Western Cape Education Department

The political leader of the department is the Provincial Minister of Education; as of 2009[update] this is Donald Grant.

Schools for coloured students were run by the House of Representatives Education Department, while schools for black students were run by the Department of Education and Training.

Some integration of these schools had occurred during the last years of apartheid, but the administrations remained divided.

Each district is also divided into a number of "circuits", which provide advice, support, and specialised facilities to a smaller collection of schools.

The department also supervises the six Further Education and Training colleges in the province.