National Educational Policy 2019 The draft of National Educational Policy has been submitted to the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and Minister of State for HRD, Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre in New Delhi by Committee led by the Chairman Dr. Kasturirangan on Friday May 31, 2019 in the presence of R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary Department of Higher Education and ... Read More »
HRD minister Prakash Javadekar. The HRD ministry is deliberating whether the government should have a say on the appointment of an IIM chairman. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint New Delhi: The government is framing rules to partially control how the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) function to curb potential misuse of the powers accorded to the board of the elite B-schools under the ... Read More »
The HRD Ministry had last week announced the re-examination of the CBSE Class 12 Economics paper on 25 April. Photo: PTI New Delhi: The HRD Ministry has set up a “high-powered committee” to examine the process by which the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts examinations, following the alleged leak of the Class 10 Mathematics and the Class 12 Economics ... Read More »
ANKARA Turkish authorities are investigating some 10,000 people on suspicion of using social media to support terrorism, the interior ministry said on Saturday, part of a wide crackdown that has alarmed rights groups and some Western allies.Turkey, which faces security threats from Kurdish and leftist militants and Islamic State, has sacked or suspended more than 100,000 people following an attempted ... Read More »
Authorities say the HRD ministry has also decided to withdraw the contentious extra six hours of practical work as well. Photo: Bloomberg New Delhi: The human resources development (HRD) ministry on Wednesday reduced the minimum working hours for university professors, following protests by the teaching community. “The direct teaching workload has been restored to 16, 14, and 14 hours per ... Read More »
New Delhi: With the first month nearing completion, the Finance Ministry will hold a high-level meeting to review the ambitious one-time compliance window that has been announced by the government to declare domestic black money. The review meeting, scheduled later this week, will be chaired by Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia with Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) members and they ... Read More »
Prakash Javadekar replaced Smriti Irani as Education Minister in cabinet rejig. NEW DELHI: The prime challenge that the education sector faces in the country is raising the quality of education and ensuring it reaches all, Education Minister Prakash Javadekar, who took charge, said today. “The major challenge that is there in the education sector is to raise the standard. Quality ... Read More »
Jayant Sinha was junior minister in the Finance Ministry and Minister of State to the Civil Aviation M NEW DELHI: HIGHLIGHTS Jayant Sinha shifted as minister of state to the civil aviation ministry Among reasons is tea party he hosted for bank, govt officials: Sources Conflict of interest as wife serves on boards of top companies also cited Smriti Irani’s ... Read More »
Prakash Javadekar replaced Union Minister Smriti Irani– who now heads the Textiles Ministry. NEW DELHI: Promising to convert the challenges into opportunities, former Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar took charge of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry today. Mr Javadekar, who earlier held independent charge as the Minister of State was the only minister promoted to the cabinet rank in the ... Read More »
‘The authorities had these days determined to growth the yearly fees for undergraduate guides fromcurrent Rs. ninety,000 to Rs. 2 lakh, a rise of 122 per cent. (record image) KOLKATA: Amid protests by students of IIT-Kharagpur, the education ministry today clarified that scholarswho are already enrolled in undergraduate courses have been spared from the 122 consistent with centcharge hike. In ... Read More »
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