The Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) is a government department within the Government of Tasmania with responsibility for Government schools, child and family learning centres, child safety and out of home care, youth justice services, libraries and the Tasmanian archives.
The department is led by its Secretary, Tim Bullard.
[7] On 1 July 2014, Skills Tasmania (responsible for vocational education and training) was amalgamated with the Department of State Growth.
The headquarters of the State Library of Tasmania is located in Hobart.
The State Library also maintains the heritage and reference collections.