Ministry of Education (Syria)

Ministry of Education
وزارة التربية
Al-Mazraa, Al-Shahbandar Square
Telephone: +933-11-4444703
Current minister Hazwan Al-wuz
Headquarters Damascus
Website moed.gov.sy

The Ministry of Education (Arabic: وزارة التربية‎) is a government ministry office of the Syrian Arab Republic, responsible for education in Syria. However, the ministry is only responsible for the lower levels of education, while the Ministry of Higher Education is responsible for higher levels. Its office library contains some 13,000 volumes as of 2011.[1]

Ministers of Education

  • Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad (June 1956 – December 1956)
  • Sami Droubi (9 March 1963 – 11 May 1963)
  • Shibli al-Aysami acting (13 May 1963 – 4 August 1963)
  • Shaker Fahham (4 August 1963 – 11 November 1963)
  • Mustafa Haddad (12 November 1963 – 21 December 1965)
  • Abdallah Abd al-Daim (1 January 1966 – 22 February 1966)
  • Mustafa Haddad (1 March 1966 – 15 October 1966)
  • Mohammad Zied Chouiki (1966–2000)
  • Mahmoud al-Sayyed (2000 – 10 September 2003)
  • Ali Saad (10 September 2003 – 29 March 2011)
  • Saleh al-Rashed (14 April 2011 – 23 June 2012)
  • Hazwan Al-wuz (23 June 2012 – incumbent)

See also

References

  1. ↑ World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011
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