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| Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen | |
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 Ministry of Education, Culture and Science | |
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| Formed | September 9, 1918; 107 years ago (1918-09-09) |
| Jurisdiction | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Headquarters | Rijnstraat 50,The Hague,Netherlands |
| Annual budget | €38.5 billion (2018)[1] |
| Minister responsible |
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| Deputy Ministers responsible |
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| Website | Ministry of Education, Culture and Science |
TheMinistry of Education, Culture and Science (Dutch:Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap; OCW) is theDutch Ministry responsible foreducation,culture,science,research,gender equality andcommunications. The Ministry was created in 1918 as the Ministry of Education, Arts and Sciences and had several name changes before it became the Education, Culture and Science in 1994. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, currentlyGouke Moes.
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The mission of the ministry is to "work for a smart, able and creative Netherlands". The ministry is responsible for three fields of policy:[2]
The ministry is currently headed by two ministers and one state secretary. The ministry's main office is located in theHoftoren, the tallest building ofThe Hague. The ministry has around 2500 civil servants. The civil service is headed by a secretary general and a deputy secretary general, who head a system of three directorates general:[3]
It has several autonomous agencies:
The predecessor of the ministry, the Ministry of Education, Arts and Sciences was founded in 1918, as it became autonomous from theMinistry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. It was founded as a result of the resolution of theschool struggle, the conflict about the equalisation of the finance for religious and public schools.[4] During theGerman occupation the ministry was renamed Department for Education, Sciences and Cultural Conservation and a separate Department for Propaganda and Arts. In 1965 the department for arts was integrated into the new Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Work. In 1982 this cultural department was integrated into theMinistry of Health. In 1996 cultural department returned to the Ministry of Education.
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