FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

            The following subjects are allocated to the Deptt. of EE&L, as per Second Schedule to the Govt. of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 read with Govt. of India (Allocation of Business) (Two Hundred and Forty –Third Amendment) Rules 1999:-

1.         Elementary Education

2.         Basic Education

3.         Bal Bhawan, Children's Museum.

4.         Social Education and Adult Education.

5.         Audio Visual Education with reference to entries in this list.

6.         Books (other than the books with which the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is concerned) and Book Development (excluding stationery paper and news print industries with which the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is concerned) with respect to the items in the list.

7.         Educational Research with respect to items in the list.

8.         Publications, information and statistics with reference to the items in the list.

9.         Teachers training with reference to the items in the list.

10.       National Council for Teacher Education

11.       Charities and Charitable Institutions, Charities and Religious Endowments pertaining to subjects dealt within this Department.