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The New South Wales Minister for Education is a Minister of the Crown in the New South Wales Government and has responsibilities which includes all schools and institutes of higher education in NSW and is the head of the Department of Education. The current Minister for Education is Adrian Piccoli (Nationals) and is assisted by the Assistant Minister for Education, Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Leslie Williams (Nationals). ==Office history== The role of administering the education system in New South Wales began with the passing by the New South Wales Legislative Council of the ''National Education Board Act 1848'' which emulated the 'National' system of education established in Ireland by Lord Stanley in 1831 through the Stanley letter. The Act established the Board of National Education with a Chairman of the Board appointed by the board members. The Board was abolished by the colonial government of Henry Parkes in 1866 with the passing of the ''Public Schools Act 1866'' and its functions were replaced by the Council of Education. Originally the bill for the act had included a measure to attach the role of President of the Council of Education ''ex officio'' to the Colonial Secretary. This measure was deleted in committee stage and the role of President was to be elected by the members of the council. This came to be seen by the first president, Parkes, as an indispensable way in which to protect the independence of the fledgling education system in the colony. From 1873, with the independence of the role of President well established, the responsibility for education within the Parliament was held by the Minister for Justice and Public Instruction. However this situation did not last and the independent council was abolished with the passing of the ''Public Instruction Act 1880'' by Sir Henry Parkes' third government. The act dissolved the Council of Education and transferred its responsibilities to a new Minister for Public Instruction, who had the role of establishing for the first time a well-structured system of public education throughout the colony. The Minister now administered their portfolio through the new Department of Public Instruction, which became the "Department of Education" in 1915. TAFE NSW, while previously an Education responsibility, is now the responsibility of the Minister for Skills, John Barilaro, since 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minister for Education (New South Wales)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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