- Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
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Republic of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Emblem of India Department overview Formed Grameen Bharat Hindi Prachar Mandal Jurisdiction Republic of India Headquarters Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi Minister responsible The Hon. Kapil Sibal, MP, Union Cabinet Minister for Human Resource Development Website www.education.nic.in The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD or MHRD) (Hindi: मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्रालय) is an Indian government ministry, responsible for the development of human resources. The ministry is divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary education and literacy, and the Department of Higher Education, which deals with secondary and post-secondary education. Erstwhile Ministry of Education now functions under these two departments, as of September 26, 1985.[1]
The Ministry of Human Resources Development is headed by a minister of cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current Minister of Human Resource Development is Kapil Sibal. The minister is assisted by a single Minister of State, Daggubati Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development.
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Minister of Human Resource Development
- Kapil Sibal (Incumbent)
- Arjun Singh (1991–1994)(2004–2009)
- Murli Manohar Joshi (1998–2004)
Department of School Education and Literacy
The Department of School Education and Literacy is responsible for primary education, both formal and non-formal. Its stated goal is the universalization of elementary education (UEE). The department originated as the Indian Education Department in the 1910 under the British Raj. After independence, a full-fledged ministry, the Ministry of Education, was created in 1947. The Ministry of Education was merged with the newly-created Ministry of Human Resources Development in 1985. The department aims to achieve universal access and enrollment, universal retention of children up to 14 years of age, and substantial improvement in the quality of education to enable all children to achieve essential levels of learning.The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Hindi: The 'Education for All' Movement), is a flagship programme carried out by this department for achievement of universalization of elementary education in a time bound manner, as mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children of ages 6–14 (estimated to be 205 million in number in 2001) a fundamental right. The programme aims to achieve the goal of universalization of elementary education of satisfactory quality by 2010
Department of Higher Education
Main article: Department of Higher Education (India)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.[2][3]
Organisation
The Department is divided into eight bureaus, and most the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under the these bureaus [4]
- University and Higher Education; Minorities Education
- University Grants Commission (UGC)
- Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
- Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)
- Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR)
- 39 Central Universities (including 12 new Central Universities which have been established w.e.f. 15.01.2009 by an ordinance promulgated by President of India)
- Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla
- Technical Education
- All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) [5][6]
- Council of Architecture (COA) [7]
- 13 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) (including 6 new IITs set up during 2008-09)
- 5 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs)
- 7 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
- 30 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
- 4 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)
- 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers’ Training & Research (NITTTRs)
- 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical Training
- Administration and Languages
- Three Deemed Universities in the field of Sanskrit, viz. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (RSkS), New Delhi, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (SLBSRSV), New Delhi, and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (RSV), Tirupati
- Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (KHS), Agra
- English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad
- National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL)
- 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 (CIIL), Mysore
- Distance Education and Scholarships
- 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 University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)
- National Book Trust (NBT)
- National Board of Accreditation (NBA)
- National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI)
- National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
- Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)
- Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)
- National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
- Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA)
- National Foundation for Teachers' Welfare
- a public sector enterprise, Educational Consultants (India) Limited (EdCIL)
Inter-university centres (IUCs)
- Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune
- Inter–University Consortium for DAE Facilities, Indore
- Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), Ahmedabad
- Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
- National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore
References
- ^ Ministry of Education Govt. of India portal.
- ^ "Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST) Thiruvanathapuram Declared as Deemed to be University". Ministry of Human Resource Development (India), Press Information Bureau. July 14, 2008. http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=40292.
- ^ "IIST gets deemed university status". The Hindu. Jul 15, 2008. http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/15/stories/2008071550100100.htm.
- ^ ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Department of Higher Education.
- ^ Technical Education Overview Dept of Ed.
- ^ National Level Councils Tech Ed.
- ^ Council of Architecture website
External links
Categories:- Government ministries of India
- Government agencies established in 1985
- Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
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