Ontario. Education Development Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Education Development Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Education Development Division

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1972-1976

      History

      When the Department of Education was reorganized as the Ministry of Education in 1972, the Education Development Division was formed. It consisted of the Curriculum Development Branch, the Planning and Research Branch, the Provincial Schools Branch and the Teacher Education and Certification Branch.

      During a reorganization of the Ministry of Education in 1976 the Education Development Division was replaced by the new Program Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Education Development Division was responsible for developing curriculum for the elementary and secondary school systems; Ministry of Education planning and policy formulation; co-ordinating education research programs; operation of the schools for the blind and deaf, and education programs in Ontario hospitals; delivering correspondence courses; approving teacher education programs in faculties of education at Ontario universities, and operating eight teachers' colleges.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA78

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Education Development Division

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1976

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993). Program Division (1976-1979)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1830

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993). Program Division is the successor of Ontario. Education Development Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1781

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Inventory 2

          Maintenance notes

          Canadiana name authority:110515

          Archivist(s):
          Carnie