council and Head of the Department of Home Affairs
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Federal Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland) (; ; )

Thailand

Minister of Education (Thailand)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education (Thailand) (; )

United Kingdom

England

Secretary of State for Education
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department for Education

Northern Ireland

Minister of Education (Northern Ireland)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department of Education (Northern Ireland) (; or Depairtment o Leir)
- Minister for the Economy (Northern Ireland)
- Develops policy, higher and further Education and delivers services via the Department of Economy (Northern Ireland) (; )

Scotland

Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Scottish Government Learning and Justice Directorates

Wales

Cabinet Secretary for Education
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Department for Education and Skills (Wales) ()

United States

United States Secretary of Education
- Develops policy and delivers services via the United States Department of Education

Uruguay

Minister of Education and Culture (Uruguay)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay)

Vietnam

Minister of Education and Training (Vietnam)
- Develops policy and delivers services via the Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam)

References

Filutowska, Katarzyna. (2020). "German philosophy in Vilnius in the years 1803–1832 and the origins of Polish Romanticism". Studies in East European Thought.
"Secretary of State for Education - GOV.UK".

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