HRD min likely to form coordinating body for education regulators

Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 22:27

Keeping aside proposal for over-arching body subsuming existing regulators in higher education sector, government has decided to come up with a coordinating body instead through an executive order.

Committee favours degree colleges in 90 minority districts

Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 11:02

Voicing concern over the level of participation of minority children in higher education, a committee has favoured setting up of model degree colleges in 90 minority-concentrated districts with full central assistance.

Cash award for 200 meritorious govt school CBSE students

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 14:57

HRD Ministry on Tuesday announced a cash award of Rs one lakh each to 200 meritorious students who have passed the CBSE Class XII examination this year from government schools in the country.

HRD Ministry announces cash awards for 200 meritorious students

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 14:03

The HRD Ministry has announced a cash award of Rs 1 lakh each to about 200 meritorious students, who have passed Class 12th this year.

Govt approves block institutes of teachers` education in 196 districts

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 21:45

To provide quality training to teachers, the government on Friday said it has approved setting up of block institutes of teachers education in 196 districts during the current Five Year Plan.

Shashi Tharoor for no political interference in university decisions

Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 10:35

There should be no political interference in the decisions of a university, says Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor.

HRD ministry advises states to promote gender sensitisation

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 23:36

THe HRD ministry has advised state governments to promote gender sensitisation by re-examining text books and curriculum and introducing gender module for teachers during the annual in-service training.

Proposed IIM council will be only a coordinating body: Govt

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 20:21

HRD Ministry on Wednesday said the proposed IIM council will be only a "coordinating" unit which will not have powers to take any decision.

SPA ragging: HRD Ministry orders fresh inquiry

Last Updated: Monday, January 7, 2013, 21:33

Taking a serious note of the ragging incident at the SPA, the HRD Ministry has ordered a fresh inquiry into the episode that took place in September last year.

Allocation of work for new HRD Ministry team

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 20:10

Minister of State Shashi Tharoor has been asked to handle Parliament matters along with adult literacy programmes.

Tharoor hopes pending HRD bills will be passed

Last Updated: Sunday, November 4, 2012, 19:27

The government expects that a number of pending legislations pertaining to HRD Ministry will be passed during the upcoming Winter Session.

Change of guard in HRD Ministry: Crucial CABE meet postponed

Last Updated: Monday, October 29, 2012, 21:27

A crucial meet of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) on November 1 to deliberate on issues like a national framework in higher education in schools has been postponed.