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]

Contents 1 Structure 2 Ministers for Education 3 Directors-General of Education 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[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] Ministers for Education

1932–1941 David Drummond (Country) 1941–1944 Clive Evatt (Labor) 1944–1960 Robert Heffron (Labor) 1960–1965 Ernest Wetherell (Labor) 1965–1972 Sir Charles Cutler (Country) 1972–1976 Sir Eric Willis (Liberal) 1976 Neil Pickard (Liberal) 1976–1980 Eric Bedford (Labor)

1980–1981 Paul Landa (Labor) 1981–1984 Ron Mulock (Labor) 1984 Eric Bedford (Labor) 1984–1988 Rodney Cavalier (Labor) 1988–1990 Terry Metherell (Liberal) 1990–1995 Virginia Chadwick (Liberal) 1995–2001 John Aquilina (Labor) 2001–2003 John Watkins (Labor)

2003–2005 Andrew Refshauge (Labor) 2005–2007 Carmel Tebbutt (Labor) 2007-2008 John Della Bosca (Labor) 2008– Verity Firth (Labor)

[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

• Department of Education Building

[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 on 2007-05-06. 

[edit] External links

• NSW Department of Education and Training Home Page
• NSW Public Schools Home Page
• NSW TAFE Home page
• Det Portal