NOUN
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the position of the head of the Education Department
the post of Education Secretary was created in 1979 -
the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education
Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education
How To Use Education Secretary In A Sentence
- The new Education Secretary has announced a crackdown on classroom backchat and persistent insolence.
- But in the meantime the education secretary announced £200m extra for university research.
- The education secretary enthuses about Andreas Schleicher, of the OECD, calling him the "most important man in English education" for the insights his work confers. Let's look at all the evidence from top educators abroad
- But the education secretary says they're needed to assess a pupil's ability.
- Mr Byers last night demanded an immediate explanation from the Education Secretary.
- What they do not say is that approval would be required from the education secretary. Times, Sunday Times
- ‘I don't have anything to say about it,’ the Education Secretary barked when his local newspaper asked for his view on the referendum decision on Friday.
- A hastily penned memo from the heir to the throne, and an intemperate radio outburst from the Education Secretary, says everything about the entrenched positions of royalty and New Labour.
- The Education Secretary today reaffirmed the Government's commitment to create more single-faith schools.
- Education Secretary John Patten believes the ￡1.4 million venture will raise standards by encouraging parents to demand more from schools.
