Western Cape Education Department

Western Cape Education Department
Department overview
Formed	1994
Preceding agencies	Cape Province Department of Education; House of Representatives Department of Education and Culture; Department of Education and Training; House of Delegates Department of Education and Culture;
Jurisdiction	Government of the Western Cape
Headquarters	1 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
Employees	40,181
Annual budget	R11,845,691,000
Minister responsible	David Maynier, MPP, Provincial Minister of Education;
Department executive	Brent Walters, Head: Education;
Website	wcedonline.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^[update] this is Donald Grant.^[1]

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