Education Minister of India 2023 | Objectives of Education Ministry

The Education Minister of India for the year 2023 is Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan. Formerly the Ministry of Education was called the Ministry of  Human Resource Development.

The National Education Policy has two departments

• Department for School Education and Literacy.
• Department for Higher Education.

Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan is a popular politician who works under the Indian Government and serves as a Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan has also worked as a Minister of steel and Minister of Natural and petroleum gases. He was also appointed as a cabinet minister in 2017. He was also elected to Rajya Sabha twice, once for Bihar and Once for Madhya Pradesh . The first Education Minister of Independent India was Abul Kalam Azad who used to serve as a senior leader in the Indian National Congress.

Objectives of Education Ministry
 

• The main aim of the Education ministry is to develop and prepare Education policy and programs.
• It also provides special facilities to backward people, the poor, females, and minority people.
• It also offers financial aid to poor students and provides them with various facilities such as loans, scholarships, subsidies, etc
• They also collaborate with international bodies, institutes, and universities which helps in growing academics
• They also work to improve the education sector and reach the poor-class village to enhance India"s educational possibilities.

Over the decades more than 30 education Minister has taken responsibility.

The names are