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New South Wales Department of Education

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Government Department overview
Formed	1 July 2015 (2015-07-01) (Current) 1880; 144 years ago (1880) (First incarnation)
Preceding agencies	New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (2011–2015) New South Wales Department of Education and Training (1997–2011)
Jurisdiction	New South Wales
Headquarters	105 Phillip Street, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ministers responsible	The Hon. Prue Car MP, Minister for Education and Early Learning The Hon. Steve Whan MP, Minister for Skills and Training
Government Department executive	Murat Dizdar, Secretary
Key document	Education Act, 1990 (NSW)
Website	education.nsw.gov.au

The New South Wales Department of Education, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of early childhood, primary school, secondary school, vocational education, adult, migrant and higher education in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The department was preceded by the Board of National Education and Council of Education, and has been formerly known by a number of names, including Department of Public Instruction, the Department of Education and Training (DET) between December 1997 and April 2011, and the Department of Education and Communities (DEC) between April 2011 and July 2015.

The department's powers are principally drawn from the Education Act, 1990 (NSW).

History

In 1889 the NSW Government took control of the Board of Technical Education, which was then governed by the Technical Education Branch of the Department of Public Instruction. After technical education developed into a state-wide TAFE NSW network of colleges, eventually a separate Department of Technical Education was established in 1949.

In 1957 a committee was appointed to survey secondary education in New South Wales to survey and report on the provision of full-time education for adolescents. The resulting report was known as the Wyndham Report.

in 1974, the Australian Capital Territory Schools Authority took over responsibility for nearly 60 government schools that were previously under the control of New South Wales.

The Department of Education and Training (DET) was created in December 1997, until being renamed in April 2011 as the Department of Education and Communities (DEC) until July 2015.

Structure and governance

The department's powers are principally drawn from the Education Act, 1990 (NSW).

The head of the department is its secretary, as of June 2023 Murat Dizdar.

The secretary reports to the Minister for Education and Early Learning, currently The Hon. Prue Car MP. Ultimately the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

With a budget of more than A$8 billion, and over 2,240 schools with a total enrolment of almost one million students, the department represents roughly one-quarter of the State's total budget each year.

Departmental leadership

Agencies administered

• List of government schools in New South Wales
  • List of Government schools in New South Wales: A–F
  • List of Government schools in New South Wales: G–P
  • List of Government schools in New South Wales: Q–Z
• TAFE NSW

See also

• Department of Education Building
• Department of Education

References

1. "TAFE NSW". Our history. 19 August 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
2. Wyndham, Harold Stanley (1957). "Report of the Committee Appointed to Survey Secondary Education in New South Wales". Parliamentary Paper (New South Wales. Parliament); 1957/49.
3. "Since World War II History of New South Wales government schools". Education NSW. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
4. "Department of Education and Training (1997–2011) Department of Education and Communities (2011–2015)". State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
5. "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order (No 2) 2015" (PDF). Legislation NSW. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
6. "NSW Education Act 1990". Parliament of New South Wales. 1990. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
7. Carroll, Lucy (2023-06-08). "How a former garbage collector became the state's new schools boss". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
8. "My Budget". NSW Budget 2018-19 | Latest NSW Budget. NSW government. n.d. "Where the money goes" tab. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
9. "Minns Government public service changes to tackle state's challenges". NSW Government. 14 April 2023.

External links

• NSW Department of Education webpage
• Staff and Student Portal

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