Hrd Ministry News

The Human Resource Development (HRD) is conducting learning outcomes prepared by National Council for Educational Research and training (NCERT) by October. NCERT has an extension programme in which departments of the National Institute of Education, Regional Institute of Education, Central Institute ...

In a bid to avoid fake caste certificates the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has taken a serious note of it. Citing cases where fake SC, ST and OBC certificates were used by candidates to get admission in colleges, the ...

In a move to enforce education for all children and catch hold of schools that are at default in attendance rate, the Centre has decided to monitor the enrollment, regular attendance and primary education of all students aged between six and ...

Senior functionaries of the HRD ministry today held deliberations on the regulations for the proposed 20 'world class universities' that were announced in the 2016-17 budget by the government. In the meeting which was headed by HRD minister Prakash Javadekar, the ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education has reached to a conclusion that the board exams for Class 10 students are set to become compulsory from 2018. From the next academic year, students of Class 10 following the CBSE curriculum will in ...

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode is holding a communication skills course on ‘impersonal, interpersonal and hyperpersonal comunication at work' betweem December 18 and December 22, 2016. The course is part of the Human Resource Development Ministry (HRDM) sponsored Global Initiative ...

In another bid to crack down on corruption and expand transparency in payment, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a circular to colleges, wooing them to go cashless with various incentives for the most digitised college. UGC has ...

Smart Class for rural India, has been a dream come true for village kids. One such initiative that was formulated by Samsung India has proven successful for students. Samsung Smart Classes, a scheme introduced in collaboration with Jawahar Navodaya Vidylaya by ...

During the winter session held at Rajya Sabha, the government announced that the overall student strength of the Indian Institutes of Technology will be increased to one lakh by 2020. According to officials, the IIT Council has approved the proposal to ...

In a bid to reduce the burden of school children, the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) has recommended schools under its aegis to let children carry minimum books to school. In its recent circular, it has directed to ensure that ...

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today announced that Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA), a central government initiative to help drop out and migrant children get back to study has been benefitting 2.04 lakh primary and 1.59 lakh upper primary schools across the country ...

The HRD ministry is considering the option of clubbing the ratings of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and the HRD ministry's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) to decide over autonomous status for higher education institutes. Since autonomous status to higher ...

Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry demands University Grants Commission (UGC) to strictly execute varsity laws. In a recent order released in the first week of November, HRD Ministry has urged UGC to file FIRs against the management of universities that have ...

In another speech that would confirm what the Union government has on the cards for CBSE schools, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday re-iterated his wish to make Class X CBSE board examination mandatory. However, the implementation of such a decision, ...