Ministry of Education
Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Logo of the Ministry of Education
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	New Zealand's education system
Headquarters	45-47 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wellington
Minister responsible	Anne Tolley, Minister of Education
Agency executive	Karen Sewell, Secretary for Education and Chief Executive
Child agency	New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Website
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/

The Ministry of Education (In Māori, Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga), is the primary state sector organisation of New Zealand responsible for New Zealand's education system. It was established in 1989 when the former, all-encompassing Department of Education was broken up into six separate agencies, including a new, small, policy-orientated ministry. As part of the reforms, regionalised Boards of Education were replaced by individual Boards of Trustees for all primary and secondary schools.

New Zealand's Minister of Education is the Hon. Anne Tolley. The Ministry's Secretary for Education and Chief Executive is Karen Sewell.

[edit] Responsibilities

The Ministry's role is to raise the overall level of educational achievement and reduce disparity. It is not an education provider. That role is met by individual elected Boards of Trustees for every state school in the country. The ministry has numerous functions - advising government, providing information to the sector, providing learning resources, administering sector regulation and funding, and providing specialist services. The ministry works with other education agencies including the Education Review Office, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority and Learning Media Limited.

[edit] External links

• Official website
• NZ Government explanation
• TeachNZ, a business unit of MoE
• Te Kete Ipurangi - The Online Learning Centre, an initiative of MoE
• The Education Gazette, published by MoE
• List of Services Provided by MoE

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