Minister for Education (Northern Ireland)
| Irish: An Roinn Oideachais; Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o Lear |
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| Formed | June 1921 (as Ministry of Education) |
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| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Headquarters | Rathgael House, Balloo Road, Bangor, Co. Down, BT19 7PR |
| Employees | 609 (September 2011) |
| Annual budget | £1,894.6 million (current) & £114.7 million (capital) for 2011–12 |
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| Website | www.deni.gov.uk |
The Department of Education (DENI) (Irish: An Roinn Oideachais; Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o Lear) is a devolved Northern Irish government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister of Education.
The department's overall vision is "to ensure that every learner fulfils her or his potential at each stage of development". Its key stated priorities are: raising Standards for all; closing the performance gap, increasing access and equality; developing the education workforce; improving the "learning environment"; and transforming education management.
The incumbent Minister is Peter Weir (DUP).
The department is responsible for the following levels of education:
Until 2016 the former Department for Employment and Learning was responsible for further and higher education policy in Northern Ireland. Further and higher education are now the responsibility of the Department for the Economy.
The Department of Education also covers:
As an organisation, its key functions include advising the minister on the determination of education policy, framing legislation, accounting for the effectiveness of the education system, allocating, and monitoring and accounting for resources.
Through the Education and Training Inspectorate, it evaluates and reports on the quality of teaching and learning and teacher education.
Administration of the education system is delegated to five sub-regional education and library boards, funded by the department:
Its main counterpart in the United Kingdom Government is the Department for Education. The main counterpart in the Irish Government is the Department of Education and Skills.
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