Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology

Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology
Wizara ya Mawasiliano, Sayansi na Teknolojia (Swahili)
Ministry overview
FormedFebruary 2008 (2008-02)
Preceding Ministry
  • Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dissolved2015
Superseding agencies
JurisdictionGovernment of Tanzania
HeadquartersDar es Salaam
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
Websitemst.go.tz [dead link]

The Ministry of Communication, and ICT was a Tanzanian government ministry that was established in February 2008. The ministry's roles were policy formulation, monitoring and evaluation, and regulatory and legal matters pertaining to communication, information and communications technology (ICT), science, technology, and innovation.[1]

History

The ministry's predecessor was the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MHEST), which was known as the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education before 2005.[2][3]

The ministry was later split and merged under President John Magufuli's cabinet. The science and technology remit was combined with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training to form the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training. The communications role became part of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications.

Ministry institutions

Subsidiary institutions under this ministry include:

References

  1. ^ "Our Roles, Ministry, Contact us". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. ^ Philemon Andrew K. Mushi (2009). History and Development of Education in Tanzania. African Books Collective. p. 188. ISBN 978-9976-60-494-8. In 2005 the Ministry [of Science, Technology and Higher Education] was changed to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology and operated up to 2008, when it was again combined with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training.
  3. ^ "Mainstreaming Higher Education in National and Regional Development in Southern Africa" (PDF). p. 13. Until February 2008, there was a Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MHEST). In. February 2008, higher education was dissolved into the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) and Science and Technology was assigned to the Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology.
  4. ^ "Organization Structure, Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-06-28.


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