Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar addresses a press conference, in New Delhi.
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HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar speaks at the 65th Meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. MoS Satya Pal Singh is also seen.
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Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar addressing at the launch of the Diploma in Elementary Education (D.EI.Ed.) programme for In-service Untrained Eleme...
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Satya Pal Singh taking charge as the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, in New Delhi.
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Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar at a press conference, in New Delhi.
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HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar addressing a press conference in New Delhi.
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Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar interacts with students at a Government School in Musheerabad, in Hyderabad.
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Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar along with Minister of State for PMO, Jitendra Singh and J&K Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh inaugurating the transit campus of Indian Insti...
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Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar in a group photograph with the students, who cleared XII with high marks and got admission to reputed colleges, at a...
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Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Smriti Zubin Irani addressing a press conference in New Delhi.
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HRD Minister Smriti Irani with Henriette Ahrens, Deputy Representative (Programmes), UNICEF India at the launch of Vidyanjali (School Volunteer Programme) in New Delhi.
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Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani addresses a press conference in New Delhi.
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Union Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani perform ritual during the foundation stone leaying ceremony of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Hathijan Village outskirt of ...
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NSUI activists shout slogans as they are being detained during a protest to demand resignation of HRD Minister Smriti Irani against 'Lathicharge' on students of NIT Srinagar, in Ne...
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Non-Kashmiri students protest with the tricolour
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Human Resource Devlopment Minister Smriti Irani and Gujarat BJP president Vijay Rupani celebrating party's Foundation Day in Surat.
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President Pranab Mukherjee with HRD Minister Smriti Irani pose with winners of Visitor's Award 2016 during a ceremony at RBCC in New Delhi.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar informed that the decision was taken at a meeting of officials from the ministry, UGC and AICTE.
To prevent this duplication, schools will now be required to submit only two documents at the time of applying for affiliation, instead of 12-14 documents earlier.
In a circular to Vice Chancellors of all universities, UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain has instructed that colleges may organise special parades, speeches by ex-servicemen about the sacrifices made by the Armed Forces to mark the day.
Last month, Prakash Javadekar had announced that the NTA would conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, along with the Joint Entrance Examination-Main for admission to engineering colleges, twice a year.
To a query on whether the HRD Ministry would reconsider the decision with regard to Jio Institute, Javadekar said it has "nothing to do with the government"
He also said that India lagged behind in human resource development because even after Independence, the country followed the education system which the British introduced.
The HRD Ministry's selection of the yet-to-be-established Jio Institute by Reliance Foundation as one of the six "Institutions of Eminence" drew sharp criticism from various quarters, with many questioning the process of selection and the motive behind it.
"It doesn't have a campus, a website or any alumni. It is yet to be established but will already be marketed as a world class institution by the government. Can't we see the conflict of interest."
School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan said the state's stand was the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) should be conducted only once a year.