Department of Education (Australia)

The Australian Department of Education is a department of the Government of Australia, formed on 29 May 2019[1] and charged with the responsibility for national policies and programs that help Australians access quality and affordable early childhood education, school education, higher education, vocational education and training, international education and academic research.[4]

This article is about the current Australian Government Department of Education in existence since 2019. For the 1972–83 Australian Government Department of Education, see Department of Education (1972–1983). For the 1984–87 Australian Government Department of Education, see Department of Education (1984–1987). For the 2013–14 Australian Government Department of Education, see Department of Education (Australia, 2013–14).

Department of Education

The national office of the Department of Education, 50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra.
Department overview
Formed29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)[1]
Preceding Department
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Minister responsible
Department executive
Child Department
  • Shared Services Centre
Websitewww.education.gov.au
Footnotes
[2][3]

The head of the department is the Secretary of the Department of Education, currently Dr Michele Bruniges AM,[2] who reports to the Minister for Education, currently the Hon. Dan Tehan MP.

History

The department was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 29 May 2019.[1] It incorporated the functions of the previous Department of Education and Training, with the exception that:

Preceding departments

The Department of Education's predecessor departments have been:

Operational activities

The functions of the department are broadly classified into the following matters:[1]

  • Schools education policy and programs, including vocational education and training in schools
  • Schooling transitions policy and programs including career pathways
  • Education and training transitions policy and programs
  • Youth affairs and programs, including youth transitions
  • Pre-school education policy and programs
  • Higher education policy, regulation and programs
  • Policy, coordination and support for international education and research engagement
  • Coordination of research policy in relation to universities
  • Creation and development of research infrastructure
  • Research grants and fellowships
  • Childcare policy and programmes
  • Co-ordination of early childhood development policy and responsibilities

See also

References
  1. "Administrative Order Arrangements" (PDF). Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. "Secretary". Department of Education and Training. Commonwealth of Australia. December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. "Associate Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries". Department of Education and Training. Commonwealth of Australia. December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. "Home page". Department of Education. Commonwealth of Australia. December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  5. "Administrative Arrangements Order - Summary of changes" (PDF). Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.