Ontario. Dept. of Education. Program Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Education. Program Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Program Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1965-1970

      History

      When the Department of Education was reorganized in 1965, the Program Branch was formed as part of the new Instruction Division.

      The Program Branch originally consisted of the Curriculum Division, Supervision Division and Registrar's Division. In 1967, the Divisions became Sections.

      With the death of the Director of the Program Branch, M.B. Parnall, in 1968, the Program Branch was effectively dissolved (disappearing formally in 1970). Subsequently, the superintendents of the various sections (Curriculum Section, Special Education Section, Supervision Section, and the Registrar's Section) reported directly to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Instruction Division.

      Parnall was never replaced and in 1970, the Program Branch formally disappeared. In 1971, the various sections formerly in the Branch officially became branches in their own right.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Program Branch was responsible for developing and overseeing implementation of curriculum for the elementary and secondary school systems, supervising schools, special education, registrar services, and administration of Departmental Examinations (until 1967).

      The Branch consolidated responsibilities formerly held by the now defunct Registrar's Branch, Curriculum and Text-Books Branch, Elementary Education Branch, Secondary Education Branch, and their subsidiary branches.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Education (1876-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA3

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Education controls Ontario. Dept. of Education. Program Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1965-1970

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Physical and Health Education Branch (1944-1965)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1825

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Physical and Health Education Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Education. Program Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1829

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Inventory 2, Records of the Ministry of Education

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Chang