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The Department of Education and Training, with the Office for Early Childhood and Care, has a service delivery footprint that spans the State and works in partnership with Australian Government, state and local government agencies, industry, parents and the community to deliver strong social and economic outcomes for all Queenslanders.

The Office for Early Childhood Education and Care: newly established on 1 January 2009 through a Machinery of Government change, is responsible for the provision of quality integrated early childhood education, and care services for children from birth to 12 years in Queensland.

Skills Queensland: responsible for working with industry to implement strategies to address the skilling needs of Queensland.

Education Queensland: responsible for the provision of high quality and accessible services to more than 480 000 students who attend 1251 state schools from Prep to Year 12.

Training Queensland: responsible for the provision of programs to more than 240 000 students through 13 TAFE Institutes across 101 Queensland locations.

The Department also regulates and funds the delivery of education and training through non-government providers.

All the above services are supported by the following divisions:

Organisation chart (new window) 445k Adobe PDF document

Statutory Authorities

The Department supports the Minister for Education and Training in meeting his obligations with respect to portfolio statutory bodies under enabling and related legislation. The Department also supports the statutory bodies through the administration of funding and grants.

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