Tag: HRD
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Plan to replace UGC, AICTE with single regulator in limbo
The government’s plan to replace the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) with a single higher education regulator seems to have hit a roadblock with the HRD ministry putting the idea on hold. The plan to introduce Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency or HEERA with an aim to...
August 13, 2017 -
Don’t make textbooks ideological battleground: Sisodia
Responding to the National Centre for Education Research and Training's invitation to review textbooks from states, Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia presented a detailed review of textbooks at the 54th NCERT General Council on Tuesday and wrote to HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on the issue. Sisodia wrote, "Textbooks must not be used as an ideological battleground between...
June 27, 2017 -
Inspect 44 ‘unworthy’ universities again : HRD to UGC
The HRD Ministry has directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to conduct a fresh inspection of 44 institutions labelled "unworthy" of being given a deemed varsity status by a government panel in 2009. The status of these varsities across the country has been in limbo ever since, with some institutes seeking legal action. "The Ministry...
June 11, 2017 -
CBSE Class XII results on Sunday
To the relief of students who have appeared in the Class XII Board exams, CBSE on Friday declared that the results will be out on Sunday. With this, the mystery shrouding the Class XII CBSE results in the wake of the recent High Court order on moderation policy seems to have ended. This came a...
May 26, 2017 -
CBSE Class 12 results date to be declared soon, says Javadekar
As uncertainty over the announcement of Class 12 CBSE results loomed large with the board likely to challenge a Delhi High Court order, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the result dates will be declared and there was nothing to worry. "CBSE will declare the result dates, there is nothing to worry...
May 25, 2017 -
Online mechanism to verify students’ records with CBSE
Students planning to go abroad for studies will not have to run around colleges and universities or approach "touts" for verification of their documents, with the government introducing an online mechanism for it. The External Affairs Ministry and HRD Ministry on Wednesday launched the integration of "eSanad", used for online verification, with CBSE's "Parinam Manjusha",...
May 24, 2017 -
Centre mulls CAT-like evaluation system for teachers
The Department of School Education and Literacy, HRD ministry, is set to roll out a central evaluation system for teachers, though it will not be binding on the state governments, department Secretary Anil Swarup said on Tuesday. "There will be some sort of a central evaluation for those who wish to become teachers, an evaluation...
May 23, 2017 -
HRD Ministry warns of action against erring B.Ed colleges
Concerned over the standard of education in B.Ed colleges, the Ministry for Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Tuesday warned that around 40 to 50 per cent of such institutes may lose affiliation/recognition in coming months. According to the Ministry's Department of School Education and Literacy Secretary Anil Swarup, around 40 per cent of B.Ed colleges...
May 23, 2017 -
‘Encourage states to teach Hindi in schools, don’t impose it’
States should be encouraged to "voluntarily" include Hindi in the curriculum instead of "compulsorily" teaching the language, the Hindi Advisory Committee of the HRD Ministry has recommended. The recommendation comes following deliberations on a presidential order last month asking the ministry to consult states on making Hindi compulsory till class 10 in schools affiliated to...
May 23, 2017 -
HRD puts plan for common engineering entrance exam on hold
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has put on hold a move for a single entrance test for engineering courses across the country till states reach a consensus. The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), the regulator for technical education in the country, had announced in March that a national-level common entrance examination for...
April 28, 2017 -
Panel set to finalise names for UGC chief
The final meeting of the Search and Selection Committee set up for identifying candidates for the University Grants Commission chairman’s post will be held on 27 April. The committee, headed by Prof H R Nagendra, doctorate from IISc Bengaluru in mechanical engineering and Yoga guru of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will finalise three or four...
April 22, 2017 -
States allowed to drop no-detention policy
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said states have been told that they can detain students in Classes V and VIII and that 25 states have agreed to withdraw the no-detention policy. Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of National Conference on Innovations in School Education (Navonmesh) organised by the NCERT, Javadekar said the...
April 18, 2017 -
Overhaul accreditation process: HRD ministry to NAAC
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has asked the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) to overhaul its accreditation process. The move is an attempt to curb corrupt practices in the assessment process of the accreditation agency. The ministry has also asked NAAC to bring more transparency in its grading system. According to the new...
April 10, 2017 -
Overhaul accreditation process: HRD ministry to NAAC
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has asked the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) to overhaul its accreditation process. The move is an attempt to curb corrupt practices in the assessment process of the accreditation agency. The ministry has also asked NAAC to bring more transparency in its grading system. According to the new...
April 10, 2017 -
Education institutes need to focus on research: Prakash Javadekar
Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar has said education institutes need to focus on research in order to be a part of India's growth story. "India needs expertise in all sectors to manage the economy. We need to realise that in order to be part of growth story of India, education institute need to focus on...
March 26, 2017 -
Students to offer solutions to govt depts’ problems
Students will be seeking innovative solutions for around 600 problems of 29 ministries and government departments related to improving their efficiency, plugging revenue leakages and corruption. The most innovative ideas will be selected through a competition called 'Smart India Hackathon 2017' which has been launched by All India Council of Technical Education under the aegis...
March 23, 2017 -
New Education Policy formulation likely to take more time: HRD
The Narendra Modi government's ambitious project – the New Education Policy – aimed at revamping the education system is likely to take more time, the HRD Ministry said on Thursday. The information was shared by Minister of State for HRD, Mahendra Nath Pandey in response to a written question in Rajya Sabha when asked whether...
March 23, 2017