The ministry was annulled and was merged within the Ministry of Education in 1998, but was re-established in 2001 and was renamed as the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
وألغيت الوزارة واندمجت داخل وزارة التربية والتعليم في عام 1998، ولكن اعيد تأسيسها في عام 2001 وكان اسمها وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي.