The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training is responsible for proposing and executing the Government’s policy on education and vocational training in the education system and for employment. This Ministry has, as a superior body, the Secretary of State for Education. The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training of Spain is one of the 17th ministries that form the Spanish Government.
The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training is the Department of the General State Administration in charge of the proposal and implementation of the Government’s policy in the field of education and vocational training, including all the teaching in the education system except university education.
This Department is also responsible for promoting cooperation actions and, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, international relations in the area of non-university education.