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, and Ministry of Public Education, 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 (Polish: Komisja Edukacji Narodowej, Lithuanian: Edukacinė komisija), founded in 1773 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.^[1]^[2] Following is a list of education ministries by country:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2013)

Åland: Department for Education and Culture
Albania: Ministry of Education and Sports
Andorra: Ministry of Institutional Relations, Education and Universities
Armenia: Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport
Austria: Ministry of Education, Science and Research (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung)
Azerbaijan: Ministry of Science and Education
Belgium: no federal ministry, see Education in Belgium:
- Flanders: Flemish Ministry of Education and Training (Dutch: Vlaams Ministerie van Onderwijs en Vorming)
- French Community: General Administration for Education and Scientific Research of the Ministry of the French Community
- German-speaking Community: Ministry of Education and Employment
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ministry of Civil Affairs
- Sector for Education of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria: Ministry of Education and Science
Croatia: Ministry of Science and Education
Cyprus: Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth
Czech Republic: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Denmark: Ministry for Children, Education and Gender Equality
Estonia: Ministry of Education and Research
Faroe Islands: Ministry of Education, Research and Culture
Finland: Ministry of Education and Culture
France: Ministry of National Education and Youth (French: Ministère de l’Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse)
Georgia: Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia
Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
Greece: Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports (Greek: Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού)
Greenland: Ministry for Education, Culture, Sports and Church
Guernsey: Committee for Education, Sport & Culture
Iceland: Ministry of Education and Children
Ireland:
- Department of Education
- Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Isle of Man: Department of Education, Sport and Culture
Italy: Ministry of Education and Merit
Jersey: Department for Children, Young People, Education and Skills
- Education Directorate
Latvia: Ministry of Science and Education
Lithuania: Ministry of Education and Science
Luxembourg: Ministry of National Education (French: Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enfance et de la jeunesse)
Malta: Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation
Moldova: Ministry of Education and Research
Montenegro: Ministry of Education
Netherlands: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
North Macedonia: Ministry of Education and Science
Norway: Ministry of Education and Research
Poland: Commission of National Education (Polish: Komisja Edukacji Narodowej)
- Ministry of National Education
Portugal: Ministry of Education
Romania: Ministry of Education
Russia: Ministry of Education and Science, split in 2018 into:
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Serbia: Ministry of Education
Slovakia: Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic [sk]
Slovenia: Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Spain: Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
Sweden: Ministry of Education and Research
Switzerland: Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
- State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
Turkey: Ministry of National Education
Ukraine: Ministry of Education and Science
United Kingdom:
- England: Department for Education, previously Department for Education and Skills and Ministry of Education
- Scotland: Education and Justice Directorates
- Wales: Department for Education and Skills
- Northern Ireland: Department of Education

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