Hrd News

After years of being 'soft' on students when it comes to awarding extra marks for tough questions, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has advised CBSE, CISCE and NCERT boards to follow percentile methodology in awarding marks, to bring equality among ...

Indian languages should be given priority when it comes to medium of instruction in schools and colleges, recommends RSS-affiliated Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas (SSUN) to the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry. In a recent meeting between SSUN leaders and HRD Minister ...

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are looking at various options to make themselves better in terms of student strength and funds. A couple of months ago during an IIT council meeting headed by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, the nod was given ...

The Committee on Yoga Education in Universities has submitted a proposal to include yoga as a subject in the national eligibility test (NET) from this academic year onward, so that many prospective teachers will consider to opt yoga as a career. ...

New Delhi: The IIT fee hike announced recently will be applicable from admissions that take place from academic year 2016-17 onwards, the HRD ministry said. In a statement issued here, the ministry said that "the revised fee would be applicable for ...

Pradhan Mantri Kaushalya Vikas Yojna (PMKVY), the new initiative taken by the HRD Ministry aims at offering skill training to students in the field of engineering. About 10 lakh young students will avail the benefit of the programme over the course ...

Pune: In order to formulate the New Education Policy (NEP), the government has undertaken a collaborative, multi-stakeholder and multi-pronged consultation process. The formulation process included online, grassroots and national level thematic deliberations. According to HRD press statement, out of the 33 ...

In a bid to boost innovation in the field of education, Human Resources Development (HRD) minister, Smriti Irani has suggested annual award for the entire team of officers in the district. The award will be presented to those officers in the ...

In a bid to promote Sanskrit language in the country, the Human Resource Development Ministry has constituted a 13-member expert panel to be headed by the former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), N Gopalaswami. The committee will study current issues related to ...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to teach German in Kendriya Vidyalayas as an additional language. The approval in this regard was given in a joint declaration of intent between the HRD ministry and the federal foreign ...

Confusions over changes in the JEE exam pattern has been resolved as IIT decided to continue with the existing pattern of the two-tier selection process. IIT JEE Advanced is going to be held on May 22, 2016, conducted by IIT Guwahati. ...

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the largest distance learning universities in India, is planning to introduce the online examination The varsity, with over 28 lakh students adopted the online admission process from this year, is ...

New Delhi, June 23, 2015: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday announced that soon a mobile application would be launched to enable students to download all NCERT textbooks for free. "On July 17, under the banner of NCERT, we ...

New Delhi, June 23, 2015: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched for conducting an aptitude test for all students and greater synergy between the 'Digital India' initiative and related programmes of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. He made the observations while reviewing ...