{{Short description|Department of the Government of New South Wales}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = New South Wales Department of Education | type = Government Department | nativename = | nativename_a = | nativename_r = | logo = 250px | logo_width = 250px | logo_caption = New South Wales Department of Education logo | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | picture = | picture_width = | picture_caption = | formed = {{start date|2015|07|01|df=y}} (Current)<br/>{{start date and age|1880}} (First incarnation) | preceding1 = New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (2011–2015) | preceding2 = New South Wales Department of Education and Training (1997–2011) | preceding3 = | preceding4 = <!-- (etc.) --> | superseding = | jurisdiction = New South Wales | headquarters = 105 Phillip Street, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | coordinates = | employees = | budget = | minister1_name = The Hon. Prue Car {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | minister1_pfo = <br/>Minister for Education and Early Learning | minister2_name = The Hon. Steve Whan {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | minister2_pfo = <br/>Minister for Skills and Training | chief1_name = Murat Dizdar | chief1_position = <br/>Secretary | chief2_name = | chief2_position = | chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = | chief4_position = | chief5_name = | chief5_position = | agency_type = | chief6_name = | chief6_position = | chief7_name = | chief7_position = | chief8_name = | chief8_position = | chief9_name = | chief9_position = | parent_department = | parent_agency = | child1_agency = <!-- (etc.) --> | keydocument1 = {{Cite Legislation AU |NSW|act|ea1990104|Education Act, 1990 }} | keydocument2 = | keydocument3 = | keydocument4 = <!-- (etc.) --> | website = {{URL|https://education.nsw.gov.au}} | footnotes = | map = | map_width = | map_caption = }} 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 {{Cite Legislation AU |NSW|act|ea1990104|Education Act, 1990 }}. == 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.<ref name=tafehist>{{cite web | title=TAFE NSW | website=Our history | date=19 August 2012 | url=https://www.tafensw.edu.au/about/our_history.htm#the_government_steps_in | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120085802/https://www.tafensw.edu.au/about/our_history.htm#the_government_steps_in | archive-date=20 January 2013 | url-status=dead | access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wyndham|first=Harold Stanley|date=1957|title=Report of the Committee Appointed to Survey Secondary Education in New South Wales|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6475673|journal=Parliamentary Paper (New South Wales. Parliament); 1957/49|language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/our-people-and-structure/history-of-government-schools/government-schools/since-world-war-ii|title=Since World War II History of New South Wales government schools|website=Education NSW|language=en|access-date=2018-06-12}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/567|title=Department of Education and Training (1997–2011) Department of Education and Communities (2011–2015)|website=State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/regulations/2015-250.pdf|title=Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order (No 2) 2015|publisher=Legislation NSW|date=27 May 2015|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>
== Structure and governance== The department's powers are principally drawn from the {{Cite Legislation AU |NSW|act|ea1990104|Education Act, 1990 }}.<ref>{{cite web| title=''NSW Education Act 1990''| publisher=Parliament of New South Wales| year=1990| url=http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/fullhtml/inforce/act+8+1990+FIRST+0+N/| access-date=6 May 2007 }}</ref>
The head of the department is its secretary, {{as of|June 2023|lc=yes}} Murat Dizdar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=Lucy |date=2023-06-08 |title=How a former garbage collector became the state's new schools boss |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-a-former-garbage-collector-became-the-state-s-new-schools-boss-20230608-p5df2x.html |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
The secretary reports to the Minister for Education and Early Learning, currently{{when|date=February 2024}} The Hon. Prue Car {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}}. Ultimately the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
With a budget of more than A$8 billion,{{when|date=February 2024}} 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.budget.nsw.gov.au/my-budget |title=My Budget |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=NSW Budget 2018-19 <nowiki>|</nowiki> Latest NSW Budget |publisher=NSW government |access-date=2019-05-30 |at="Where the money goes" tab}}</ref>
=== Departmental leadership === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name !! Title !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes |- | William Wills | rowspan="2"| Secretary of the Board of National Education | align=center | 12 February 1849 | align=center | October 1863 | align=right | {{ayd|1849|02|12|1863|10|31}} | |- | rowspan="3"| William Wilkins | align=center | October 1863 | align=center | December 1866 | rowspan=3 align=right | {{ayd|1863|10|31|1884|11|12}} | rowspan=3 |
|- | Secretary of the Council of Education | align=center | January 1867 | align=center | 30 April 1880 |- | rowspan="4"| Under-Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction | align=center | 1 May 1880 | align=center | 12 November 1884 |- | Edwin Johnson | align=center | 13 November 1884 | align=center | 10 April 1894 | align=right | {{ayd|1884|11|13|1894|04|10}} | |- | John Maynard | align=center | 10 April 1894 | align=center | 1 October 1903 | align=right | {{ayd|1894|04|10|1903|10|01}} | |- | Frederick Bridges (acting) | align=center | 1 October 1903 | align=center | 7 February 1905 | align=right | {{ayd|1903|10|01|1905|02|07}} | |- | Peter Board | rowspan="4"| Director of Education | align=center | 8 February 1905 | align=center | 31 December 1922 | align=right | '''{{ayd|1905|02|08|1922|12|31}}''' | |- | Stephen Henry Smith | align=center | 1 January 1923 | align=center | 1 August 1930 | align=right | {{ayd|1923|01|01|1930|08|01}} | |- | G(eorge) Ross Thomas | align=center | 2 August 1930 | align=center | 21 September 1940 | align=right | {{ayd|1930|08|02|1940|09|21}} | |- | John Gordon McKenzie | align=center | 22 September 1940 | align=center | 29 November 1952 | align=right | {{ayd|1940|09|22|1952|11|29}} | |- | Sir Harold Wyndham | rowspan="5"| Director-General of Education | align=center | 1 December 1952 | align=center | 31 December 1968 | align=right | {{ayd|1952|12|01|1968|12|31}} | |- | David Verco | align=center | 1 January 1969 | align=center | 3 July 1972 | align=right | {{ayd|1969|01|01|1972|07|03}} | |- | John Buggie | align=center | 4 July 1972 | align=center | 18 February 1977 | align=right | {{ayd|1972|07|04|1977|02|18}} | |- | Douglas Swan | align=center | 21 February 1977 | align=center | 8 July 1985 | align=right | {{ayd|1977|02|21|1985|07|08}} | |- | Robert Winder | align=center | 10 July 1985 | align=center | 29 April 1988 | align=right | {{ayd|1985|07|10|1988|04|29}} | |- | Fenton Sharpe | Director-General of School Education | align=center | 30 April 1988 | align=center | 12 November 1991 | align=right | {{ayd|1988|04|30|1991|11|12}} | |- | Ken Boston | rowspan="5"| Director-General of Education and Training<br/>Managing Director of TAFE NSW | align=center | 2 January 1992 | align=center | 12 July 2002 | align=right | {{ayd|1992|01|02|2002|07|12}} | |- | Jan McLelland | align=center | 22 October 2002 | align=center | 22 January 2004 | align=right | {{ayd|2002|10|22|2004|01|22}} | |- | Andrew Cappie-Wood | align=center | 22 January 2004 | align=center | 14 April 2007 | align=right | {{ayd|2004|01|22|2007|04|14}} | |- | Michael Coutts-Trotter | align=center | 14 April 2007 | align=center | 28 March 2011 | align=right | {{ayd|2007|04|14|2011|03|28}} | |- | rowspan="3"| Michele Bruniges | align=center | 7 September 2011 | align=center | 3 February 2014 | rowspan=3 align=right| {{ayd|2011|09|07|2016|04|01}} | rowspan=3 | |- | Director-General of Education and Communities<br/>Managing Director of TAFE NSW | align=center | 3 February 2014 | align=center | 1 July 2015 |- | rowspan="4" | Secretary of the Department of Education | align=center | 1 July 2015 | align=center | 1 April 2016 |- | Mark Scott | align=center | 1 September 2016 | align=center | 23 April 2021 | | |- | Georgina Harrisson | align=center | {{start date|2021|05|24|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|2023|04|14|df=y}} | align=right | {{ayd|2021|05|24|2023|04|14}} | |- | Murat Dizdar | align=center | {{start date|2023|04|15|df=y}} | align=center | ''incumbent'' | align=right | {{ayd|2023|04|15}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/minns-government-public-service-changes-to-tackle-states-challenges|title=Minns Government public service changes to tackle state's challenges|publisher=NSW Government|date=14 April 2023}}</ref> |}
==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 == {{Portal|New South Wales|Education}} * Department of Education Building * Department of Education
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://education.nsw.gov.au/ NSW Department of Education webpage] *[https://portal.education.nsw.gov.au/ Staff and Student Portal]
{{New South Wales Government Departments}} {{Authority control}}
Education and Communities * New South Wales