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Education Data Processing Branch
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The Education Data Processing Branch was formed in April 1968 by merging the Education Data Centre (of the Department of Education) and the Regional Data Processing Centre (from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education). The new Branch was part of the Administration Division of the Department of Education.
When the Department of Education was reorganized into the Ministry of Education in 1972, the Education Data Processing Branch became part of the new Administrative and Financial Services Division. The Education Data Processing Branch was then comprised of four sections: Consumer Services (renamed Client Support Services in 1977), Productivity Improvement, Systems Development, and Computer Operations (renamed Operations Services in 1974). In 1974, a new section was added, Management Information Systems. In 1975, the Management Information Systems Section was merged with the Education Records Branch to form the Information Systems and Records Branch, and the Productivity Improvement Section ceased to exist.
In 1979, the Education Data Processing Branch was merged with the Information Systems and Records Branch and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities' Systems Planning Unit to form the Management Information Systems Branch.
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The Education Data Processing Branch, of Ontario's Department (and later Ministry) of Education, was responsible for facilitating a co-ordinated development program for educational computer systems, assisting school boards with their computer technology needs, and providing system development and operations resources for the Ministry of Education, educational institutions, the Department of University Affairs (later Ministry of Colleges and Universities) and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Inventory of the Ministry of Education
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Archivist(s):
Gorton