An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Public Education, and the head of such an agency may be a minister of education or secretary of education. Such agencies typically address educational concerns such as the quality of schools or standardization of curriculum. The first such ministry ever is considered to be the Commission of National Education (, ), founded in 1773 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following is a list of education ministries by country: Africa Ministry of National Education (Algeria) Ministry of Education (Egypt) Ministry of Education (Ethiopia) Ministry of Education (Ghana) Ministry of Education (Kenya) Ministry of Education (Namibia) Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria) Rivers State: Rivers State Ministry of Education Ministry of Education (Rhodesia) (1965-1979) Ministry of Education (Rwanda) Ministry of Education (Sierra Leone) Ministry of Education (Somalia) Ministry of Education and Science (Somaliland) South Africa: Department of Education (South Africa) or the former Bantu Education Department Minister of Education (South Africa), split in 2009 into: Minister of Basic Education Minister of Higher Education and Training Zambia: Ministry of General Education Ministry of Higher Education (Zambia) Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture (Zimbabwe) Asia Ministry of Education (Afghanistan) Ministry of Education (Bahrain) Bangladesh: Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Ministry of Education (Bangladesh) Ministry of Education (Brunei) Ministry of Education (Myanmar) Ministry of Education (Bhutan) China: Ministry of Education (Mainland China) Education Bureau (Hong Kong) East Timor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (East Timor) Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Culture (East Timor) Ministry of Education (India) Indonesia: Formal education: Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Indonesia) Religious education: Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia) Ministry of Education (Iran) Ministry of Education (Iraq) Ministry of Education (Israel) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) Ministry of Education (Jordan) Ministry of Education (Republic of Korea) Ministry of Education (Laos) Ministry of Education (Lebanon) Malaysia: Ministry of Education (Malaysia) Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia) Ministry of Education (Maldives) Ministry of Education (Nepal) Ministry of Education (Pakistan) Ministry of Education (Palestine) Department of Education (Philippines) Ministry of Education (Saudi Arabia) Ministry of Education (Singapore) Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka) Ministry of Education (Taiwan) Ministry of Education (Thailand) Ministry of National Education (Turkey) Central America Belize: Ministry of Education, Youth,