The Ministry of Education (MOE) is a department of the Namibian government. It was established at Namibian independence in 1990, the first Namibian education minister was Nahas Angula. Between 1995 and 2005, and since 2015, its responsibility is only primary and secondary education, while vocational and university education fall under the Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation. The current education minister is Anna Nghipondoka.[1]

Additional portfolios

In 1990 the ministry was established as Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. In 1991 the portfolios of youth and sport were split off, and a separate Ministry of Youth and Sport was created.

In 1995 the ministry was renamed Ministry of Basic Education and Culture. The responsibility for tertiary education was given to a new ministry, the Ministry of Higher Education and Vocational Education. This step was revoked in 2005, when the ministry was again renamed to Ministry of Education, and reinstated in 2015, when there again was a separate Ministry of Higher Education, and this ministry was named Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture.

Prime Ministers

All education ministers (excluding ministers of higher education) in chronological order are:

# Picture Name (Birth–Death) Party Term start Term end
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
1Nahas Angula1943–SWAPO19901991
Minister of Basic Education and Culture
Nahas Angula1943–SWAPO19921995
Minister of Basic Education, Culture and Sport
2John Mutorwa1957–SWAPO19952005
Minister of Education
3Nangolo Mbumba1941–SWAPO20052010
4Abraham Iyambo1961–2013SWAPO20102013
5David Namwandi1954–SWAPO20132015
Minister of Education, Arts and Culture
6Katrina Hanse-Himarwa1967–SWAPO20152019
Martin Andjaba (acting)1957–SWAPO20192020
7Anna Nghipondoka1957–SWAPO2020

References

  1. ↑ Terblanché, Niël (2020-03-22). "Central bank Governor appointed finance minister". Informanté. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
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