The Ministry of Education is a ministry in Zambia. It is headed by the Minister of Education and oversees primary, secondary and tertiary education.
In 2015 the ministry was split, with the Ministry of Higher Education created to oversee tertiary and vocational education and the original ministry renamed the Ministry of General Education, with a remit to oversee primary and secondary education.About Ministry of Higher Education After the 2021 general elections the two ministries were merged back to form a single Ministry of Education.
List of ministers MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endMinister of African EducationGabriel MusumbulwaUnited Federal Party19591961Alfred GondweCentral Africa Party19611962Edson Mwamba 19621962Harry NkumbulaNorthern Rhodesian African National Congress19621964Minister of EducationJohn MwanakatweUnited National Independence Party19641967Arthur WinaUnited National Independence Party19671968Wesley NyirendaUnited National Independence Party1968Fwanyanga MulikitaUnited National Independence Party19731976Minister of General EducationDavid MabumbaPatriotic Front20162020Dennis WanchingaPatriotic Front20202021Minister of EducationDouglas SyakalimaUnited Party for National Development20212026
Deputy ministers Deputy MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of African EducationChiwala BandaNorthern Rhodesian African National Congress19621964Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of EducationWilliam NkanzaUnited National Independence Party19641967Charles ThornicroftUnited National Independence Party19641967Minister of State for Technical EducationCharles ThornicroftUnited National Independence Party19671968Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of EducationMiselo KapikaUnited National Independence Party19681968Deputy Minister of EducationClement SinyindaMovement for Multi-Party Democracy20072011
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