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Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)

Government ministry of the Netherlands

Summary

Government ministry of the Netherlands

Field	Value
agency_name	Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
type	Department
nativename	Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen
logo	Logo ministerie OCW.svg
picture	Ministerie OCW.jpg
picture_width	170px
picture_caption	Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
formed
jurisdiction	Kingdom of the Netherlands
headquarters	Rijnstraat 50, The Hague, Netherlands
budget	€38.5 billion (2018)
minister1_name	Gouke Moes
minister1_pfo	Minister of Education, Culture and Science
deputyminister2_name	Koen Becking
deputyminister2_pfo	State Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education and Equal Opportunities
website	Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

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 Sciences and had several name changes before it became the Education, Culture and Science in 1994. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, currently Gouke Moes.

Responsibilities

The mission of the ministry is to "work for a smart, able and creative Netherlands". The ministry is responsible for three fields of policy:

The whole of education, from kindergarten, via primary education and secondary education to vocational training and higher education;
Culture, arts and the public broadcasting;
Science and innovation.

Organisation

The ministry is currently headed by two ministers and one state secretary. The ministry's main office is located in the Hoftoren, the tallest building of The Hague. The ministry has around 2500 civil servants. The civil service is headed by a secretary general and a deputy secretary general, who head a system of three directorates general:

Primary and Secondary Education;
Higher Education, Professional Training and Sciences;
and Culture and Media.

It has several autonomous agencies:

Central Financial Institution, which is responsible for the execution of financial policies:
Institute Collection Netherlands;
National Archive;
Government Service for Archeology, Cultural Landscape and Monuments;
Education Inspection;
Cultural Conservation Inspection;
Council for Science and Technology; Policy;
Council for Education;
and the Council for Culture.

History

The predecessor of the ministry, the Ministry of Education, Arts and Sciences was founded in 1918, as it became autonomous from the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. It was founded as a result of the resolution of the school struggle, the conflict about the equalisation of the finance for religious and public schools. During the German occupation the ministry was renamed Department for Education, Sciences and Cultural Conservation and a separate Department for Propaganda and Arts. In 1965 the department for arts was integrated into the new Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Work. In 1982 this cultural department was integrated into the Ministry of Health. In 1996 cultural department returned to the Ministry of Education.

References

"Miljoenennota en Rijksbegroting".
Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap. (2011-08-26). "Ministry of Education, Culture and Science - Government.nl".
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"Ministry of Education, Culture and Science / Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap".

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