Ministry of Higher Education (Afghanistan)

Ministry of Higher Education

Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Afghanistan
Headquarters	Karta-4-Chahar Kabul, Afghanistan
Minister responsible	Dr. Mohammad Azam Dadfar
Website	http://www.mohe.gov.af/?lang=en

The Afghan Ministry of Higher Education is the Government ministry that is in charge of regulating, expanding and developing Afghanistan's institutions of higher education. It is responsible for the training of teachers and for establishing a national higher education curriculum as well as special education programmes, in-service training, and promoting further education for university faculty members. It also develops partnerships with international universities, organises seminars and conferences, ensures that residential accommodation is available for students and teachers of universities and provides expertise and training in accounting and management procedures and in computer literacy. On January 2, The Afghan Parliament voted down the candidate minister that President Hamid Karzai had selected, Dr. Obaidullah Obaid. His second candidate, Muhammad Hashim Esmatullahi was voted down on the 16th of January. Since then, Dr. Sarwar Danish has functioned as acting minister, even when he was formally presented to the Parliament and rejected on 26 of June, 2010.

Ministers

Name	Term	Notes
Sharif Fayez	22 December 2001 – 23 December 2004
Amir Shah Hasanyar	23 December 2004 – 22 March 2006	Previously Member of Educational Council of Kabul University
Mohammad Azam Dadfar	22 March 2006 – January 2010	Previously Minister of Refugees
Obaidullah Obaid	2 January 2010	Nomination rejected by the Wolesi Jirga
Muhammad Hashim Esmatullahi	16 January 2010	Nomination rejected by the Wolesi Jirga
Sarwar Danish	January 2010 – present	Acting Minister, nomination not approved by the Wolesi Jirga
Obaidullah Obaid | February 2012 - present

External links

• Official Website Ministry of Higher Education