Western Cape Education Department

Western Cape Education Department
Department overview
Formed1994
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionGovernment of the Western Cape
Headquarters1 North Wharf Square, 2 Lower Loop Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa
33°55′1.223″S 18°25′28.169″E / 33.91700639°S 18.42449139°E / -33.91700639; 18.42449139
Employees40,181
Annual budgetR11,845,691,000
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Brent Walters, Head: Education
Websitewcedonline.westerncape.gov.za

The Western Cape Education Department (abbreviated WCED) is the department of the Government of the Western Cape responsible for primary and secondary education within the Western Cape province of South Africa. The political leader of the department is the Provincial Minister of Education; as of 2009 this is Donald Grant.[1]

  1. ^ "Appointment of the Western Cape Provincial Cabinet". Cape Gateway. Provincial Government of the Western Cape. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.