List of education ministries

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, Ministry of Public Education, and so forth, and the head of such an agency may be a Minister of Education or Secretary of Education. Such agencies typically address educational concerns such as the quality of schools or standardization of curriculum. The first such ministry ever is considered to be the Commission of National Education (pl. Komisja Edukacji Narodowej, lt. Edukacinė komisija) founded in 1773 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following is a list of education ministries by country:

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Africa

Ministry of National Education (Algeria)
Ministry of Education (Egypt)
Ministry of Education (Ethiopia)
Ministry of Education (Ghana)
Ministry of Education (Kenya)
Ministry of Education (Namibia)
Nigeria:

Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria)
Rivers State: Rivers State Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education (Rwanda)
Ministry of Education (Sierra Leone)
Ministry of Education (Somalia)
South Africa: Department of Education (South Africa) or the former Bantu Education Department
- Minister of Education (South Africa), split in 2009 into:
- Minister of Basic Education
- Minister of Higher Education and Training
Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture (Zimbabwe)

Asia

Central America

Beliz: Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture (Belize)
Costa Rica: Ministry of Education (Costa Rica)
El Salvador: Ministry of Education (El Salvador)
Guatemala: Ministry of Education (Guatemala)
Honduras: Secretariat of Education (Honduras)
Nicaragua: Ministry of Education (Nicaragua)
Panama: Ministry of Education (Panama)

Europe

Austria: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur)
Belgium
- Flanders: Flemish Ministry of Education and Training (Vlaams Ministerie van Onderwijs en Vorming)
- French Community: General Administration for Education and Scientific Research of the Ministry of the French Community
Bulgaria: Ministry of Education, Youth and Science
Croatia: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
Czech: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Denmark: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Faroe Islands: Ministry of Education, Research and Culture
Finland: Ministry of Education
France: Ministry of National Education (Ministère de l’Éducation nationale)
Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
Greece: Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports
Ireland: Department of Education and Skills
Italy: Ministry of Education, Universities and Research
- Merged from Ministry of Public Education (Italy) in 2008
Lithuania: Ministry of Education and Science
Luxembourg: Ministry of National Education (Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enfance et de la jeunesse)
Netherlands: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Norway: Ministry of Education and Research
Poland: Commission of National Education (Polish: Komisja Edukacji Narodowej)
- Ministry of Education (Poland)
Portugal: Ministry of Education
Russia: Ministry of Education and Science
- Formerly Ministry of Education (Soviet Union)
Serbia: Ministry of Education and Sports
Slovenia: Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Spain: Ministry of Education
Sweden: Ministry of Education and Research
Ukraine: Ministry of Education
United Kingdom:
- England: Department for Education
- Merged from Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)
- Which previously merged from Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)
- Northern Ireland: Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
- Scotland: Scottish Government Education Directorates

North America

Ministry of Education (Bahamas)
Canada:

Ministry of Education (Jamaica)
Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico)
Ministry of Education (Saint Lucia)
United States: United States Department of Education, headed by the United States Secretary of Education
- Many U.S. states also have a state-level department of education
- Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico

Oceania

Australia:

Department of Education and Training (Australia)

New South Wales: Department of Education and Communities (New South Wales)
Victoria: Department of Education and Training (Victoria)
Queensland: Department of Education (Queensland)
South Australia: Department for Education and Child Development
Tasmania: Department of Education (Tasmania)
Western Australia: Department of Education (Western Australia)
Australian Capital Territory: Education and Training Directorate
Northern Territory: Department of Education (Northern Territory)

New Zealand: Ministry of Education (New Zealand)
Marshall Islands: Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands)

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