Department of Education and Training (New South Wales)

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The Department of Education and Training (DET) is a department of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for primary schools, secondary schools and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges. In addition, the department oversees the provision of pre-school, adult, migrant and higher education in the state.

The Department's powers are principally drawn from the NSW Education Act 1990.[1]

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[edit] Structure

The Department reports to the Minister for Education and Training, at present Verity Firth of the Australian Labor Party. The head of the Department is its Director-General, Michael Coutts-Trotter.

With a budget of more than AU$8 billion, over 2240 schools and 130 TAFE campuses with a total enrolments of almost 1 million students, DET represents roughly one-quarter of the State's total budget each year.

[edit] New South Wales Ministers for Education

Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title
John Plunkett None 1848–1858 Chairman of the Board of National Education
Sir Charles Nicholson 1858
George Holden 1859
Sir Charles Nicholson, Bt 1860
George Holden 1861–1866
Henry Parkes None 1867–1870 President of the Council of Education
John Smith 1870–1871
George Allen 1871–1872
John Smith 1872–1880
Sir John Robertson None 1880–1881 Minister for Public Instruction
Francis Suttor 1881–1883
George Reid 1883–1884
William Trickett 1884–1885
James Young 1885–1886
Arthur Renwick 1886–1887
James Inglis 1887–1889
Francis Suttor 1889
Joseph Carruthers 1889–1891
Francis Suttor 1891–1894
Jacob Garrard 1894–1898
James Hogue 1898–1899
John Perry Protectionist 1899–1904
John Fegan Free Trade 1904
Broughton O'Conor Liberal Reform 1904–1907
James Hogue Liberal Reform 1907–1910
1910-1927
William Davies Labor Party 1927
David Drummond Country Party 1927–1930 Minister for Education
William Davies Labor Party 1930–1932
David Drummond Country Party 1932–1941
Clive Evatt Labor Party 1941–1944
Robert Heffron 1944–1960
Ernest Wetherell 1960–1965
Sir Charles Cutler Country Party 1965–1972
Sir Eric Willis Liberal Party 1972–1976
Neil Pickard 1976
Eric Bedford Labor Party 1976–1980
Paul Landa 1980–1981
Ron Mulock 1981–1984
Eric Bedford 1984
Rodney Cavalier 1984–1988
Terry Metherell Liberal Party 1988–1990 Minister for Education and Youth Affairs
Virginia Chadwick 1990–1993
1992–1993 Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, Employment and Training
1993–1995 Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs
John Aquilina Labor Party 1995–2001 Minister for Education and Training
John Watkins 2001–2003
Andrew Refshauge 2003–2005
Carmel Tebbutt 2005–2007
John Della Bosca 2007–2008
Verity Firth 2008–

[edit] Directors-General of Education

  • Peter Board (8 February 1905 - 31 December 1922)
  • Stephen Smith (1 January 1923 - 1 August 1930)
  • G. Ross Thomas (2 August 1930 - 21 September 1940)
  • John McKenzie(22 September 1940 - 29 November 1952)
  • Sir Harold Wyndham (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 (30 April 1988 - 12 November 1991)
  • Ken Boston (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 -)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "NSW Education Act 1990". Parliament of New South Wales. 1990. http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/fullhtml/inforce/act+8+1990+FIRST+0+N/. Retrieved 2007-05-06. 

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