Ministry of Education (Ontario)

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Ministry of Education

Ministère de l'Éducation (French)
Ministry overview
Formed	1876 (as Department of Education) 1999 (in current form)
Preceding agencies	Department of Public Instruction (1850–1876) Ministry of Education and Training (1993–1999)
Jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
Headquarters	Mowat Block, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 43°39′48.11″N 79°23′15.5″W / 43.6633639°N 79.387639°W / 43.6633639; -79.387639
Employees	1,700+[1]
Annual budget	$34.5 billion (2022–2023 fiscal year)[2]
Minister responsible	Jill Dunlop, Minister of Education
Website	ontario.ca/edu

The Ministry of Education is the ministry of the Government of Ontario responsible for government policy, funding, curriculum planning and direction in all levels of public education, including elementary and secondary schools.

The ministry is responsible for curriculum and guidelines for all officially recognized elementary and secondary schools in the province and some outside the province. The ministry is also responsible for public and separate school boards across Ontario, but are not involved in the day-to-day operations.

The current minister of education is Jill Dunlop. A number of ministers of education have gone on to become premier of Ontario, including Arthur Sturgis Hardy, George Ross, George Drew, John Robarts, Bill Davis, and Kathleen Wynne.