Organisation Education Department (1878 - 1994)

South Australia

From
1878
To
1994

Summary

The Education Department (South Australia) was established on 11 December 1878 under the Education Act 1875, replacing the Council of Education (1875-1878). The Department was responsible for carrying out the following functions: administration of primary, secondary and technical education and training of teachers. The Department was abolished in 1994, and the Department for Education and Children's Services [I] was established.

Timeline

 2002 - 2011 Department of Education and Children's Services [II]
       1997 - 2002 Department of Education, Training and Employment
             1994 - 1997 Department for Education and Children's Services
                   1878 - 1994 Education Department

Published resources

Policies

  • Bruner, Susan, In Time of Need, in Time of Change, South Australia. Education Department, 1982. Details
  • Crafter, Greg; Tonkin, David, Curriculum Guarantee: An agreement between the Minister of Education and the South Australian Institute of Teachers, South Australia. Education Department, Adelaide, 1989. Details
  • South Australia. Committee of Enquiry into Education in South Australia [1980-1982], Education and Change in South Australia: Report of the Committee of Enquiry into Education in South Australia (Keeves Report), South Australia. Department of Education, Adelaide, 1982. Details
  • South Australia. Curriculum Directorate, Consultation on Post-Compulsory Schooling, South Australia. Education Department, 1982. Details
  • South Australia. Education Department, Diversity and Cohesion: A Policy Statement on Multiculturalism and Education, South Australian Government, Adelaide, 1982. Details
  • South Australia. Education Department, School Discipline: The Management of Student Behaviour, South Australian Government, 1989. Details
  • South Australia. Education Department, Student Participation, South Australia, 1990. Details
  • South Australia. Education Department, Antiracism, South Australian Government, Adelaide, 1990. Details
  • South Australia. Education Department, Child Protection, South Australian Government, Adelaide, 1990. Details
  • South Australia. Education Department, Students with Disabilities, South Australia, 1991. Details

Reports

  • Jones, A. W.; South Australia. Education Department, Report of the Committee of Enquiry into year 12 Examinations in South Australia (Jones Report), Education Department of South Australia, Adelaide, 1978. Details
  • South Australia. Education Department, Into the 80s: Our schools and their purposes, South Australian Government, Adelaide, 1981. Details
  • South Australia. Education Department, Educating for the 21st Century: A Charter for Public Schooling in South Australia, South Australian Government, Adelaide, 1990. Details
  • South Australia. Enquiry into Immediate Post-Compulsory Schooling, Report of the Enquiry into Immediate Post-Compulsory Education, Volume 1 (Gilding Report), South Australia. Education Department, Adelaide, 1988. Details
  • South Australia. Enquiry into Immediate Post-Compulsory Schooling, Second Report of the Enquiry into Immediate Post-Compulsory Education: Implementation of the Proposals Made in the Enquiry's First Report in January 1988 (Gilding Report), South Australia. Education Department, Adelaide, 1989. Details

Online Resources