Department of Education (Queensland)
government department in Queensland, Australia
The Department of Education is a ministerial department of the Queensland Government responsible for the administration and quality of education in Queensland, Australia. The department is composed of two separate portfolios, Education Queensland and Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). The department also encompasses the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority, a separate statutory authority responsible for creating syllabuses, curriculums, and assessment.
History
In 1875, the Department of Public Instruction was created, providing free, secular and compulsory education to all Queensland children.
In 1957, the Department of Public Instruction was renamed to the Department of Education.
Throughout 1990–1991, the Department of Education went through major restructuring following the release of the report, Focus on Schools.
In February 2004, the Department of Education and the Arts was created.
In 2006–07, the Department of Education, Training and the Arts (DETA) was created.
In 2008–09, machinery of government changes replaced DETA with the Department of Education and Training, which was then restructured into the Department of Education
In October 2015, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Minister for Education Kate Jones released the Advancing education action plan. The plan, which became the foundations of the Advancing education campaign, is described by the department as "a greater focus on active partnerships with the community and strengthening teacher excellence" and has overwhelming support from Queensland citizens.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5260277. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1875, 1957, 1990 and 1991.
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