Agency Name: | Ministry of Education |
Nativename: | وزارت معارف افغانستان Pushto; Pashto: د پوهني وزارت افغانستان |
Seal: | Flag of the Ministry of Education of Afghanistan.svg |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Afghanistan |
Headquarters: | Deh Afghanan, Opposite Kabul Municipality Kabul, Afghanistan |
Coordinates: | 34.5218°N 69.1733°W |
Minister1 Name: | Habibullah Agha |
Deputyminister1 Name: | Maulvi Sakhaullah[1] |
Deputyminister2 Name: | Saeed Ahmad Shahid Khel[2] |
Website: | https://moe.gov.af/en |
The Afghan Ministry of Education (Persian: وزارت معارف افغانستان |links=no)(Pushto; Pashto: د پوهني وزارت افغانستان |links=no) is responsible for policy formulation, the organization, and supervision of education in Afghanistan.[3] Its headquarters is located in Kabul. The current Education Minister is Rangina Hamidi. The Ministry of Education provides a semi-annual report to inform the public of advancements in Afghanistan's education sector.[4]
No. | Name | Term | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Anahita Ratebzad | 1980-1981 | under General Secretary Babrak Karmal |
2. | Abdul Salam Hanafi | ? - ? | under Emir Mohammed Omar |
3. | Rasul Amin | 22 December 2001 - June 2002 | under President Hamid Karzai |
4. | Yunus Qanuni | June 2002 - 31 August 2004 | |
5. | Ahmad Moshahed | 31 August 2004 - 23 December 2004 | |
6. | Noor Mohammad Qarqin | December 23, 2004 - March 2, 2006 | |
7. | Mohammad Hanif Atmar | May 2, 2006 - October 11, 2008 | |
8. | Ghulam Farooq Wardak | October 11, 2008 – April 2015 | |
9. | Assadullah Hanif Balkhi | 18 April 2015 – 13 November 2016 | under President Ashraf Ghani |
10. | Mohammad Ibrahim Shinwari | 2016 – 2018 | |
11. | Mirwais Balkhi | 2018 – 2020 | |
12. | Rangina Hamidi | 2020 – 2021 | |
13. | Hemat Akhundzada | 23 August 2021 - 7 September 2021 | under Emir Hibatullah Akhundzada |
14. | Noorullah Munir | 7 September 2021 – 20 September 2022 | |
15. | Habibullah Agha | October 2022 - present |