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Planning and Research Branch
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The Planning and Research Branch was created in 1972 when the Department of Education was reorganized into the Ministry of Education. The new Branch assumed functions previously held by the Office of the Deputy Minister, Department of Education, and the Statistics Unit.
The Planning and Research Branch was part of the Education Development Division and was comprised of the Planning Unit, the Research Unit, and the Statistics Group.
The Planning and Research Branch ceased to exist in 1976. Responsibility for research was assumed by the new Research and Evaluation Branch, the Statistics Group became part of the Information Systems and Records Branch, and the Planning Unit was transferred to the Budget Services Branch.
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The Planning and Research Branch assisted in the planning and policy formulation activities of the Ministry of Education.
The Planning and Research Branch responsibilities also included determining education research priorities, administering the Grants-in-Aid of Educational Research Program, and improving teaching and learning through planning, research, statistical analysis, and dissemination of findings to the Ministry, school boards and other interested parties.
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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