Tag: Hrd Ministry

Bhubaneswar: Only 33.03 per cent schools in Odisha have electricity connection against the overall 62.81 per cent in the country, Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Upendra Kushwaha said in the Rajya Sabha today. Apart from Odisha, Bihar (37.78), Madhya Pradesh (28.80), Manipur (39.27), Assam (25), Meghalaya (28.54) and Tripura (29.77) are other […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Conducting research is not going to decide promotions of college teachers any more. Rather they need to be engaged more in community activities with students to be eligible for promotions. Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar made this announcement, on Saturday, at a two-day national conference on higher education perspective in India. […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has ruled out the reports of holding Class 10 and 12 exams in February instead of March from the next academic session. “No such proposal has been moved by the CBSE,” Minister of State for HRD Upendra Kushwaha said in a written reply in the Rajya […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: ‘No internship No Degree’- this is the new guideline brought in by the government to put a cap on the rising rate of ‘unemployable’ engineering students in the country. The engineering students will now have to undergo three mandatory internships during their course from this academic year failing which they may not get […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: After launching free Jio 4G feature phone ‘JioPhone’, Reliance Jio has now expressed its keenness to provide free Wi-Fi facility to three crore students in colleges across India. The telecom firm had submitted a proposal in this regard to the human resource development (HRD) ministry in June but the ministry is yet to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has requested the Union HRD ministry to forward its project proposal on ‘Achieving Excellence in higher education in the state of Odisha’ to the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) to enable the state government to get World Bank assistance to the tune of Rs 1019.70 crore for the project. In a […]

The Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry has sought an explanation from the Odisha Mass Education department regarding allegation of corruption at the Odisha Knowledge Corporation Ltd (OKCL)

New Delhi: In a major development, the Centre has asked the states and UTs to ensure that there is no homework for students of Classes 1 and 2 and the guidelines capping the weight of school bags for classes 1-10 are adhered to. “The Ministry has instructed all states and Union Territories to formulate guidelines […]

New Delhi: The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on Tuesday launched a diploma course in Elementary Education to train teachers across the country for teaching students up to Class 8. The Ministry intends to train all such teachers with minimum qualifications by 2019, as per the amended Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education […]

New Delhi: The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has announced November 13 as the date for conducting its National Assessment Survey (NAS) for the students of Class 3, 5, and 8, officials said on Wednesday. The date was announced during a video conference held between the HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and the State Education Secretaries, […]

Kolkata: 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 […]

New Delhi: Foreign languages such as German and French may not be part of the three-language formula in schools from the next academic session. The HRD Ministry is believed to have communicated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) that students who are keen on learning foreign languages should opt for the subject as […]

New Delhi: The HRD Ministry today clarified that the institutions created through an Act of Parliament do not need an FCRA licence to receive foreign funds. The Home Ministry has cancelled the FCRA licences of several hundred organisations, including DU, JNU and IIT Delhi, for failing to file annual returns for five consecutive years. “Institutions […]

New Delhi: The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) would work upon certain courses about history of India’s tradition and culture, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said here today. He was speaking while inaugurating a lecture series on Bharat Bodh (Idea of India) organised by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in association with […]

New Delhi: Aadhaar will now be mandatory for those appearing for open school exams to ensure there are no proxy candidates appearing on others’ behalf. Following approval from the HRD Ministry, the National Institute of Open Learning (NIOS) has decided to make Aadhaar mandatory for candidates appearing for the next examination, a senior NIOS official said. […]