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Ministry of Human Resource Development (India):
The Ministry of Human Resource Development is one of the important ministries of the Government of India. The Ministry of Human Resource Development plays a remarkable and remedial role in balancing the socio-economic fabric of the country. The education system of India comes under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) was created on 26 September 1985 through the 174th Amendment to the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, which functions through two departments:
- Department of School Education & Literacy
- Higher education department
The Department of School Education and Literacy is responsible for the development of school education and literacy in the country and the Department of Higher Education oversees the world's largest higher education system after the United States and China. The Department of School Education and Literacy aims at "Universalisation of Education" and to create better citizens out of the youth. For this, various new schemes and initiatives are launched regularly and more recently these schemes have started paying off in the form of increased enrollment in schools.
On the other hand, the Department of Higher Education is engaged in the task of creating world class opportunities in higher education and research in the country so that Indian students are not left behind on the international stage. For this purpose, the Government has started several joint ventures and signed MoUs to provide the benefit of global vote to Indian students.
Who is called the education minister?
In some countries, the responsible person appointed by the government to deal with educational matters is called the Minister of Education.
Major objectives (functions) of the Ministry of Education:
- Formulation of National Education Policy and ensuring its implementation in letter and spirit.
- Planned development, including expanding the reach and improving the quality of educational institutions throughout the country, including areas where people do not have easy access to education.
- Paying special attention to disadvantaged groups like the poor, women and minorities.
- To provide financial assistance in the form of scholarship, loan subsidy etc. to the deserving students from the underprivileged sections of the society.
- To encourage international cooperation in the field of education, including working closely with UNESCO and foreign governments, as well as universities, to increase educational opportunities in the country.
Current Education Minister of India:
The name of the current Education Minister of India is Dharmendra Pradhan, he took the oath of this post on 07 July 2021. Prior to this, he was the Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel. Prior to Dharmendra Pradhan, Ramesh Pokhriyal (senior BJP leader) took over as the Education Minister on 30 May 2019.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the first education minister of India. He served on this post from 15 August 1947 to 22 January 1958.
List of Education Ministers of India (1947–2022):
| Name | Term | |
| Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | 15 August 1947 | 22 January 1958 |
| Dr. Of. Ale. Shrimali (Minister of State) | 22 January 1958 | 31 August 1963 |
| Humayun Kabir | 01 September 1963 | 21 November 1963 |
| M. C. C. Chagla | 21 November 1963 | 13 November 1966 |
| Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 14 November 1966 | 13 March 1967 |
| Dr. Trigun Sen | 16 March 1967 | 14 February 1969 |
| Dr. V.K.R. V. Rao | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 |
| Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 18 March 1975 | 20 March 1972 |
| Prof. s. Noorul Hasan (Minister of State) | 24 March 1972 | 24 March 1977 |
| Prof. Pratap Chandra Chander | 26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 |
| Dr. Karan Singh | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 |
| B. Shankarand | 14 January 1980 | 17 October 1980 |
| S.B. Chavan | 17 October 1980 | 08 August 1981 |
| Sheila Kaul (Minister of State) | 10 August 1981 | 31 December 1984 |
| K.C. Pant | 31 December 1984 | September 25, 1985 |
| P. V. Narasimha Rao (Prime Minister) | September 25, 1985 | June 25, 1988 |
| P. V. Narasimha Rao (Prime Minister) | 25 December 1994 | February 09, 1995 |
| P. V. Narasimha Rao (Prime Minister) | 17 January 1996 | May 16, 1996 |
| P. Shiv Shankar | June 25, 1988 | 02 December 1989 |
| V.P. Singh (Prime Minister) | 02 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 |
| Rajmangal Pandey | 21 November 1990 | June 21, 1991 |
| Arjun Singh | June 23, 1991 | December 24, 1994 |
| Arjun Singh | May 22, 2004 | May 22, 2009 |
| Madhavrao Scindia | 10 February 1995 | 17 January 1996 |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister) | May 16, 1996 | June 01, 1996 |
| S. R. Bommai | June 05, 1996 | March 19, 1998 |
| Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi | March 19, 1998 | May 21, 2004 |
| Shri Kapil Sibal | May 22, 2009 | 28 October 2012 |
| M.M. Pallam Raju | 29 October 2012 | May 25, 2014 |
| Smriti Irani | May 26, 2014 | July 05, 2016 |
| Prakash Javadekar | July 05, 2016 | May 30, 2019 |
| Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' | May 30, 2019 | 07 July 2021 |
| Dharmendra Pradhan | 07 July 2021 | so far |
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