Ministry of General Education

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.^[1] After the 2021 general elections the two ministries were merged back to form a single Ministry of Education.^[2]

List of ministers

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end
Minister of African Education
Gabriel Musumbulwa	United Federal Party	1959	1961
Alfred Gondwe	Central Africa Party	1961	1962
Edson Mwamba		1962	1962
Harry Nkumbula	Northern Rhodesian African National Congress	1962	1964
Minister of Education
John Mwanakatwe	United National Independence Party	1964	1967
Arthur Wina	United National Independence Party	1967	1968
Wesley Nyirenda	United National Independence Party	1968
Fwanyanga Mulikita	United National Independence Party	1973	1976
Minister of General Education
David Mabumba	Patriotic Front	2016	2020
Dennis Wanchinga	Patriotic Front	2020[3]	2021
Minister of Education
Douglas Syakalima	United Party for National Development	2021

Deputy ministers

Deputy Minister	Party	Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of African Education
Chiwala Banda	Northern Rhodesian African National Congress	1962	1964
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education
William Nkanza	United National Independence Party	1964	1967
Charles Thornicroft	United National Independence Party	1964	1967
Minister of State for Technical Education
Charles Thornicroft	United National Independence Party	1967	1968
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education
Miselo Kapika	United National Independence Party	1968	1968
Deputy Minister of Education
Clement Sinyinda	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	2007	2011