Ministry of Education (India)

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Ministry of Education
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Ministry overview
Formed15 August 1947;77 years ago (1947-08-15)
Jurisdiction Government of India
Headquarters Shastri Bhawan,
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road,
New Delhi
Annual budget ₹ 112,899 crore (US$14 billion) (2023–24)
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Ministry executive
  • K Sanjay Murthy, IAS
Child agencies
Website education.gov.in

The Ministry of Education (MoE) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. [1] The ministry is further divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary, secondary and higher secondary education, adult education and literacy, and the Department of Higher Education, which deals with university level education, technical education, scholarships, etc.

Contents

The current education minister is Dharmendra Pradhan, a member of the Council of Ministers. [2] India had a Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985, the Rajiv Gandhi government changed its name to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), and with the newly drafted "National Education Policy 2020" by the Narendra Modi government, the Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to the Ministry of Education. [3]

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. [4] 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. [5]

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.

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. [6] [7] [8] 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 for 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 and 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, IISERs (7 – Berhampur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati), NITs (31), NITTTRs (4), and 9 others (SPA, ISMU, NERIST, SLIET, IIEST, NITIE & NIFFT, CIT).[ clarification needed ] [9]

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. [10]

University and Higher Education; Minorities Education

Technical Education

Administration and Languages

Three Deemed Universities in the field of Sanskrit, viz.
Others

Others

Objectives

The main objectives of the ministry are:

MoE's Innovation Cell (MIC)

MoE's Innovation Cell, was established in August 2018 [17] by the ministry at All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to systematically foster the culture of innovation, entrepreneurship and startups in all major Higher Education Institutions in India. [18] Abhay Jere was appointed as first Chief Innovation Officer. [19] [20]

Major initiatives of MIC

  1. Smart India Hackathon (SIH) [21]
  2. Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) [22]
  3. Institution's Innovation Council (IICs) [23]
  4. National Innovation and Start-up Policy for Students and Faculties in HEIs (NISP) [24]
  5. Innovation Ambassadors Program [25]
  6. MBA/PGDM program in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development (IEV) [26]

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. [27] [28] [29] The entire ranking exercise involved NBA, All India Council for Technical Education, UGC, Thomson Reuters, Elsevier and INFLIBNET (Information & Library Network) centre. [30] [31] The ranking framework was launched in September 2015. [32] All 122 centrally-funded institutions – including all central universities, IITs and IIMs – participated in the first round of ranking. [33] [34]

List of ministers

The minister of education, formerly the minister of human resources development (1985–2020), [35] is the head of the Ministry of Education and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India.

No.PortraitNameTerm of officePrime MinisterParty
1 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.jpg Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 15 August 194722 January 195810 years, 160 days Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
2 Kl shrimali.jpg K. L. Shrimali [a] 22 January 195831 August 19635 years, 221 days
3 Humayun Kabir 1 September 196321 November 196381 days
4 Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg M. C. Chagla 21 November 196313 November 19662 years, 357 days Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1977 stamp of India.jpg Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 14 November 196613 March 1967119 days Indira Gandhi
6 Triguna Sen 2010 stamp of India.jpg Triguna Sen 16 March 196714 February 19691 year, 335 days
7 V. K. R. V. Rao 14 February 196918 March 19712 years, 32 days
8 Siddhartha Shankar Ray 18 March 197120 March 19721 year, 2 days
9 Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16 (cropped).jpg S. Nurul Hasan [b] 24 March 197224 March 19775 years, 0 days
10 Pratap Chandra Chunder - The noted educationalist and former Union Minister inaugurates the exhibition, of award winning and selected photographs from 18th National Photo Contest, jointly organized by Photo Division (cropped).jpg Pratap Chandra Chunder 26 March 197728 July 19792 years, 124 days Morarji Desai Janata Party
11 Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009 (cropped).jpg Karan Singh 30 July 197914 January 1980168 days Charan Singh Indian National Congress (Urs)
12 B. Shankaranand 14 January 198017 October 1980277 days Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
13 Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Shankarrao Chavan 17 October 19808 August 1981295 days
14 Sheila Kaul [c] 10 August 198131 December 19843 years, 143 days Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
15 Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg K. C. Pant 31 December 198425 September 1985268 days Rajiv Gandhi
16 Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao

(Minister of Human Resource Development)

25 September 198525 June 19882 years, 274 days Rajiv Gandhi
17 P. Shiv Shankar 25 June 19882 December 19891 year, 160 days
18 V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg V. P. Singh 2 December 198910 November 1990343 days V. P. Singh Janata Dal
(National Front)
19 Raj Mangal Pande 21 November 199021 June 1991212 days Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
20 Arjun Singh 1997.jpg Arjun Singh 23 June 199124 December 19943 years, 184 days P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress
(16) Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao 25 December 19949 February 199547 days
21 Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg Madhavrao Scindia 10 February 199517 January 1996341 days
(16) Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao 17 January 199616 May 1996120 days
22 Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 19961 June 199616 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party
23 Somappa Rayappa Bommai 132.jpg S. R. Bommai 5 June 199619 March 19981 year, 287 days H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral 		Janata Dal
24 Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg Murli Manohar Joshi 19 March 199822 May 20046 years, 64 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party
(20) Arjun Singh 1997.jpg Arjun Singh 22 May 200422 May 20095 years, 0 days Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
25 Kapil Sibal (cropped).jpg Kapil Sibal 29 May 200929 October 20123 years, 153 days
26 The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju addressing at the release of the National Achievement Survey - Class III Children Achievement Report, in New Delhi on February 28, 2014.jpg M. M. Pallam Raju 30 October 201226 May 20141 year, 208 days
27 Smriti Z Irani.jpg Smriti Irani 26 May 20145 July 20162 years, 40 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
28 Prakash Javadekar.jpg Prakash Javadekar 5 July 201630 May 20192 years, 329 days
29 Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', 2020.jpg Ramesh Pokhriyal 30 May 20197 July 20212 years, 38 days
30 The Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan being greeted by the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dr. M.M. Kutty, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg Dharmendra Pradhan 7 July 2021Incumbent3 years, 124 days

List of Ministers of State

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Education
Portrait Minister of state TermPrime MinisterPolitical Party
Renuka Devi Barkataki 197719792 years Morarji Desai Janata Party
(Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria addressing at the National Seminar on Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar - Multipurpose Development of Water Resources and Present Challenges, in New Delhi.jpg Ram Shankar Katheria 9 November 20145 July 20161 year, 239 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
Mahendra Nath Pandey addressing at the inauguration of the 'National Consultation on Revised Accreditation Framework', organised by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), in New Delhi.jpg Mahendra Nath Pandey 5 July 20163 September 20171 year, 60 days
The Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Upendra Kushwaha addressing at the inauguration of the "Summer Fiesta", in New Delhi on May 22, 2018.JPG Upendra Kushwaha 9 November 201411 December 20184 years, 32 days Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
Satyapal Singh.jpg Satya Pal Singh 3 September 201730 May 20191 year, 269 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Sanjay Dhotre.jpg Sanjay Dhotre
(Minister of State For Education from 29 July 2020 onwards)		31 May 20197 July 20212 years, 37 days
Dr. Subhas Sarkar Minister.jpg Subhas Sarkar 8 July 202111 June 20242 years, 339 days
Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in January 2022.jpg Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
Smt. Annapurna Devi assumed charge as the Union Minister for Women and Child development, in New Delhi on June 11, 2024 (cropped).jpg Annpurna Devi
Sukanta Majumdar - Kolkata 2022-08-04 0400.jpg Sukanta Majumdar 11 June 2024Incumbent150 days
Shri Jayant Singh Chaudhary.jpg Jayant Chaudhary

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Minister of State till 10 August 1962
  2. ↑ Minister of State
  3. ↑ Minister of State

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