The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology () was a governmental body of Nepal responsible for the overall development of education in Nepal. The ministry was responsible for formulating educational policies and plans and managing and implementing them across the country through the institutions under it. In 2018, under the Second Oli cabinet, the portfolio of the ministry was enlarged and the portfolios of Science and Technology were added to the then Ministry of Education, while the Ministry of Science and Technology was discontinued.
The ministry was dissolved and divided into two parts: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and Ministry of Education and Sports as a part of administrative restructuring by Balendra Shah-led government under Nepal Government (Work Division) Regulations, 2083 on 13 May 2026.
Former Ministers of Education This is a list of all ministers of Education since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:
SN Name Party Assumed office Left office1 Chitra Lekha Yadav Nepali Congress 25 February 2014 2 Giriraj Mani Pokharel Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 19 October 2015 3 Dhaniram Paudel Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 14 August 2016 31 May 2017 4Gopal Man Shrestha Nepal Loktantrik Forum 7 June 2017 15 February 20185 Giriraj Mani Pokharel Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 16 March 2018 20 December 20206 Krishna Gopal Shrestha CPN UML25 December 2020 13 July 20217Devendra Paudel Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 8 October 2021 26 December 20228Shishir Khanal Rastriya Swatantra Party 17 January 2023 5 February 20239Ashok Rai People's Socialist Party, Nepal 31 March 2023 4 March 2024 10Sumana Shrestha Rastriya Swatantra Party 6 March 2024 15 July 202411Bidya BhattaraiCPN UML 15 July 202422 April 202512Raghuji PantCPN UML24 April 20259 September 202513Sushila KarkiIndependent 12 September 202522 September 202514Mahabir PunIndependent22 September 2025 20 January 2026 15Sasmit PokharelRSP27 March 202613 May 2026 (last holder)
See also Gender inequality in Nepal Human rights in Nepal List of schools in Nepal List of engineering colleges in Nepal (intake capacity of engineering colleges) List of universities and colleges in Nepal
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