Ministry of Education (Argentina)
The Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación; ME) is a public body dependent on the National Executive Power (PEN) of Argentina. It is in charge of guaranteeing an integral, permanent and quality education for all the inhabitants of the country. It is the one that establishes the educational policy and controls its fulfillment.
| Ministerio de Educación | |
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 Headquarters of the Ministry of Education | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 1949 (first creation) |
| Preceding Ministry | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Argentina |
| Headquarters | Palacio Sarmiento Pasaje Pizzurno 935, Buenos Aires |
| Annual budget | $ 397,168,460,932 (2021)[1] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | argentina.gob.ar/educacion |
The Government and Administration of the National Educational System is a concurrent and concerted responsibility of the executive power through the Ministry and the Executive Powers of the Provinces and the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The National State sets educational policy and controls its compliance in order to consolidate national unity, respecting provincial and local particularities and is the one that guarantees the financing of the National Educational System.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Presupuesto 2021". Ministerio de Economía (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.