The phrase "authorities for education" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to organizations or individuals that have the power or responsibility to oversee and regulate educational systems or policies.
Example: "The authorities for education in our state have implemented new guidelines for curriculum development."
Alternatives: "educational authorities" or "education regulators".
Ultimate authority for education was at the national level, with the Department of Education and Science (formerly the Ministry of Education) headed by the secretary of state for education and science.
In 1899 an advance was made toward the development of a national system encompassing both elementary and secondary education by creating a Board of Education as the central authority for education.
The British North America Act of 1867, Canada's constitution, lodged authority for education in the provinces, at the same time guaranteeing denominational rights (in the "minority-school protective clause") if such rights existed by law at the time of entry into confederation.
His name, as the highest authority for education, is signed on our books.
But with California's system of giving most of the funding authority for education to the state, local officials can do little but try to find more creative ways to divide the pie.
In recent weeks the Russian Orthodox Church has backed a family in St Petersburg who (unsuccessfully) sued the education authorities for teaching only about evolution to explain the origins of life.
She denounced local education authorities for teaching children that "they have an inalienable right to be gay" and brought in the hated clause, then section, 28, which outlawed the promotion of homosexuality as "a pretend family relationship".
As Williams stated when introducing the legislation in the Senedd, "Thirty years ago, Margaret Thatcher denounced local education authorities for teaching children that 'they have an inalienable right to be gay'.
Lancashire county council issued the highest number of financial penalties – 4,279 – in the 2014-15 school year, according to Santander bank, which received responses from 129 of the 174 local authorities responsible for education in England and Wales following a freedom of information (FoI) request.
Auditors are "increasingly concerned" about councils' ability to make more savings, the report said, with over half of authorities responsible for education and social care not well placed to provide the services they hope to over the next three to five years.
