Department of Education (New South Wales)

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 . 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 .

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

The secretary reports to the Minister for Education and Early Learning, currently The Hon. Prue Car . 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 Name Title Term start Term end Time in office Notes William Wills Secretary of the Board of National Education 12 February 1849 October 1863 William Wilkins October 1863 December 1866 Secretary of the Council of Education January 1867 30 April 1880 Under-Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction 1 May 1880 12 November 1884 Edwin Johnson 13 November 1884 10 April 1894 John Maynard 10 April 1894 1 October 1903 Frederick Bridges (acting) 1 October 1903 7 February 1905 Peter Board Director of Education 8 February 1905 31 December 1922 Stephen Henry Smith 1 January 1923 1 August 1930 G(eorge) Ross Thomas 2 August 1930 21 September 1940 John Gordon McKenzie 22 September 1940 29 November 1952 Sir Harold Wyndham Director-General of Education 1 December 1952 31 December 1968 David Verco 1 January 1969 3 July 1972 John Buggie 4 July 1972 18 February 1977 Douglas Swan 21 February 1977 8 July 1985 Robert Winder 10 July 1985 29 April 1988 Fenton Sharpe Director-General of School Education 30 April 1988 12 November 1991 Ken Boston Director-General of Education and TrainingManaging Director of TAFE NSW 2 January 1992 12 July 2002 Jan McLelland 22 October 2002 22 January 2004 Andrew Cappie-Wood 22 January 2004 14 April 2007 Michael Coutts-Trotter 14 April 2007 28 March 2011 Michele Bruniges 7 September 2011 3 February 2014 Director-General of Education and CommunitiesManaging Director of TAFE NSW 3 February 2014 1 July 2015 Secretary of the Department of Education 1 July 2015 1 April 2016 Mark Scott 1 September 2016 23 April 2021 Georgina Harrisson Murat Dizdar incumbent

Agencies administered List of government schools in New South Wales List of government schools in New South Wales (A–C) List of government schools in New South Wales (D–F) List of government schools in New South Wales (G–P) List of government schools in New South Wales (Q–S) List of government schools in New South Wales (T–Z) TAFE NSW

Department of Education (New South Wales)

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