Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education
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The Department of School Education and Literacy, under India’s Ministry of Education, is the central government body responsible for formulating and implementing policies and programs related to school education and adult literacy across the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11620043 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education Context triple: [National Institute of Open Schooling, parentOrganization, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education]
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A.
Department of School Education
The Department of School Education is an academic unit at Shiga University focused on training future educators and conducting research in pedagogy and educational practice.
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B.
Ministry of Education, Government of India
The Ministry of Education, Government of India is the central government body responsible for formulating and overseeing national policies, programs, and standards for school and higher education across the country.
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C.
Department of Secondary and Senior Secondary Education
The Department of Secondary and Senior Secondary Education is an academic and administrative unit of NCERT responsible for developing curricula, textbooks, and educational resources for middle, high, and higher secondary school levels in India.
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D.
Department of Education, Delhi
The Department of Education, Delhi is the governmental body responsible for formulating and implementing education policies, managing public schools, and overseeing educational standards in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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E.
Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education is Egypt’s governmental body responsible for overseeing and regulating the country’s pre-university education system and related policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education Target entity description: The Department of School Education and Literacy, under India’s Ministry of Education, is the central government body responsible for formulating and implementing policies and programs related to school education and adult literacy across the country.
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A.
Department of School Education
The Department of School Education is an academic unit at Shiga University focused on training future educators and conducting research in pedagogy and educational practice.
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B.
Ministry of Education, Government of India
The Ministry of Education, Government of India is the central government body responsible for formulating and overseeing national policies, programs, and standards for school and higher education across the country.
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C.
Department of Secondary and Senior Secondary Education
The Department of Secondary and Senior Secondary Education is an academic and administrative unit of NCERT responsible for developing curricula, textbooks, and educational resources for middle, high, and higher secondary school levels in India.
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D.
Department of Education, Delhi
The Department of Education, Delhi is the governmental body responsible for formulating and implementing education policies, managing public schools, and overseeing educational standards in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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E.
Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education is Egypt’s governmental body responsible for overseeing and regulating the country’s pre-university education system and related policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian central government agency
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government department ⓘ |
| coordinates | implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| focusArea |
adult literacy
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elementary education ⓘ school education ⓘ secondary education ⓘ teacher education (school level) ⓘ |
| headOfDepartmentTitle | Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implements |
central sector schemes in school education
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centrally sponsored schemes in school education ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Government of India
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Republic of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mandate |
coordination with state governments on school education
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formulation of national policies on school education ⓘ promotion of literacy and adult education ⓘ universalisation of elementary education ⓘ |
| overseesProgramme |
Adult Education and Lifelong Learning initiatives
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Mid-Day Meal Scheme NERFINISHED ⓘ National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme NERFINISHED ⓘ National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education NERFINISHED ⓘ Samagra Shiksha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Education (India) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policyDomain |
Right to Education
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curriculum and pedagogy (school level) ⓘ literacy and adult education ⓘ school infrastructure development ⓘ teacher training and capacity building ⓘ |
| policyObjective |
enhancement of learning outcomes
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equity in school education ⓘ improvement of access to school education ⓘ improvement of quality of school education ⓘ promotion of inclusive education ⓘ reduction of dropout rates in schools ⓘ reduction of illiteracy ⓘ universal enrolment in elementary education ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
adult literacy policy in India
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adult literacy programmes in India ⓘ implementation of school education programmes in India ⓘ school education policy in India ⓘ |
| sector | education ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Union Cabinet of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.education.gov.in ⓘ |
| worksWith |
autonomous education bodies under Ministry of Education (India)
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international organizations in education sector ⓘ state education departments in India ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education Description of subject: The Department of School Education and Literacy, under India’s Ministry of Education, is the central government body responsible for formulating and implementing policies and programs related to school education and adult literacy across the country.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
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parentOrganization
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Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education
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subject surface form:
National Institute of Open Schooling