Education

See also:

• Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: Asia: India  (642)
• Regional: Asia: India: Education  (276)

All India Council For Technical Education - - Advisory and statuatory body, established for proper planning and co-ordinated development of technical education system through out the country.

Central Board of Secondary Education - - Describes the role of the board, examinations overseen, administrative setup.

Central Institute of Education Technology - - Has articles on contemporary education issues, satellite education TV channels, audio-video production, educational broadcasting in India.

Central Tibetan Schools Administration - - Controls and supervises education and training of Tibetan children in India and manages the Central Schools for Tibetans.

Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations - - Coordinates ICSE examinations in India. Details of faculties and database of schools.

Department of Education, Government of India - - Details on national education policies, schemes, scholarships, statistics, and also malpractice alerts.

Indian Institute of Advanced Study - - Set up by the ministry of education, Government of India. It is a residential centre for research in areas which have deep human significance, and provides an environment suitable for academic research.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan - - Running 850 schools in India, Moscow and Kathmandu, which are affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education.

National Council of Education Research and Training - - Provides advice and support for the improvement of school education.

National Council of Teacher Education - - The NCTE is a statutory body for regulating standards of teacher education in India. Gives a database of teacher education institutions in India, NCTE publications, norms and standards, and a forum called Teachers as Trasnsformers.

National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) - - Autonomous organisation in pursuance of National Policy on Education by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, providing vocational and community oriented education.

National University of Educational Planning and Administration - - Concerned with educational planning and administration in South Asia, specialising in policy, planning and management.

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti - - Describes the programs to set up this chain of schools in every district in the country.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan - - Details of the central government programme to ensure universal elementary education.

University Grants Commission - - Information on this body, its activities, details of all funded universities and colleges.

V. V. Giri National Labour Institute - - An autonomous organisation of Union Ministry of Labour, Government of India. Provides education, training, research, consultancy, publications and policy inputs in the field of Labour.