Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.
At its creation, the Department's functions were:[1]
general education policy
education research
administration of various schemes of assistance for overseas students in Australia, particularly the Colombo Plan
Australian activities in relation to UNESCO
administration of scholarships for Australian students
administrative assistance for the committee concerned with the development of the concept and scheme of advanced education in Australia
science facilities grants to secondary schools both government and non-government
secretariat for the Australian Research Grants Committee
Structureedit
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Education and Science.[1]
department, education, science, australia, department, education, science, australian, government, department, that, existed, between, december, 1966, december, 1972, department, education, sciencedepartment, overviewformed13, december, 1966, preceding, depart. The Department of Education and Science was an Australian government department that existed between December 1966 and December 1972 Department of Education and ScienceDepartment overviewFormed13 December 1966 1 Preceding DepartmentDepartment of Territories I for education in the NTDepartment of the Interior II for education in the ACT and Jervis Bay Prime Minister s Department for the Education Division and the Office of EducationDissolved19 December 1972 1 Superseding agencyDepartment of Education I Department of Science I JurisdictionCommonwealth of AustraliaDepartment executivesJohn Bunting Secretary 1966 1967 Hugh Ennor Secretary 1967 1972 Scope editInformation about the department s functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department s annual reports At its creation the Department s functions were 1 general education policy education research administration of various schemes of assistance for overseas students in Australia particularly the Colombo Plan Australian activities in relation to UNESCO administration of scholarships for Australian students administrative assistance for the committee concerned with the development of the concept and scheme of advanced education in Australia science facilities grants to secondary schools both government and non government secretariat for the Australian Research Grants CommitteeStructure editThe Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Education and Science 1 References edit a b c d CA 1196 Department of Education and Science Central Office National Archives of Australia retrieved 9 February 2021 nbsp This Australian government related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Department of Education and Science Australia amp oldid 1192754930, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
