Ontario. Education Programs Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Education Programs Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Education Programs Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1979-1987

      History

      The Education Programs Division was created in 1979 within the Ministry of Education. It was headed by an Assistant Deputy Minister and was comprised of Regional Services Division and the Curriculum Development Division (replaced by the Education Services Division in 1984). The School Business and Finance Branch was added to the Education Programs Division in 1984.

      In January 1987, the Education Programs Division was abolished and divided into two new divisions: the Learning Programs Division, and the Learning Services Division.

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      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Education Programs Division was responsible for the oversight of education programs in Ontario, in particular, registration of and liaison with private schools; supervision of private vocational schools; management of the Provincial Schools and the Regional Nursing Assistants Schools; development and administration of correspondence education; development of curriculum, programs and learning material for elementary and secondary education; development of policies for secondary education; and administration of guidance, exchange, second-language and leadership programs for students.

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      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 Programs Division

      Dates of relationship

      1979-1987

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Education Administration Division (1972-1979)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2251

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Education Administration Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Education Programs Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Learning Programs Division (1987-1992)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1617

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Learning Programs Division is the successor of Ontario. Education Programs Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Learning Services Division (1987-1991)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1618

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Learning Services Division is the successor of Ontario. Education Programs Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1616

      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)

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          Sources

          Inventory of the Ministry of Education

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Gorton