The Ministry of Education functioned as one of the Ministries within the Alliance to Restore the Republic. It fulfilled a dual purpose: functioning as the intelligence division for the Alliance Civil Government and acting as the Alliance's propaganda division. In spite of its designation, the Ministry of Education did not participate in educational activities within the Alliance; those responsibilities were delegated to individual governmental bodies.
Civil Intelligence was the name given to the intelligence division. Civil Intelligence operatives, who specialized in passive intelligence collection, kept tabs on Imperial broadcasts, news-holos, and other forms of media. To guarantee that the Civil Government remained consistently informed, Civil Intelligence kept liaison officers stationed with the various System Intelligence Branches across the galaxy. Civil Intelligence also had the duty of watching the Civil Government for any attempts by the Galactic Empire to penetrate the organization.
The mission of the Propaganda Bureau was to communicate the Alliance's authentic image to the galaxy's inhabitants. The Bureau's primary duty was to combat Imperial propaganda, and it also distributed 20,000 holo-tapes depicting the annihilation of the first Death Star above Yavin 4.