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President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday (August 17) gave his nod to the change in name of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) as Ministry of Education. It may be recalled that the name change was one among the many recommendations of the draft new National Education Policy (NEP), which was cleared during a meeting of the Union Cabinet in July. On Monday, a gazette notification was published announcing that President Kovind had given his assent to change the name of HRD ministry to Ministry of Education.

MK Stalin-led DMK has stepped up attack on the Centre over its new education policy DMK calls it an attempt to impose Hindi and Sanskrit in the states Stalin has vowed to fight against it with like-minded parties

The Punjab Government on Friday had also announced the cancellation of the pending examinations of various classes of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB).

The announcement has put to rest speculations that the exams for final-year students may be cancelled in view of the COVID-19 situation.

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Friday evening informed that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Mains) will be conducted from September 1 to 6.

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Thursday said that his Ministry has formed a review panel to review the the COVID-19 situation for conducting the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) at the earliest.

A day after the Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has been advised to revisit guidelines for intermediate and Terminal Semester examinations, the UGC panel on Thursday recommended scrapping the final year examinations. 

Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Wednesday (June 24) released a roadmap for NCERT for the year 2020-21. The decision has been taken in view of the decision to set up Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission under AtmaNirbhar Bharat, said an official statement.

National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, has retained the top spot in NIRF Ranking 2020 for law colleges released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Thursday.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has been ranked as the top medical college in India in the fifth edition of the NIRF Ranking 2020 for medical colleges released by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Thursday.

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has topped this year’s B-school ranking in the latest National Indian Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020 announced by the Union HRD Minister through his Twitter handle. 

Miranda House of Delhi University has bagged the top rank among colleges in India for the fourth consecutive year in the NIRF Rankings. Miranda House (DU) scored 77.23 out of 100 to emerge as the best college followed by Lady Shri Ram College for Women and Hindu College (Delhi University) in the second and third place respectively.

Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Thursday released “India Rankings 2020” of Institutions of Higher Education in various categories on the basis of their performance on five broad categories of parameters. 

Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has said that the Centre is “planning to reduce the syllabus and instructional hours for schools in the next academic year. 

Union HRD Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal on Thursday said that the Class 10, 12 students who have moved to different states or districts during the coronavirus lockdown can appear for their pending board examinations there.

The announcement for the complete date sheet was slated for 5 PM today (May 16).

The exams were postponed due to the coronavirus COVID-19-induced lockdown.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday (April 28) told Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' that it was not feasible to conduct board exams of classes 10 and 12 due to the lockdown imposed to contain coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. 

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