“The draft recommendations for the new education policy lacks in addressing the issues of access, quality and equity,” Kapil Sibal said.

Singh was Irani's top choice for the position and the HRD Ministry had earlier this year forwarded his name to DoPT.

Dalit politics will occupy centrestage in the next round of polls in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Irani, right or wrong, is not someone who is...

HRD minister Smriti Irani on Thursday announced that new regulations for the deemed-tobe universities will come into effect from this year.

Thematic consultations were conducted both by the ministry and also by institutions like UGC, AICTE, NCTE, NCERT and several universities a...

In the 58th meeting of CABE in June, 2011 it was felt that every child must have the right to at least 10 years of formal schooling.

Irani said that on how new education policy should take shape, she was holding meetings with education minister of every state and district...

Minister also favoured introduction of three new award categories including a category that recognises a teacher's achievement.

Gowda said "the HRD Minister has become a habitual offender of continuous interference" and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene...

HRD ministry's ambitious plan of starting 50 education channels met with some serious questioning from the new HRD minister Smriti Irani on...

Irani's list is a mix of progressive initiatives, the Sangh Parivar's ideas on education and the Gujarat model on teachers' training.

"Such statements do not suit a party that has been reduced to such numbers in the Lok Sabha polls," Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.

Petroleum Ministry has turned down a request of the HRD Ministry to allow supply of subsidised LPG cylinders for the mid-day meal programme.

IIT Delhi Alumni Association, which has been opposing the IIT-JEE exam under the new format, today sought the intervention of new HRD Minis...

After a not so pleasant experience with Anna's team in drafting of the Lokpal Bill, the government says that there will be no such experime...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to be disinclined to accept the idea of setting up the proposed National Commission for Higher Educat...

Kapil Sibal today announced plans to launch an innovative scheme to spread elementary education using Information Communication Technology ...