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13. Who is more powerful? The Minister of Education or the Secretary of the Directorate of
Education? Why? Explain the differences between the political executive and the permanent
executive,
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The Ministry of Education (MoE), formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development (1985–2020), is responsible for the implementation and formulation of the National Policy on Education approved by Union cabinet of India and to ensure that it is implemented in letter and spirit. Planned development, including expanding access and improving quality of the educational institutions throughout the country, including in the regions where people do not have easy access to education. The Ministry is further divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary, secondary and higher secondary education, adult education and literacy, and the Department of Higher Education, which deals with a university education, technical education, scholarship, etc.