Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (New Brunswick)

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development is an executive agency of the Government of New Brunswick, Canada. It is responsible for the administration of the New Brunswick public education system. Its primary and secondary schools are divided into seven districts: four anglophone districts and three francophone districts, each functioning as a separate unit.

On May 14, 1998, it also took over responsibility for universities and community colleges. However, community colleges were later transferred to the Department of Training and Employment Development on March 23, 2000. On February 14, 2006, the department returned to its pre-1998 configuration, with responsibility solely for primary and secondary schools when universities were moved to the new Department of Post-secondary Education and Training.

In October 2010, it took responsibility for early childhood education from the Department of Social Development and its name changed from the Department of Education to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.