MoE

INTRODUCTION-The Ministry of Education (abbr. MoE; formerly the Ministry of

Human Resource Development from 1985 to 2020) is a ministry of the Government of
India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education.[1] The Ministry
is further divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy,
which deals with primary, secondary and higher secondary education, adult
education and literacy, and the Department of Higher Education, which deals with university
level education, technical education, scholarships, etc.
The current education minister is Dharmendra Pradhan, a member of the Council of
Ministers.[2] India had the Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985, Rajiv Gandhi
government changed its name to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and
with the public announcement of newly drafted "National Education Policy 2020" by
the Narendra Modi government, Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed
back to Ministry of Education.[3]

Policy
The new National Education Policy 2020 was passed on 29 July 2020 by the Union
Council of Ministers. The NEP 2020 replaced the existing National Policy on
Education, 1986.[4] Under the NEP 2020, the name of the Ministry of Human
Resource and Development (MHRD) was changed to Ministry of Education (MoE).
Numerous new educational institutes, bodies and concepts were legislated under
NEP 2020.[5]

Department of School Education and Literacy

The Department of School Education and Literacy is responsible for the development of school education and literacy in the country.

 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

 Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA)
 Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)
 National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
 National Council for Teacher Education
 National Foundation for Teachers' Welfare
 National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
 Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)

Department of Higher Education

The Department of Higher Education is in charge of secondary and post-secondary education.
The department is empowered to grant deemed university status to educational institutions on
the advice of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India, under Section 3 of the
University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956.[6][7][8] The Department of Higher Education
takes care of one of the largest higher education systems of the world, just after the United
States and China. The department is engaged in bringing world-class opportunities of higher
education and research to the country so that Indian students are not found lacking when
facing an international platform. For this, the government has launched joint ventures and
signed MoUs to help the Indian students benefit from world opinion. The technical education
system in the country can be broadly classified into three categories – Central Government
funded institutions, State Government/State-funded institutions & Self-financed institutions.
The 122 Centrally funded institution of technical and science education are as under: List of
centrally funded technical institutions: IIITs (25), IITs (23), IIMs (20), IISc
Bangalore, IISERs (7 - Berhampur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram,
Tirupati), NITs (31), NITTTRs (4), and 9 others (SPA, ISMU, NERIST, SLIET, IIEST,
NITIE & NIFFT, CIT)
Organisational structure
The department is divided into eight bureaus, and most of the work of the department is
handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under these bureaus.[10]
University and Higher Education; Minorities Education

 University Grants Commission (UGC)

 Education Research and Development Organisation (ERDO)
 Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
 Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)
 Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR)
 52 Central university (India) as on 11.09.2021 list issued by University Grants
Commission
 Technical Education

 All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)

 Council of Architecture (COA)[13]
 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
 25 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)
 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST)
 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)[14]
 Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
 7 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs)
 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)
 National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
 National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT)
 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers' Training & Research (NITTTRs)[15] (Bhopal,
Chandigarh, Chennai and Kolkata)
 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical Training
 3 School of Planning and Architecture (SPAs)
Administration and Languages[edit]

Three Deemed Universities in the field of Sanskrit,

 Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (RSkS) in New Delhi,

 Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (SLBSRSV) New Delhi,
 Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (RSV) Tirupati
Others
 Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (KHS), Agra
 English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad
 National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL)
 University of Delhi (DU)
 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
o Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
 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[edit]

 National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA)[16]

 National Book Trust (NBT)
 National Board of Accreditation (NBA)
 National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI)
 National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
Objectives[edit]
The main objectives of the Ministry are:

 Formulating the National Policy on Education and to ensure that it is implemented in

letter and spirit
 Planned development, including expanding access and improving quality of the
educational institutions throughout the country, including in regions where people do not
have easy access to education.
 Paying special attention to disadvantaged groups like the poor, females and the minorities
 Provide financial help in the form of scholarships, loan subsidy, etc. to deserving students
from deprived sections of the society.
 Encouraging international cooperation in the field of education, including working
closely with the UNESCO and foreign governments as well as Universities, to enhance
the educational opportunities in the country.

MoE's Innovation Cell (MIC)[edit]

MHRD’s Innovation Cell, now renamed as MoE's Innovation Cell, was established in Aug
2018[17] by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) at All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE) to systematically foster the culture of innovation,
entrepreneurship and startups in all major Higher Education Institutions in India.[18] Abhay
Jere was appointed as first Chief Innovation Officer.[19][20]

Major initiatives of MIC[edit]

1. Smart India Hackathon (SIH)[21]
 2. Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)[22]
3. Institution’s Innovation Council (IICs)[23]
4. National Innovation and Start-up Policy for Students and Faculties in HEIs (NISP)[24]
5. Innovation Ambassadors Program[25]
6. MBA/PGDM program in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development
(IEV)[26]

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

In April 2016, Ministry of Human Resource Development published the first list of rankings
of Indian colleges under National Institutional Ranking Framework.[27][28][29] The entire
ranking exercise involved NBA, All India Council for Technical Education, UGC, Thomson
Reuters, Elsevier and INFLIBNET (Information & Library Network) centre.[30][31] The
ranking framework was launched in September 2015.[32] All 122 centrally-funded institutions
– including all central universities, IITs and IIMs – participated in the first round of ranking