Ministry of Education (India)
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The Ministry of Education (MoE) 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.
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Formed | 15 August 1947; 76 years ago (1947-08-15) |
Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Shastri Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi |
Annual budget | ₹112,899 crore (US$14 billion) (2023–24) |
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Website | education.gov.in |
The current education minister is Dharmendra Pradhan, a member of the Council of Ministers.[2] India had a Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985, the Rajiv Gandhi government changed its name to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), and with the public announcement of the newly drafted "National Education Policy 2020" by the Narendra Modi government, the Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to the Ministry of Education.[3]