The Ministry of Education ( MoE; formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 1985 to 2020) is a ministry of the

Government of India The Government of India ( ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The Ministry is further divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary, secondary and higher secondary education,

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and

literacy Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, hum ...

, and the

Department of Higher Education Department of Higher Education may refer to: India * Department of Higher Education (India) * Department of Higher Education (Haryana) * Department of Higher Education (Odisha) * Department of Higher Education (Tamil Nadu) Other places * Departm ...

, which deals with university level education, technical education, scholarships, etc. The current education minister is Dharmendra Pradhan, a member of the Council of Ministers. India had the Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985,

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changed its name to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and with the public announcement of newly drafted " National Education Policy 2020" by the Narendra Modi government, Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to Ministry of Education.

Policy

The new National Education Policy 2020 was passed on 29 July 2020 by the Union Council of Ministers. The NEP 2020 replaced the existing National Policy on Education, 1986. Under the NEP 2020, the name of the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) was changed to Ministry of Education (MoE). Numerous new educational institutes, bodies and concepts were legislated under NEP 2020.

Department of School Education and Literacy

The Department of School Education and Literacy is responsible for the development of school education and literacy in the country. *

Central Board of Secondary Education The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board ...

(CBSE) * Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA) * Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) *

National Council of Educational Research and Training The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India which was established in 1961 as a literary, scientific and charitable Society under the Societies Registration Act. Its head ...

(NCERT) * National Council for Teacher Education * National Foundation for Teachers' Welfare * National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) * Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)

Department of Higher Education

The Department of Higher Education is in charge of secondary and post-secondary education. The department is empowered to grant deemed university status to educational institutions on the advice of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India, under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956. The Department of Higher Education takes care of one of the largest higher education systems of the world, just after the United States and China. The department is engaged in bringing world-class opportunities of higher education and research to the country so that Indian students are not found lacking when facing an international platform. For this, the government has launched joint ventures and signed MoUs to help the Indian students benefit from world opinion. The technical education system in the country can be broadly classified into three categories – Central Government funded institutions, State Government/State-funded institutions & Self-financed institutions. The 122 Centrally funded institution of technical and science education are as under: List of centrally funded technical institutions: IIITs (25), IITs (23), IIMs (20),

IISc Bangalore The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute was ...

, IISERs (7 - Berhampur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati),

NITs The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Scien ...

(31), NITTTRs (4), and 9 others (

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, ISMU, NERIST, SLIET, IIEST, NITIE & NIFFT, CIT)

Organisational structure

The department is divided into eight bureaus, and most of the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under these bureaus.ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

University and
Higher Education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after compl ...
; Minorities Education

* University Grants Commission (UGC) * Education Research and Development Organisation (ERDO) * Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) * Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) *

Indian Council of Philosophical Research Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) was established in March 1977 under Department of Higher Education and Ministry of Human Resource Development as an Apex Level Body under the societies registration Act 1860. However, the council for ...

(ICPR) * 52 Central university (India) as on 11.09.2021 list issued by University Grants Commission

Technical Education

All India Council of Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in ...

(AICTE) * Council of Architecture (COA) *23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) *31

National Institutes of Technology The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Scienc ...

(NITs) *25

Indian Institutes of Information Technology Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are a group of 26 interdisciplinary technology-based- engineering research institutions in India which are focused on information technology. Five of them are established, funded and managed ...

(IIITs) *

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST Shibpur), erstwhile Bengal Engineering College (also known as B.E. College), formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University (also known as BESU), is a public research u ...

(IIEST) * * 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) *

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute was ...

(IISc) * * 7 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) * * North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) * National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) * National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT) * 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers' Training & Research (NITTTRs) (Bhopal, Chandigarh,

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and

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

) * 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical Training * 3 School of Planning and Architecture (SPAs)

Administration and Languages

= Three Deemed Universities in the field of
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, viz.

= * Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (RSkS) in New Delhi, * Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (SLBSRSV) New Delhi, *

Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, formerly Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, is a central university, located in New Delhi, India. It was established on 8 October 1962, and the University Grants Com ...

(RSV) Tirupati

= Others

= * Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (KHS), Agra * English and Foreign Language University (EFLU),

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

* National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) *

University of Delhi Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE ...

(DU) * National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (NCPSL) * Three subordinate offices: Central Hindi Directorate (CHD), New Delhi; Commission for Scientific & Technological Terminology (CSTT), New Delhi; and

Central Institute of Indian Languages The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) is an Indian research and teaching institute based in Mysuru, part of the Language Bureau of the Ministry of Education. It was founded on 17 July 1969. Centres The Central Institute of Indian La ...

(CIIL), Mysore * Distance Education and Scholarships ** Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) * UNESCO, International Cooperation, Book Promotion and Copyrights, Education Policy, Planning and Monitoring * Integrated Finance Division. * Statistics, Annual Plan and CMIS * Administrative Reform, North Eastern Region, SC/ST/OBC

Others

*National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) * National Book Trust (NBT) * National Board of Accreditation (NBA)
National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions
(NCMEI) * National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)

Objectives

The main objectives of the Ministry are: *Formulating the National Policy on Education and to ensure that it is implemented in letter and spirit *Planned development, including expanding access and improving quality of the educational institutions throughout the country, including in regions where people do not have easy access to education. *Paying special attention to disadvantaged groups like the poor, females and the minorities *Provide financial help in the form of scholarships, loan subsidy, etc. to deserving students from deprived sections of the society. *Encouraging international cooperation in the field of education, including working closely with the UNESCO and foreign governments as well as Universities, to enhance the educational opportunities in the country.

MoE's Innovation Cell (MIC)

MHRD’s Innovation Cell, now renamed a
MoE's Innovation Cell
was established in Aug 2018 by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) at

All India Council for Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in 1 ...

(AICTE) to systematically foster the culture of innovation, entrepreneurship and startups in all major Higher Education Institutions in India. Abhay Jere was appointed as first Chief Innovation Officer.

Major initiatives of MIC

#Smart India Hackathon (SIH) #Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) #Institution’s Innovation Council (IICs) #National Innovation and Start-up Policy for Students and Faculties in HEIs (NISP) #Innovation Ambassadors Program #MBA/PGDM program in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development (IEV)

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

In April 2016, Ministry of Human Resource Development published the first list of rankings of Indian colleges under National Institutional Ranking Framework. The entire ranking exercise involved NBA,

, UGC, Thomson Reuters, Elsevier and INFLIBNET (Information & Library Network) centre. The ranking framework was launched in September 2015. All 122 centrally-funded institutions – including all central universities, IITs and IIMs – participated in the first round of ranking.

List of Ministers

The Minister of Education, formerly the Minister of Human Resources Development (1985-2020), is the head of the Ministry of Education and one of the cabinet ministers of the

List of Ministers of State

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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