From

1997

To

2002

Alternative Names

• DETE

Summary

The Department of Education, Training and Employment (South Australia) was established in 1997 under the Education Act 1972, replacing the Department for Education and Children's Services (1994-1997). The Department was responsible for carrying out the following functions: "provi[sion] [of] preschool services, general primary and secondary education, alternative schools and centres for students with special needs, specialist schools and support services. It [also] administer[ed] family day care and outside school hours care on behalf of the Commonwealth, and licenses and regulates the child care sector in South Australia. It [also] provide[d] technical and further education, training, employment and youth services." The Department was renamed in 2002, and became known as the Department of Education and Children's Services [II].

Related entries

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

Curriculum

• South Australia. Department of Education Training and Employment, South Australian Curriculum, Standards and Accountability Framework, Department of Education Training and Employment, Adelaide, 2000. Details

Reports

• South Australia. Department of Education, Training and Employment, South Australian Curriculum, Standards and Accountability Framework: General Introduction, Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 2001. Details

Online Resources

• State Records of South Australia, 'GA814 Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE)', in State Records of South Australia website, 2014, http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/. Details