The National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA), an autonomous wing of Ministry of Human Resource Development is a nodal agency for overall planning and management and funding of Adult Education Programmes and institutions. Information is given about the General Council, Executive Committee and Grants in Aid Committee etc.

Access to citizen’s charter of Department of School Education and Literacy and Department of School Education and Literacy of Ministry of Human Resource Development is available. Users can get information on department, its mission, vision, programmes, schemes, main services, stake holders, responsibility centres, etc.

The scheme seeks to bring about qualitative improvement in Madrasas to enable Muslim children attain standards of the national education system in formal education subjects. The objective of the Scheme is to encourage traditional institutions like Madrasas and Maktabs by giving financial assistance to introduce science, mathematics, social studies, Hindi and English in their curriculum so that academic proficiency for classes I-XII is...

The Scheme of Restructuring and Re-organisation of Teacher Education aims to create a sound institutional infrastructure for pre-service and in-service training of elementary and secondary school teachers and for provision of academic resource support to elementary and secondary schools. You can find detailed information related to this scheme, its objectives, target group, benefits, assistance, etc.

The regulatory functions with regard to Distance Education programmes in higher education have now been vested with the University Grants Commission. The Distance Education Council which was the erstwhile regulator of Distance Education programmes, has been dissolved and all regulatory functions are being undertaken by the UGC.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan aims to provide for a variety of interventions for universal access and retention, bridging of gender and social category gaps in elementary education and improving the quality of learning. The programme seeks to open new schools in those habitations which do not have schooling facilities and strengthen existing school infrastructure through provision of additional class rooms, toilets, drinking water, maintenance grant...

Mahila Samakhya Programme was launched for the education and empowerment of women in rural areas. Users can get information about Mahila Samakhya Programme like funding pattern, genesis, expansion & coverage and plan document. Details of women mobilisation and programme agendas and role of the National Resource Group of Mahila Samakhya are provided. Information about National Evaluation - Executive Summary in different states are also...