The class X board examination will once again be made compulsory for CBSE schools from the 2017-18 academic year, Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said today. In an informal conversation with reporters after a meeting

No child should be failed till Class 5 but the policy of no-detention upto Class X should be left to states, Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) recommended in its meeting today.

the RSS-affiliated Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas (SSUN) has suggested the HRD ministry to gradually remove English as medium of instruction and emphasise on Indian languages at all levels of education.

The IIT Council has approved government plans to increase the number of seats in various courses for admitting non-resident students with an aim to take their total intake to one lakh by 2020.

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the constitutionally guaranteed reservation will continue in the new Education Policy and that the government has no plans to make any changes.

The government was not tinkering with the provisions for reservation or minority education institutions, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar told the Rajya Sabha today.

The HRD Ministry has agreed to relinquish the government’s role in appointing the chairman of the Board of Governors (BoG) at all IIMs. The decision comes a month after Prakash Javadekar took charge from Smriti Irani, who had rejected a panel of corp

New Delhi: Newly appointed Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the Indian education system should inspire people for innovation. "Innovation is the key to the country's development. Therefore, our education sys

Mumbai: The priority of the government will be improving the condition of Zilla Prishad schools and nights schools, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar has said. Javadekar, who recently assumed charge

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