Department of Education and Communities (New South Wales)

New South Wales Department of Education and Communities

Government Department overview
Formed	2011
Preceding Government Department	New South Wales Department of Education and Training
Jurisdiction	New South Wales
Headquarters	35 Bridge Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ministers responsible	Adrian Piccoli MP, Minister for Education Victor Dominello MP, Minister for Citizenship and Communities and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Stuart Ayres MP, Minister for Sport and Recreation
Government Department executives	Michele Bruniges, Director-General Leslie Loble, Chief Executive, Office of Education Carol Mills
Key document	Education Act, 1990 (NSW)
Website	http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au

The New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible 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 Education Act, 1990 (NSW).

Structure

The Department reports to the Minister for Education, at present Adrian Piccoli of the National Party of Australia. The head of the Department is its Director-General, presently Dr Michele Bruniges.

With a budget of more than A$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.

Directors-General of Education

See also: Minister for Education (New South Wales)

• 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 - 28 March 2011)
• Michele Bruniges (7 September 2011 - )

See also

• Department of Education Building
• Minister for Education (New South Wales)
• Commonwealth (Federal) Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
• List of government schools in New South Wales
  • List of Government schools in New South Wales: A–F
  • List of Government schools in New South Wales: G–P
  • List of Government schools in New South Wales: Q–Z

External links

• NSW Department of Education and Communities webpage
• NSW Public Schools webpage
• NSW TAFE webpage
• DET Portal