The Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación or MINERD) of the Dominican Republic is a government institution in charge of planning, managing and making the country's education system, as well as administering public schools and supervising private centers.

[3] Since 1844, Dominican education was in charge of the Secretary of State of Justice and Public Instruction (Spanish: Secretaría de Estado de Justicia e Instrucción Pública), which is nowadays the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic.

On 1931, this institution was suppressed; its functions in the matter of justice were transferred to the Office of the Attorney General by Law no.

On 1965, it will become the Secretary of State of Education, Fine Arts and Worship (Secretaría de Estado de Educación, Bellas Artes y Cultos) by receiving functions of the Secretary of State of External Relations.

It adopted its current name, Ministry of Education (Ministerio de Educación), after the 2010 Constitutional reform and the subsequent Decree no.