The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) is an Indian government The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India. It is seated in New Delhi, the capital of India ministry A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister, but usually[who?] a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or administrative organisations, responsible for the development of human resources Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who comprise the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations. Human resources is also the name of the function within an organization charged with the overall responsibility for implementing strategies. The ministry is divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary education Primary education is the first stage of compulsory education. It is preceded by pre-school or nursery education and is followed by secondary education. In North America this stage of education is usually known as elementary education and is generally followed by middle school and literacy Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read and write. It is a concept claimed and defined by a range of different theoretical fields. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization defines literacy as the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and, and the Department of Higher Education Department of Higher Education is the department under Ministry of Human Resource Development, that oversees higher education in India, which deals with secondary Secondary education is the stage of education following primary school. Secondary education is generally the final stage of compulsory education. However, secondary education in some countries includes a period of compulsory and a period of non-compulsory education. The next stage of education is usually college or university. Secondary education and post-secondary education Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage, third level, and post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, or gymnasium. Higher education is taken to include undergraduate and postgraduate education, while vocational. 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 A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of the government, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or Executive Committee rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current Minister of Human Resource Development is Kapil Sibal. The minister is assisted by two Ministers of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister. In others countries a "minister of state" is a holder of a more senior position, such as, one for each department: Ali Ashraf Fatmi (Minister of State for School Education and Literacy) and Daggubati Purandeswari (Minister of State for Higher Education).
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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 The British Raj is the name given to the period of British colonial rule in South Asia between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the dominion itself, and even the region under the rule. The region, commonly called India in contemporary usage, included areas directly administered by Britain, as well as the princely states ruled by individual. After independence The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide spectrum of political organizations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending British colonial authority in South Asia. The term incorporates various national and regional campaigns, agitations and efforts of both nonviolent and militant philosophy, 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.
Department of Higher Education
Main article: Department of Higher Education (India) Department of Higher Education is the department under Ministry of Human Resource Development, that oversees higher education in IndiaThe Department of Higher Education is in charge of secondary and post-secondary education. The department is empowered to grant deemed university Deemed university is a status of autonomy granted to high performing institutes and departments of various universities in India. This status of ‘Deemed-to-be-University’, is granted by Deptt. Of Higher Education, Union Human Resource Development Ministry, on the advice of the University Grants Commission of India, under Section 3 of the status to educational institutions on the advice of the University Grants Commission The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised universities and colleges. Its headquarters are in New (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 Department of Higher Education is the department under Ministry of Human Resource Development, that oversees higher education in India; 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)
- 38 Central Universities (including 15 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 The Department of Technical Education is a department of each state government in India. It is responsible for technical education in their respective state. They impart and regulate technical education. Generally affairs of state run (government run) technical institutes like polytechnic and engineering colleges are looked after by them. The
- All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) [5][6]
- Council of Architecture (COA) [7]
- 13 Indian Institutes of Technology The Indian Institutes of Technology are a group of fifteen autonomous premier engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education established and declared as Institutes of National Importance by the Parliament of India. The IITs were created to train scientists and engineers, with the aim of developing a skilled workforce to support (IITs) (including 6 new IITs set up during 2008-09)
- 5 Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISERs)
- 7 Indian Institutes of Management The Indian Institutes of Management , are graduate business schools in India that also conduct research and provide consultancy services in the field of management to various sectors of the Indian economy. They were created by the Indian Government with the aim of identifying the brightest intellectual talent available in the student community of (IIMs)
- 20 National Institutes of Technology The National Institutes of Technology , are esteemed colleges of engineering and technology education in India. They were originally called Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs). In 2002, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, decided to upgrade, in phases, all the original 17 Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) as (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 Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and Buddhism[note 1]. Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand, 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 Hyderabad is the capital and the most populous city of the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is known as the "City of Pearls", the "City of Nizams" and the "City of Nawabs"
- 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 Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI)
- National Council of Educational Research and Training The National Council of Educational Research and Training is an apex resource organisation set up by the Government of India, with headquarters at New Delhi, to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on academic matters related to school education (NCERT)
- Central Board of Secondary Education The first Board set up in India was the Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education in 1921, which was under jurisdiction of Rajputana, Central India and Gwalior. In 1929 the government of India set up a joint Board named "Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Rajputana". This included Ajmer, Merwara, Central (CBSE)
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)
- Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)
- National Institute of Open Schooling The National Institute of Open Schooling, commonly known as NIOS , NOS or National Open School, is the Board of Education for school level in India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India in 1989. The NIOS is a national board for Secondary and Senior Secondary examinations similar to the CBSE (NIOS)
- Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA)
- National Foundation for Teachers' Welfare
- a public sector enterprise, Educational Consultants (India) Limited (EdCIL)
University Grants Commission
Main article: University Grants Commission (India) The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised universities and colleges. Its headquarters are in NewThe University Grants Commission The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised universities and colleges. Its headquarters are in New (UGC) is responsible for coordination, determination and maintenance of standards, release of grants. For this prpose it has established Professional councils, fifteen autonomous institutions established by the University Grants Commission, responsible for recognition of courses, promotion of professional institutions and providing grants to undergraduate programmes and various awards [8][9]:
- All India Council for Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education , is the statutory body and a National-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development . Established in November, 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in 1987 given statutory status by an Act of Parliament, AICTE is responsible (AICTE)
- Distance Education Council Distance Education Council is an organisation based in New Delhi, India responsible for the promotion and coordination of the open university and distance education system and for determination of its standards in India. The Council was constituted under the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act (1985). Its consistent with the duty of the (DEC)
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
- Bar Council of India The Bar Council of India India is a statutory body that regulates and represents the Indian bar. It was created by Parliament under the Advocates Act, 1961. It prescribes standards of professional conduct and etiquette and exercises disciplinary jurisdiction. It sets standards for legal education and grants recognition to Universities whose degree (BCI)
- National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)
- Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
- Medical Council of India (MCI)
- Pharmacy Council of India (PCI)
- Indian Nursing Council (INC)
- Dental Council of India (DCI)
- Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH)
- Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM)
- Rehabilitation Council [9]
- National Council for Rural Institutes
- State Councils of Higher Education
Inter-university centres (IUCs)
- Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics is an autonomous institution set up by the University Grants Commission to promote nucleation and growth of active groups in astronomy and astrophysics in Indian universities. IUCAA is located in the University of Pune campus next to the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, which (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 The National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an accreditor and is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India based in Bangalore (NACC), Bangalore
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