Department of Education, Science and Training
DEST
26 November 2001 – 3 December 2007
Previously Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (1998–2001).
Department of State responsible for schools, higher education, vocational education and training, international education, and science and research policy and the Commonwealth science agencies.
Names over time
- Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs1998–2001
- Department of Education, Science and Training2001–2007
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 26 November 2001 from the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, adding science from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources; youth affairs went to the Department of Family and Community Services. It absorbed the Australian National Training Authority on 1 July 2005.
- Schools
- Higher education
- Vocational education and training
- International education
- Science policy
- Portfolio oversight of science agencies such as CSIRO and ANSTO
- Questacon
Changes during its life
- National vocational education and training system administration
- Structured workplace learning and enterprise and career education programs
- National teacher quality and school leadership initiatives
- Part split off to form Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Ltd · August 2004
- Australian Awards for University Teaching
- Programs promoting university teaching quality
How it ended
Abolished on 3 December 2007: schools, higher education and training went to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, and science and research to the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
- Part split off to form Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations · 3 December 2007
- Schools
- Higher education
- Vocational education and training
- International education
- Science policy
- Research funding and the Australian Research Council
- Portfolio oversight of CSIRO and ANSTO
- Questacon
Main functions
- Schools funding and policy
- Higher education
- Vocational education and training
- International education
- Science policy and the Commonwealth science agencies
- Research funding through the Australian Research Council
- Indigenous education programs
Bodies in this portfolio (4)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 26 November 2001 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007 (took effect as it ended)
5 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 December 2003 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 26 October 2004 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 16 December 2004 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 21 September 2006 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 21 September 2006, as amended to 30 January 2007 (sets it out)