State
|
Title
|
Current minister
|
Political affiliation
|
Assumed office
|
Afghanistan
|
Minister of Education
|
Habibullah Agha (acting)
|
|
Taliban
|
21 September 2022
|
Minister of Higher Education
|
Neda Mohammad (acting)
|
18 October 2022
|
Albania
|
Minister of Education, Sports and Youth
|
Ogerta Manastirliu
|
|
PS
|
11 September 2023
|
Algeria
|
Minister of National Education
|
Mohamed Seghir Saâdaoui
|
|
Independent
|
18 November 2024
|
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
|
Kamel Bidari
|
9 September 2022
|
Minister of Vocational Education and Training Professionals
|
Yacine Oualid
|
18 November 2024
|
Andorra
|
Minister of Institutional Relations, Education and Universities
|
Ladislau Baró Solà
|
|
DA
|
16 May 2023
|
Angola
|
Minister of Education
|
Luísa Maria Alves Grilo
|
|
MPLA
|
16 September 2022
|
Minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation
|
Albano Vicente Ferreira
|
20 November 2024
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
Minister of Education, Creative Industries and Sport
|
Daryll Matthew
|
|
ABLP
|
24 January 2023
|
Argentina
|
Minister of Human Capital
|
Sandra Pettovello
|
|
LLA
|
10 November 2023
|
Armenia
|
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports
|
Zhanna Andreasyan
|
|
Independent
|
13 December 2022
|
Australia
|
Minister of Education
|
Jason Clare
|
|
Labor
|
1 June 2022
|
Minister of Early Childhood Education
|
Anne Aly
|
Austria
|
Minister of Education, Science and Research
|
Christoph Wiederkehr
|
|
NEOS
|
3 March 2025
|
Azerbaijan
|
Minister of Science and Education
|
Emin Amrullayev
|
|
Independent
|
27 July 2020
|
Bahamas
|
Minister of Education and Technical and Vocational Training
|
Glenys Hanna Martin
|
|
PLP
|
20 September 2021
|
Bahrain
|
Minister of Education
|
Mohammed bin Mubarak Juma
|
—[a]
|
21 November 2022
|
Bangladesh
|
Minister of Education
|
Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar (adviser)
|
|
Independent
|
5 March 2025
|
Minister of Primary and Mass Education
|
Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar (adviser)
|
11 August 2024
|
Barbados
|
Minister of Educational Transformation
|
Chad Blackman
|
|
BLP
|
26 February 2025
|
Minister of Training and Tertiary Education
|
Sandra Husbands
|
Belarus
|
Minister of Education
|
Andrei Ivanets
|
|
Independent
|
10 February 2022
|
Belgium
|
—
|
Belize
|
Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Technology
|
Oscar Requena
|
|
PUP
|
17 March 2025
|
Bhutan
|
Minister of Education and Skills Development
|
Lyonpo Yeezang De Thapa
|
|
PDP
|
28 January 2024
|
Bolivia
|
Minister of Education
|
Edgar Pary
|
|
MAS-IPSP
|
19 November 2021
|
Botswana
|
Minister of Child Welfare and Basic Education
|
Nono Kgafela-Mokoka
|
|
BPP
|
11 November 2024
|
Minister of Higher Education
|
Prince Maele
|
|
Independent
|
15 November 2024
|
Brazil
|
Minister of Education
|
Camilo Santana
|
|
PT
|
1 January 2023
|
Brunei
|
Minister of Education
|
Romaizah Salleh
|
—[a]
|
7 June 2022
|
Bulgaria
|
Minister of Education and Science
|
Krasimir Valchev
|
|
Independent
|
16 January 2025
|
Cambodia
|
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport
|
Hangchuon Naron
|
|
CPP
|
24 September 2023
|
Cameroon
|
Minister of Basic Education
|
Laurent Serge Etoundi Ngoa
|
|
RDPC
|
4 January 2019
|
Minister of Secondary Education
|
Pauline Nalova Lyonga
|
2 March 2018
|
Minister of Higher Education
|
Jacques Fame Ndongo
|
9 December 2004
|
Minister of Sports and Physical Education
|
Narcisse Mouelle Kombi
|
4 January 2019
|
Minister of Youth and Civic Education
|
Moununa Foutsou
|
2 October 2015
|
Canada
|
—
|
Chile
|
Minister of Education
|
Nicolás Cataldo
|
|
Communist
|
16 April 2023
|
China
|
Minister of Education
|
Huai Jinpeng
|
|
Communist
|
20 August 2021
|
Croatia
|
Minister of Science and Education
|
Radovan Fuchs
|
|
HDZ
|
23 July 2020
|
Cyprus
|
Minister of Education, Sport and Youth
|
Athina Michailidou
|
|
Independent
|
1 March 2023
|
Czech Republic
|
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
|
Mikuláš Bek
|
|
Independent
|
4 May 2023
|
Denmark
|
Minister of Children and Education
|
Mattias Tesfaye
|
|
Social Democrats
|
15 December 2022
|
Minister of Higher Education and Science
|
Christina Egelund
|
|
Moderates
|
Dominica
|
Minister of Education, Human Resource Planning, Vocational Training and National Excellence
|
Octavio Allfred
|
|
DLP
|
17 December 2019
|
Egypt
|
Minister of Education
|
Mohamed Abdel Latif
|
|
Independent
|
3 July 2024
|
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
|
Mohamed Ayman Ashour
|
13 August 2022
|
Estonia
|
Minister of Education and Research
|
Kristina Kallas
|
|
E200
|
17 April 2023
|
Eswatini
|
Minister of Education and Training
|
Owen Nxumalo
|
|
Independent
|
13 November 2023
|
Fiji
|
Minister of Education
|
Aseri Radrodro
|
|
SODELPA
|
25 April 2024
|
Finland
|
Minister of Education
|
Anders Adlercreutz
|
|
RKP
|
5 July 2024
|
France
|
Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research
|
Élisabeth Borne
|
|
RE
|
23 December 2024
|
Gambia
|
Minister of Basic and Secondary Education
|
Habibatou Drammeh
|
|
Independent
|
18 November 2024
|
Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology
|
Pierre Gomez
|
4 May 2022
|
Germany
|
Federal Minister of Education and Research
|
Cem Özdemir
|
|
Greens
|
7 November 2024
|
Ghana
|
Minister of Education
|
Haruna Iddrisu
|
|
NDC
|
22 January 2025
|
Greece
|
Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports
|
Sofia Zacharaki
|
|
ND
|
15 March 2025
|
Grenada
|
Minister of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture
|
David Evlyn Andrews
|
|
NDC
|
1 July 2022
|
Guyana
|
Minister of Education
|
Priya Manickchand
|
|
PPP/C
|
5 August 2020
|
Hungary
|
Minister of Interior[c]
|
Sándor Pintér
|
|
Independent
|
29 May 2010
|
Iceland
|
Minister of Education and Children's Affairs
|
Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir
|
|
People's
|
21 December 2024
|
India
|
Minister of Education
|
Dharmendra Pradhan
|
|
BJP
|
7 July 2021
|
Indonesia
|
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology
|
Brian Yuliarto
|
|
Independent
|
19 February 2025
|
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education
|
Abdul Mu'ti
|
21 October 2024
|
Iran
|
Minister of Education
|
Alireza Kazemi
|
|
Independent
|
21 August 2024
|
Minister of Science, Research and Technology
|
Hossein Simaee Sarraf
|
Ireland
|
Minister of Education and Youth
|
Helen McEntee
|
|
Fine Gael
|
23 January 2025
|
Minister of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
|
James Lawless
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Israel
|
Minister of Education
|
Yoav Kisch
|
|
Likud
|
29 December 2022
|
Italy
|
Minister of Education and Merit
|
Giuseppe Valditara
|
|
Lega
|
22 October 2022
|
Minister of University and Research
|
Anna Maria Bernini
|
|
Forza Italia
|
Jamaica
|
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information
|
Dana Morris Dixon
|
|
JLP
|
30 October 2024
|
Japan
|
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
|
Toshiko Abe
|
|
LDP
|
1 October 2024
|
Kenya
|
Cabinet Secretary of Education
|
Julius Migos Ogamba
|
|
UDA
|
19 July 2024
|
Kiribati
|
Minister of Education
|
Alexander Teabo
|
|
TKP
|
10 July 2020
|
Kuwait
|
Minister of Education
|
Jalal Sayed Abdulmuhsin Al-Tabtabei
|
—[a]
|
29 October 2024
|
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
|
Nader Abdullah Mohammad Al-Jallal
|
25 August 2024
|
Laos
|
Minister of Education and Sports
|
Phouth Simmalavong
|
|
LPRP
|
22 March 2021
|
Latvia
|
Minister of Education and Science
|
Dace Melbārde
|
|
JV
|
6 March 2025
|
Lesotho
|
Minister of Education and Training
|
Ntoi Rapapa
|
|
AD
|
4 November 2022
|
Liechtenstein
|
Minister of Education
|
Dominique Hasler
|
|
VU
|
30 March 2017
|
Lithuania
|
Minister of Education, Science and Sport
|
Raminta Popovienė
|
|
LSDP
|
12 December 2024
|
Luxembourg
|
Minister of National Education, Children and Youth
|
Claude Meisch
|
|
DP
|
4 December 2023
|
Minister of Research and Higher Education
|
Stéphanie Obertin
|
17 November 2023
|
Malawi
|
Minister of Education
|
Madalitso Wirima Kambauwa
|
|
MCP
|
31 January 2023
|
Malaysia
|
Minister of Education
|
Fadhlina Sidek
|
|
PKR
|
3 December 2022
|
Minister of Higher Education
|
Zambry Abdul Kadir
|
|
UMNO
|
12 December 2023
|
Maldives
|
Minister of Education
|
Ismail Shafeeu
|
|
Independent
|
17 November 2023
|
Minister of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development
|
Ali Haidar Ahmed
|
26 December 2024
|
Malta
|
Minister of Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation
|
Clifton Grima
|
|
Labour
|
29 December 2021
|
Mauritius
|
Minister of Education and Human Resource
|
Mahend Gungapersad
|
|
Labour Party
|
22 November 2024
|
Minister of Tertiary Education, Science and Research
|
Kaviraj Sukon
|
Mexico
|
Secretary of Public Education
|
Mario Delgado
|
|
MORENA
|
1 October 2024
|
Moldova
|
Minister of Education and Research
|
Dan Perciun
|
|
PAS
|
17 July 2023
|
Mozambique
|
Minister of Education and Culture
|
Samaria Tovela
|
|
FRELIMO
|
28 January 2025
|
Namibia
|
Nauru
|
Minister of Education
|
Asterio Appi
|
|
Independent
|
31 October 2023
|
Nepal
|
Minister of Education, Science and Technology
|
Bidya Bhattarai
|
|
CPN (UML)
|
15 July 2024
|
Netherlands
|
Minister of Education, Culture and Science
|
Eppo Bruins
|
|
NSC
|
2 July 2024
|
New Zealand
|
Minister of Education
|
Erica Stanford
|
|
National
|
27 November 2023
|
Minister of Universities
|
Shane Reti
|
24 January 2025
|
Minister of Vocational Education
|
Penny Simmonds
|
Nigeria
|
Federal Minister of Education
|
Tunji Alausa
|
|
APC
|
23 October 2024
|
Norway
|
Minister of Education
|
Kari Nessa Nordtun
|
|
Labour
|
16 October 2023
|
Minister of Research and Higher Education
|
Sigrun Gjerløw Aasland
|
4 February 2025
|
Oman
|
Minister of Education
|
Madeeha bint Ahmed bin Nassir al Shibaniyah
|
—[a]
|
2011
|
Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation
|
Rahma bint Ibrahim Al Mahrouqi
|
18 August 2020
|
Pakistan
|
Minister of Federal Education and Professional Training
|
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui
|
|
MQM-P
|
11 March 2024
|
Papua New Guinea
|
Minister of Education
|
Lucas Dekena
|
|
Pangu Pati
|
27 March 2022
|
Minister of Higher Education
|
Kinoka Hotune Feo
|
|
Independent
|
10 July 2024
|
Peru
|
Minister of Education
|
Morgan Quero Gaime
|
|
Independent
|
1 April 2024
|
Philippines
|
Secretary of Education
|
Sonny Angara
|
|
LDP
|
19 July 2024
|
Poland
|
Minister of National Education
|
Barbara Nowacka
|
|
Polish Initiative
|
13 December 2023
|
Minister of Science and Higher Education
|
Marcin Kulasek
|
|
NL
|
17 January 2025
|
Portugal
|
Minister of Education, Science and Innovation
|
Fernando Alexandre
|
|
Independent
|
2 April 2024
|
Qatar
|
Minister of Education and Higher Education
|
Lolwah Al-Khater
|
—[a]
|
12 November 2024
|
Romania
|
Minister of Education and Research
|
Daniel David
|
|
Independent
|
23 December 2024
|
Russia
|
Minister of Education
|
Sergey Kravtsov
|
|
Independent
|
21 January 2020
|
Minister of Science and Higher Education
|
Valery Falkov
|
|
United Russia
|
Rwanda
|
Minister of Education
|
Joseph Nsengimana
|
|
Independent
|
13 September 2024
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
Minister of Education and Youth Empowerment
|
Geoffrey Hanley
|
|
SKNLP
|
6 August 2022
|
Saint Lucia
|
Minister of Education, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training
|
Shawn Edward
|
|
Labour Party
|
5 August 2021
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Minister of Education and National Reconciliation
|
Curtis King
|
|
Unity Labour
|
10 November 2020
|
Samoa
|
Minister of Education and Culture
|
Seuula Ioane
|
|
FAST
|
21 May 2021
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Minister of Education
|
Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan
|
—[a]
|
27 September 2022
|
Seychelles
|
Minister of Education
|
Justin Valentin
|
|
LDS
|
3 November 2020
|
Sierra Leone
|
Minister of Basic and Secondary Education
|
Conrad Sackey
|
|
|
Minister of Technical and Higher Education
|
Ramatulai Wurie
|
|
|
Minister of Information and Civic Education
|
Chernor Bah
|
|
SLPP
|
15 July 2023
|
Singapore
|
Minister of Education
|
Chan Chun Sing
|
|
PAP
|
15 May 2021
|
Maliki Osman (second minister)
|
27 July 2020
|
Slovakia
|
Minister of Education, Research, Development and Youth
|
Tomáš Drucker
|
|
Hlas
|
25 October 2023
|
Slovenia
|
Minister of Education
|
Vinko Logaj
|
|
Svoboda
|
7 October 2024
|
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
|
Igor Papič
|
24 January 2023
|
Solomon Islands
|
Minister of Education and Human Resources Development
|
Tozen Leokana
|
|
Independent
|
7 May 2024
|
South Africa
|
Minister of Basic Education
|
Siviwe Gwarube
|
|
DA
|
3 July 2024
|
Minister of Higher Education
|
Nobuhle Nkabane
|
|
ANC
|
South Korea
|
Minister of Education
|
Lee Ju-ho
|
|
Independent
|
7 November 2022
|
Spain
|
Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
|
Pilar Alegría
|
|
PSOE
|
12 July 2021
|
Sri Lanka
|
Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
|
Harini Amarasuriya (prime minister)
|
|
NPP
|
24 September 2024
|
Suriname
|
Minister of Education, Science and Culture
|
Marie Levens
|
|
NPS
|
16 July 2020
|
Sweden
|
Minister of Education
|
Johan Pehrson
|
|
Liberals
|
10 September 2024
|
Minister of Schools
|
Lotta Edholm
|
18 October 2022
|
Tanzania
|
Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training
|
Adolf Mkenda
|
|
CCM
|
10 January 2022
|
Thailand
|
Minister of Education
|
Permpoon Chidchob
|
|
Bhumjaithai
|
1 September 2023
|
Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation
|
Supamas Isarabhakdi
|
Togo
|
Minister of Primary, Secondary, Technical and Craft Education
|
|
|
Tonga
|
Minister of Education
|
ʻUhilamoelangi Fasi
|
|
Independent
|
28 January 2025
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Minister of Education
|
Nyan Gadsby-Dolly
|
|
PNM
|
19 August 2020
|
Tunisia
|
Minister of Education
|
Noureddine Nouri
|
|
Independent
|
25 August 2024
|
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
|
Mondher Belaid
|
Turkey
|
Minister of National Education
|
Yusuf Tekin
|
|
Independent
|
4 July 2023
|
Tuvalu
|
Minister of Education and Human Resources Development
|
Hamoa Holona
|
|
Independent
|
27 February 2024
|
Ukraine
|
Minister of Education and Science
|
Oksen Lisovyi
|
|
Independent
|
21 March 2023
|
United Arab Emirates
|
Minister of Education
|
Sarah Al Amiri
|
—[a]
|
14 July 2024
|
United Kingdom
|
Secretary of State for Education
|
Bridget Phillipson
|
|
Labour
|
5 July 2024
|
United States
|
Secretary of Education
|
Linda McMahon
|
|
Republican
|
3 March 2025
|
Uruguay
|
Minister of Education and Culture
|
José Carlos Mahía
|
|
Broad Front
|
1 March 2025
|
Vanuatu
|
Minister of Education and Training Services
|
Simil Johnson
|
|
Leaders Party
|
6 October 2023
|
Vietnam
|
Minister of Education and Training
|
Nguyễn Kim Sơn
|
|
Communist Party
|
8 April 2021
|
Zambia
|
Minister of Education
|
Douglas Syakalima
|
|
UPND
|
17 September 2021
|
Zimbabwe
|
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education
|
Torerayi Moyo
|
|
ZANU–PF
|
12 September 2023
|
Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development
|
Frederick Shava
|
15 October 2024
|