Department of Education and Training
23 December 2014 – 29 May 2019
Previously Department of Education (2013–2014). Renamed Department of Education in 2019.
Department of State responsible for schools, higher education, vocational education and training, international education and research funding, and, from September 2015, early childhood education and child care.
Names over time
- Department of Education2013–2014
- Department of Education and Training2014–2019
- Department of Education2019–2020
- Department of Education, Skills and Employment2020–2022
- Department of Education2022–present
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 December 2014 when the Department of Education was renamed on taking skills, apprenticeships and vocational education and training from the Department of Industry, while child care went to the Department of Social Services. Christopher Pyne continued as Minister for Education and Training.
- Schools
- Higher education
- International education
- Research funding
- Skills and vocational education and training
- Apprenticeships
- Adult Migrant English Program
Changes during its life
- Early childhood education and child care policy and programs
- Residual learning and teaching program administration, including funding for the Australian Awards for University Teaching (later run by Universities Australia)
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Education on 29 May 2019, after the 2019 election, when skills and vocational education went to the Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business and the Adult Migrant English Program to the Department of Home Affairs.
- Early childhood education and child care
- Schools
- Higher education
- International education
- Research funding
- Skills and vocational education and training
- Apprenticeships
- Adult Migrant English Program
29 May 2019 is the date of the post-election Administrative Arrangements Order; the effective date of the move is not confirmed.
Main functions
- Schools policy and funding
- Early childhood education and child care (from 21 September 2015), including the Child Care Subsidy from July 2018
- Higher education and research funding
- Vocational education and training, skills and apprenticeships
- International education
- Adult Migrant English Program (until 2019)
Bodies in this portfolio (1)
- Office for Learning and Teaching 2012–2016
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 December 2014 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 29 May 2019 (took effect as it ended)
10 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 9 July 2015 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 30 September 2015 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 30 September 2015, as amended to 18 February 2016 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 30 September 2015, as amended to 19 July 2016 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 September 2016 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 September 2016, as amended to 27 October 2016 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 September 2016, as amended to 13 April 2017 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 19 April 2018 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 19 April 2018, as amended to 28 August 2018 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 4 April 2019 (sets it out)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 16 February 2015 to 2 April 2019)