Statutory Education Bodies in India

The Department of Education, one of the four constituent departments of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, is under the overall charge of the Minister of Human Resource Development who is assisted by a Minister of State. The Secretariat of the Department is headed by a Secretary, who is also assisted by an Additional Secretary. The Department is organised into Bureaux, Divisions, Branches, Desks, Sections and Units. Each Bureau is under the charge of a Joint Secretary/ Joint Educational Adviser assisted by divisional heads.

Bar Council of India (BCI)

Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR)

Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

Distance Education Council (DEC)

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)

The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)

University Grants Commission (UGC)