The Ministre des Enseignements Secondaire, supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique (Ministry of Secondary and Superior Education, and Scientific Research) is tasked with government Secondary schools, university, and an array of vocational, technical, and research centres.[1] As of 2008, the Minister of Basic Education, Literacy, and National Languages was Sidibe Aminata Diallo[23] and the Minister of Secondary and Superior Education, and Scientific Research was Amadou Toure.[24]