Formed 19 August 1945 Website www.kemdikbud.go.id Founded 19 August 1945 | ||
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Minister responsible Muhajir Effendy, Minister for Education and Culture Superseding agency Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education Profiles | ||
The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemdikbud; Indonesian: Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan) is a government ministry which organise early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education and community education affairs and the management of culture within the Indonesian government. The ministry formerly organise higher education affairs until the presidency of Joko Widodo where higher education affairs was transferred to the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education.
The ministry was first named The Ministry of Teaching (Indonesian: Kementerian Pengajaran) and the first person who held the position was Ki Hadjar Dewantara.
Since July 2016, Muhajir Effendy has served as Minister of Education and Culture, succeeding Anies Baswedan.
Organization
The ministry organisations consists of:
- Secretary General
- Directorate General of Teachers and Education Personnel
- Directorate General of Early Childhood Education and Community Education
- Directorate General of Primary and Secondary Education
- Directorate General of Culture
- Inspectorate General
- Agency of Language Development and Construction
- Agency of Research and Development
- Expert Staff of Innovation and Competitiveness
- Expert Staff of Central and Regional Relations
- Expert staff of Character Development
- Expert Staff of Education and Culture Regulations