The Ministry of Science and Higher Education () was the

Ethiopian government The government of Ethiopia () is the federal government of Ethiopia. It is structured in a framework of a federal parliamentary republic, whereby the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. T ...

ministry established in 2018 which has a responsibility to lead the development of science, higher education, and the

technical and vocational education and training Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an ind ...

(TVET) in the country. It established by proclamation number 1097/2018 in October 2018.

Hirut Woldemariam Hirut Woldemariam (; born 24 October 1975) is an Ethiopian writer, teacher, politician and former minister of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Ethiopia), Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. She ...

is the prior by leading the ministry since its foundation to August 2020. The ministry has been under the leadership of

Samuel Urkato Samuel Urkato Kurke (; born 1 September 1974) is an Ethiopian politician and Council of Ministers (Ethiopia), cabinet minister since October 2018. He was president of Wolaita Sodo University before becoming Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (Ethi ...

since August 2020.

List of ministers

References

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