MHRD Turns ‘Ministry of Education’
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President
of India, Ram Nath Kovind, has on August 18, 2020, gave his approval to change the name of
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Ministry of HRD has been
officially renamed the - Ministry of Education (MoE).
The name change was done based on the
recommendations of the draft New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which was
prepared by a panel of experts led by former Indian Space Research Organization
(ISRO) Chief K Kasturirangan. A gazette notification was also published
regarding the Ministry of Education. The Union Education Minister, Dr Ramesh
Pokhriyal Nishank, tweeted, “HRD Ministry will henceforth be called as Shiksha
Mantralaya/Education Ministry”. According to the gazette notification issued by
the Cabinet Secretariat on August 14, "Ministry of Human Resource
Development (Manav Sansadhan Vikas Mantralaya), the heading - Ministry of
Education (Shiksha Mantralaya), shall be substituted”.
Earlier, the Union Cabinet approved the
Draft National Education Policy 2020 and the name-change on the same day, i.e.,
July 29. MHRD's official website and social media pages of education minister
changed to the Ministry of Education on August 4, 2020. President Ram Nath
Kovind gave assent to change of name on August 14, 2020. The URL of MHRD was
not yet changed. People can continue to reach the website - mhrd.gov.in.
In 1985, the Ministry of Education
renamed as the HRD Ministry during the tenure of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The NEP was introduced and changed the name to MHRD in 1992.
