New South Wales Department of Education and Training

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The New South Wales Department of Education and Training (DET) runs primary schools, secondary schools and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges in the state of New South Wales, Australia. In addition, the department oversees the provision of pre-school, adult, migrant and higher education in the state.

The minister for education and training is Carmel Tebbutt MLA.

With a budget of more than A$7 billion, over 2200 schools and total enrollments of almost 800,000 students, the department claims to be "the largest single organisation, public or private, in Australia." DET spends roughly one quarter of the State's total budget each year. The DET is one of the biggest school systems in the world and the largest in the southern hemisphere. It also runs one of the largest wide area (computer) networks in the world.