Initiatives in schOOl educatiOn The core of Human Resource Development is education, which plays a significant and supportive role in balancing the socio-economic fabric of the country. For achieving better quality of life, an all-round development of our children to become good citizens is required. This can be achieved by building strong foundations in education. In pursuance of this mission, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) works through two departments: Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSE&L) Department of Higher Education While the Department of School Education and Literacy is responsible for the development of school education in the country, the Department of Higher Education takes care of one of the largest higher education systems of the world, just after the United States and China. . MHRD has been working in collaboration with its organisations such as National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), National Insti...