education minister

Cabinet schooling chief

An education minister is a government official responsible for a country's education system, overseeing policy on schools, universities, curriculum, and funding.

The title varies by country—secretary of education in the United States, education secretary in the UK.

The education minister announced reforms to standardized testing.

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One formally enrolled somewhere

pupil · schoolchild · teacher · principal · headmaster

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Government's military head

war minister · health minister · finance minister · foreign minister · interior minister

relationship to education system

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One who quit academics

truant · autodidact

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