Ministry of National Education (France)

Minister of National Education and Youth
Ministre de l'Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse
Incumbent
Anne Genetet
since 21 September 2024
Ministry of National Education
Member ofCabinet
Reports toPresident of the Republic
Prime Minister
SeatHôtel de Rochechouart, 110 rue de Grenelle, Paris 7e.
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident of the Republic
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1 February 1828
Websitewww.education.gouv.fr Edit this at Wikidata

The Ministry of National Education and Youth, or simply Ministry of National Education, as the title has changed several times in the course of the Fifth Republic, is the cabinet member in the Government of France who oversees the country's public educational system and supervises agreements and authorisations for private teaching organisations.

The ministry's headquarters is located in the 18th century Hôtel de Rochechouart on the Rue de Grenelle in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.[1] As education is France's largest employment domain, the ministry directs the work of more than half of the state civil servants. The position is therefore traditionally a strategic one.

On 11 January 2024, with the installation of the Attal government, the ministry changed its name to Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, de la Jeunesse, des Sports et des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques (Ministry of National Education, Youth, Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games). During the second cabinet reshuffle of February 2024, and owing to a controversy involving Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, the ministry was divided into two: Oudéa-Castéra kept the Ministry of Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games title, while the Ministry of Education was assigned to Nicole Belloubet. After the 2024 French legislative election, Anne Genetet was appointed Minister of National Education on 21 September 2024.

  1. ^ "à propos du site – mentions légales – crédits". Ministry of National Education. Retrieved on 6 May 2011. "Ministère de l’éducation nationale, de la jeunesse et de la vie associative Secrétariat général – Délégation à la communication 110 rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris"