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Education

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Minister:
Minister of Education
Current Minister:
Hon Jan Tinetti
Associate Minister:
Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education)
Current Associate Minister:
Hon Kelvin Davis
Description: 

Responsibilities include early childhood education, primary and secondary schooling, and tertiary education.

Department: 

Ministry of Education
Education Review Office

Crown entities: 

New Zealand Qualifications Authority
School Boards of Trustees
 

PFA schedule organisations: 

Education Payroll Ltd (Schedule 4A)1
The Network for Learning Ltd (Schedule 4A)2

Other organisations: 

Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
Music Teachers’ Registration Board
New Zealand Council for Educational Research
New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO
Ngarimu VC and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board
Pacific Islands Polynesian Education Foundation
Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
Tertiary Education Institutions

Vote: 

Vote Education
Specified appropriations in Vote Education
Vote Education Review Office

Legislation: 

Education and Training Act 2020
Education Lands Act 1949
Kitchener Memorial Scholarship Trust Act 1941
Music Teachers Act 1981
Maori Education Foundation (Abolition) Act 1993
New Zealand Library Association Act 1939
Ngarimu VC and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Act 1945
New Zealand Council for Educational Research Act 1972
Pacific Education Foundation Act 1972
Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975
Vulnerable Children Act 20143

1 The shareholding Ministers for Education Payroll Ltd are the Minister of Education and the Minister of Finance
2 The shareholding Ministers for The Network for Learning Ltd are the Minister of Education and the Minister of Finance
3 The Minister of Education is responsible for the administration of Part 3

Last updated: 
Wednesday, 7 October 2020

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