Hrd Ministry News

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, came into force from 1st April 2010. The Act laid down a three year time frame to attain various norms and standards as specified in the Schedule ...

The fate of 44 deemed universities, which were recommended to be blacklisted by the Centre, hangs in the balance with the Supreme Court directing the government to take a fresh look at them after taking advice from the UGC. ...

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has announced the new rule to regulate the B-schools and management programmes by UGC and AICTE. After Supreme court quashed the powers of AICTE, the decision was taken to change the powers ...

Minister of Human Resource Department (HRD) has called for a meeting with the officials of UGC, B-schools and AICTE to restore the powers of the AICTE regulations. A senior ministry official said, "There is an internal meeting to ...

Efforts to boost education among minorities seem to be bearing fruit with the enrolment of Muslims in 2012-13 in elementary schools exceeding the share of the community in the country's population. HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju has ...

Human Resource Department (HRD) Ministry wants to combine JEE Main and JEE Advanced examination to be one common entrance exam from 2015. According to the government decision, all the engineering colleges have to conduct common counselling for students who will ...

HRD Ministry and University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that the new rules drafted by UGC will affect only the affiliated colleges offering Degree courses and not for Diploma Courses. Recently, UGC had drafted the new regulations for the colleges ...

New Delhi: The education policy will be reflecting India's foreign policy that focuses on Africa. While reworking the initiative for foreign students, the HRD ministry decided that, special attention should be given to African students in Indian educational institutions in both ...

In a move to promote educational content through satellite, an MoU was signed between Shri Ashok Thakur, Secretary, MHRD and Shri Jawahar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati at New Delhi. In the first phase 50 DTH channels will be launched for ...

University Grants Commission (UGC) has warned higher educational institutes across the country about getting themselves accredited by 01st June 2015, failing which financial assistance to them would be frozen. The word of caution is directed at hundreds of institutions which ...

The Government has prepared the University Grants Commission (UGC) (Establishment and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Educational Institutions) Rules, 2013. Under the proposed Rules, Foreign Educational Institutions (FEIs) can set up campuses in India once the FEIs have been notified ...

Indian schools and colleges are running out of the faculties, around six faculty positions are lying vacant across India. According to the HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju, there is a shortage of six lakh faculty members for schools and colleges ...

Higher education must pay more attention to helping students understand how to lead ethical and fulfilling lives, Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju said. Delivering the 22nd Annual JRD Tata Ethics Oration on Business Ethics organised by XLRI School ...

King's College London, has opened its gate for the talented Indian students. The college has put forth an offer to provide scholarship to 12 Indian students. The British Government has also supported this great gesture by the college. The government ...