Hrd Ministry News

Guwahati, Oct 7: The Centre would invite suggestions from students, teachers and parents for the proposed New Education Policy, the process of which will begin from next year, Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani said. "For ...

New Delhi, Sept 30: Students applying for courses in universities will no longer require attestation of their documents as self-certification will be enough, a development that will come as a huge relief to them. Following up on the ...

New Delhi, Sept 26: IIT Kanpur, organising institute for GATE-2015, has decided to extend the last date for submission of application for the examination by two weeks after flood-affected students of Jammu and Kashmir made an appeal to the ...

New Delhi, Sept 26: With an aim to promote awareness about importance of hygiene, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani has launched a campaign about cleanliness in school under 'Swachh Bharat Mission' programme, where she joined the students and teachers ...

The online applications are invited from Indian students, through MHRD for nominations, of the award of Commonwealth Scholarships in United Kingdom (UK) tenable from September/ October 2015 for higher studies/research in the various subjects in the United Kingdom. ...

In the 48th meeting between HRD Minister and IIT Council at IIT Madras, it has been decided that universities have to frame their own ranking system for the Indian institutions. In the latest report released by the QS ...

University of Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi has approved 34 blacklisted deemed universities which were previously blacklisted and has asked them to start functioning from this year. In 2009, the central government had blacklisted around 44 deemed universities ...

Chennai, Sept 24: In a significant decision which is set to benefit students aspiring to enter IITs, the Council meet of the prestigious institutions has decided to consider the aggregate marks secured in Class 12 Board examinations for admission. ...

New Delhi, September 22: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are ranked fourth on a list of 50 best entrepreneurial undergraduate institutes in the world, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said Friday, September 19. Quoting the compilation ...

Foreign students who are seeking admission in Indian colleges / universities have to get prior permission / approval from the University of Grants Commission (UGC) or Minister of Human Resources Development (MHRD). In its latest notification of UGC, ...

Education in India is provided by the both the private and the public sector. Most of it is very exam-centric with very little focus on skill development. Education in India mostly follows the 10+2+3 pattern, where the first 10 years ...

New Delhi, September 15: All central universities were Saturday requested to complete their National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation as per UGC regulations. Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani requested all central universities to complete their NAAC ...

New Delhi, September 12: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani Thursday stressed the need for a new education policy which would also address academic merit. "The country now needs a new education policy in which a discussion on academic ...

New Delhi, September 12: Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani Thursday said the government has designed two programmes specifically keeping in mind students from the northeastern region. The two programmes - Ishan Uday and Ishan Vikas - ...