Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan | |
Ministry overview | |
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Formed | 19 August 1945 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Indonesia |
Headquarters | Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Senayan Jakarta Pusat 10270 Jakarta, Indonesia |
Minister responsible |
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Website | kemdikbud |
The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemdikbud; Indonesian: Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan) is a government ministry which organises early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education and community education affairs and the management of culture within the Indonesian government. The ministry formerly organised higher education affairs until the presidency of Joko Widodo, when higher education affairs were transferred to the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education.
The ministry was first named the Ministry of Teaching (Indonesian: Kementerian Pengajaran), and the first person who held the position of minister was Ki Hadjar Dewantara.
Since July 2016, Muhadjir Effendy has served as the Minister of Education and Culture, succeeding Anies Baswedan.
The ministry organisations consists of: