A new education policy was part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto ahead of the 2014 general election.

The HRD Ministry set up a committee under University Grants Commission chairman to prepare guidelines and measures to ensure that 'more and more' Indian students 'stay in India and study in India'.

The IITs will do away with admission criterion of minimum 75 per cent marks in class 12 this year.

The comments by the HRD minister came following a controversy over the reduction of syllabus by the CBSE, with the Opposition alleging that chapters on India's democracy and plurality are being 'dropped' to propagate a particular ideology.

IIT Madras, IISc Bangalore and IIT Delhi bagged the top three positions among educational institutions in the country in the HRD Ministry's National Institutional Ranking Framework

The exams were postponed due to nationwide lockdown announced to contain the COVID-19 spread.

Students of class 9 and 11 will be promoted on school-based assessments conducted so far, the government officials said.

Amid outrage by students over a proposed fee hike, the HRD Ministry had intervened last month and formed a three-member committee to resolve the stand-off between the university and its administration.

The HRD ministry has sought an immediate report from JNU Registrar Pramod Kumar about the situation on the campus.

The students had planned to march to the Rashtrapati Bhavan from the campus seeking an appointment with the president, the visitor of the varsity to urge him to intervene and ensure that the hike in hostel fee is rolled back.

Even practical-based subjects like agriculture are planning online classes as there is no guarantee on when the coronavirus pandemic will end

We must embed accountability mechanisms across the National Education Policy, ensuring gender equality as the backbone of the system