Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Public business files of the Minister of Education
General material designation
- textual record
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Title statements of responsibility
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Series
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
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Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1983 (Creation)
- Creator
- British Columbia. Ministry of Education (1979-1996)
Physical description area
Physical description
3.5 m of textual records
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Ministry of Education was established in 1979 as the successor to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (OIC 2957/79). The ministry was responsible for ensuring that students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools have access to quality and cost-effective education and for setting standards for the overall direction of the education system. It does this by managing finance and facilities, program direction development and implementation, student access and achievement, teaching performance, and through system evaluation and public accountability.
In 1996 the Ministry of Education was disestablished. Its functions were transferred to the newly established Ministry of Education, Skills and Training, alongside functions relating to skills and training transferred from the disestablished Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour (OIC 199/96).
Custodial history
Scope and content
Includes correspondence from other sections and offices of the Ministry; school districts; colleges; universities; associations and miscellaneous material. This unit may be used in conjunction with GR-1788.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Received from the Ministry of Education, 1987.
Arrangement
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Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
These records are subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or other acts and access may be restricted. Please contact the BC Archives to determine the access status of these records.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Finding aid: box/file list. http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Document/Finding_Aids_Atom/GR-1501_to_GR-2000/gr-1791.pdf
Associated materials
See GR-1788 and GR-0867.
Accruals
General note
Accession number(s): 85-0008; 89-0943