Records of education and social departments

Records of education and social departments relating to the improvement of education and social services in developing countries

Comprising:

• School, Teacher Training and Social Education Department, OD 17
• Training Department and successor, OD 19
• UNESCO Department, OD 24
• Medical Department, OD 29
• Universities and Technical Education Department, OD 40
• Education Department, OD 52
• Administrative and Social Affairs Department and successor, OD 62
• Population Bureau, OD 43
• Commonwealth Teacher Training Bursary Scheme, OD 3
• Voluntary Services Overseas and funding for social services research, OD 10
• training of overseas students in the UK, OD 14

There are no records for 1977-1979.

Records of the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas are in BW 90

Records of the Council for Techical Education and Training for Overseas Countries are in BW 91

Topics

Aid and development

Education

The scope of activity of the Ministry of Overseas Development was wider than that of the Department of Technical Co-operation, and included functions relating to the improvement of education and social services in developing countries inherited from the Department of Education and Science, including the Commonwealth Teacher Training Bursary Scheme, the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office.

These were added to existing functions carried out by the Department's Social Development and Education Departments, which had previously dealt just with the administration of technical aid in these fields. Responsibility for promoting the teaching of English overseas remained with the British Council.

At first the Ministry had two divisions dealing with education and social development. The Education Division included a School, Teacher Training and Social Education Department, a Universities and Technical Education Department, and a UNESCO Department.

The second division was the Social Development and Training Division, which included a Medical Department, a Training Department and an Administrative Services Branch which dealt with the training of people from developing countries in public administration.

In addition to the mainstream department dealing with social development and education, there were a number of specialist operations and associated bodies over which the Ministry and the Administration had a guiding or supervisory role. These included the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas (ICHEO), the Council for Technical Education and Training for Overseas Countries (TETOC), the Centre for Education Development Overseas, and the Population Bureau.