Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology

Tabar hands over Higher Education Ministerial portfolio to Marus

Tabar acknowledged the O'Neill government for having the confidence by allowing him to hold onto the portfolio two years.

During his short term in serving the HERST Department, despite the challenges of resourcing, access, equity and quality, he is pleased to highlight a few achievements under his leadership.

These include the passing and adopting of the Higher Education Act 2014, completion and launching of the National Higher and Technical Education Plan 2015-2024, launching of the DHERST Corporate Plan 2015-2017 and accreditation of new higher education institutions.