education plays a significant and remedial role in balancing the socio-economic fabric of the country. since citizens of india are its most valuable resource, our billion-strong nation needs the nurture and care in the form of basic education to achieve a better quality of life. this warrants an all-round development of our citizens, which can be achieved by building strong foundations in education. in pursuance of this mission, the ministry of education (moe) was created on september 26, 1985, through the 174th amendment to the government of india (allocation of business) rules, 1961. currently, the moe works through two departments: 1)department of school education & literacy 2) department of higher education