Below is the list of all the education ministers since the inception of the Ministry of Education in Nepal after 2007 BS.
| Year (in B.S) | Name of the Ministers |
| Ashoj 06, 2082 | Mahabir Pun |
| Baisakh 10, 2081 | Raghuji Panta |
| Ashar 31, 2081 | Bidhya Bhattarai |
| 2080 | Sumana Shrestha |
| 2080 | Ashok Rai |
| 2079 | Shishir Khanal |
| 2078 | Devendra Paudel |
| 2077 | Krishna Gopal Shrestha |
| 2074 | Gopal Man Shrestha |
| 2074 | Giriraj Mani Pokhrel |
| 2073 | Dhaniran Poudel |
| 2072 | Giriraj Mani Pokhrel |
| 2070 | Chitralekha Yadav |
| 2069 | Madhav Prasad Poudel |
| 2068 | Din Nath Sharma |
| 2067 | Gangalal Tuladhar |
| 2066 | Ram Chandra Kushwaha |
| 2065 | Renu Kumari Yadav |
| 2064 | Pradeep Nepal |
| 2063 | Dr. Mangalsiddhi Manandhar |
| 2061 | Bimalendra Nidhi |
| 2061 | Radha Kridhna Mainali |
| 2060 | Hari Bahadur Basnet |
| 2059 | Devi Prasad Ojha |
| 2058 | Om Prasad Upadhyaya |
| 2056 | Yog Prasad Upadhyaya |
| 2055 | Arjun Narsingh KC |
| 2053 | Devi Prasad Ojha |
| 2052 | Govinda Raj Joshi |
| 2051 | Modnath Prasrit |
| 2048 | Ramhari Joshi |
| 2048 | Govinda Raj Joshi |
| 2047 | Dr. Keshar Jung Rayamajhi |
| 2046 | Achut Raj Regmi |
| 2044 | Parshu Narayan Chaudhary |
| 2043 | Keshar Bahadur Bista |
| 2041 | Shri Ranadhir Subba |
| 2040 | Phatteman Singh Tharu |
| 2038 | Narayan Dutta Bhatta |
| 2037 | Marichman Singh Shrestha |
| 2036 | Dr. Dambarnath Yadav |
| 2035 | Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana |
| 2033 | Dr. Tarka Bahadur Gurung |
| 2032 | Radha Prasad Ghimire |
| 2030 | Krishnaraj Aryal |
| 2028 | Gyanendra Bahadur Karki |
| 2026 | Narendra Kumar Pradhan |
| 2025 | Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari |
| 2025 | Basudev Prasad Dhungana |
| 2024 | Surendra Bahadur Basnet |
| 2023 | Kriti Nidhi Bista |
| 2022 | Pushkar Nath Upreti |
| 2019 | Kriti Nidhi Bista |
| 2018 | Bishwa Bandhu Thapa |
| 2017 | Anirudra Prasad Singh |
| 2016 | Parshunarayan Chaudhary |
| 2015 | Shri Ranadhir Subba |
| 2014 | Laxmi Prasad Devkota |
| 2012 | Balachandra Sharma |
| 2010 | Tripukhar Singh Pradhan |
| 2010 | Dr. Dilliraman Regmi |
| 2009 | Sharada Shumsher |
| 2007 | Nripa Jung Rana |
The Minister of Education, like every other minister in the Council of Ministers, is selected from among the members of the federal parliament by the President on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.
The political appointee leads the entire Ministry that is stationed inside Singha Durbar in Kathmandu. According to the Constitution of Nepal, the Minister of Education is individually responsible for the Ministry's overall work and reports to the Prime Minister and the Federal Parliament. The Minister of Education sits above all others in the organizational structure and leads all the divisions under it. The Minister of Education oversees the process of formulating educational policies and plans, along with the management and implementation of the same. The Minister is also responsible for designing the educational budget plan and sharing it with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and is thus accountable for constructing major education action plans for the fiscal year.
According to the federal structure of Nepal, the Minister of Education is also responsible for administering provincial governments, which further administer local governments. With the country progressively following the federal structure, provincial and local governments are granted more power in planning and executing education policies; this decentralizes the primary function of the education minister to the local administrators. However, the Minister has the added responsibility of regulating the local bodies and ensuring accountability from them.
Some remarkable facts:
Nripa Jung Rana was the first education minister of Nepal.
Renu Kumari Yadav was the first female education minister of Nepal.
