The Ministry of Education (Arabic: وزارة التربية والتعليم) is a government ministry office responsible for elementary and high school education in Syria. The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research is responsible for institutions of higher learning.
| وزارة التربية والتعليم | |
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| Formed | 1920 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Syria |
| Headquarters | Damascus |
Minister responsible | |
| Website | moed |
The ministry library housed some 13,000 volumes in 2011.[1]
In 2025, the Ministry announced that the school curriculum in Syria would be amended to remove bias and inaccurate materials promoted by the previous government. [2]
Ministers of Education
edit- Muhammad Kurd Ali (6 September 1920 – 28 June 1922)
- Rida Said (21 December 1924 – 21 December 1925)
- Fares al-Khoury (14 April 1925 – 12 June 1926)
- Haqqi al-Azm (15 November 1933 – 17 March 1934)
- Husni al-Barazi (17 March 1934 – 23 February 1936)
- Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali (21 December 1936 – 23 February 1939)
- Lutfi al-Haffar ( 23 February 1939 – 5 May 1939)
- Muhsin al-Barazi (5 April 1941 – 12 September 1941)
- Fares al-Khoury (14 October 1944 – 14 March 1945)
- Sabri al-Asali (30 September 1945 – 25 April 1946)
- Munir al-Ajlani (6 October 1947 – 2 December 1948)
- Michel Aflaq (14 August 1949 – 14 December 1949)
- Maamun al-Kuzbari (13 September 1955 – 14 June 1956)
- Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad (June 1956 – December 1956)
- Rashad Barmada (22 December 1961 – 8 March 1963)
- 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)
- Abdullah 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 – 16 November 2016)
- Imad al-Azab (16 November 2016 – 29 August 2020)
- Darem Tabbaa (30 August 2020 – 8 August 2023)
- Muhammad Amer Mardini (8 August 2023 – 8 December 2024)[3]
- Nazir al-Qadri (10 December 2024 – 29 March 2025)
- Mohammed Abdul Rahman Turko (29 March 2025 – present)
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011
- ↑ Syria's education ministry clarifies curriculum amendment decision
- ↑ Othman, Nisreen; Zain, Hala (2023-08-08). "Presidential decree naming Dr. Muhammad Amer Mardini as Minister of Education". Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). Retrieved 2023-08-08.
