Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra)

Minister of School Education
**मंत्री शालेय शिक्षण विभाग**
Minister of School Education; मंत्री शालेय शिक्षण विभाग
	Chief Minister,; Chief Minister
Term length	5 years
Precursor	Varsha Gaikwad; (2019- 2022)
Inaugural holder	Shantilal Shah; (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Vacant, TBD; since 29 June 2022

Ministry of School Education,
Deepak Kesarkar
since 29 June 2022, Cabinet Minister
Deputy Minister responsible	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022, Minister of State;
Ministry executive	Vandana Krishn (IAS);
Parent department	Government of Maharashtra
Website	education.maharashtra.gov.in

The Ministry of School Education is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. It is responsible for designing and implementing education related policies in the state Maharashtra.

The Ministry is headed by a

Deepak Kesarkar^[1]

Head office

Cabinet Ministers

No.	Portrait	Minister (Constituency)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Minister (Constituency)	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Chief Minister
Minister of School Education
01		Satara District) (Legislative Assembly )	01 May 1960	07 March 1962	1 year, 310 days	Indian National Congress	Yashwantrao I	Yashwantrao Chavan
02		Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly )	08 March 1962	19 November 1962	256 days	Indian National Congress	Yashwantrao II	Yashwantrao Chavan
03		Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly )	20 November 1962	24 November 1963	1 year, 4 days	Indian National Congress	Kannamwar l	Marotrao Kannamwar
04		Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Assembly ) (Interim Chief Minister)	25 November 1962	04 December 1963	9 days	Indian National Congress	Sawant	Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant
05		Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari ( Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly )	05 December 1963	01 March 1967	3 years, 86 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao I	Vasantrao Naik
06		Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council )	01 March 1967	27 October 1969	2 years, 240 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao II
07		Nirmala Raje Bhosale ( Satara District) (Legislative Assembly )	27 October 1969	13 March 1972	2 years, 138 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao II
08		M. B. Popat ( Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly )	13 March 1972	04 April 1973	1 year, 32 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao III
09		Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly )	04 April 1973	17 Match 1974	347 days	Indian National Congress
10		Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council )	17 Match 1974	21 February 1975	341 days	Indian National Congress
11		Wardha District) (Legislative Assembly )	21 February 1975	16 April 1977	2 years, 54 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao I	Shankarrao Chavan
12		Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly )	17 April 1977	07 March 1978	1 year, 324 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada I	Vasantdada Patil
13		Baliram Waman Hiray ( Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly )	07 March 1978	18 July 1978	133 days	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Vasantdada II	Vasantdada Patil
14		Mumbai City District (Legislative Assembly )	18 July 1978	19 November 1979	1 year, 124 days	Indian Congress (Socialist)	Pawar I	Sharad Pawar
15		Arjunrao Kasture ( Buldana District) (Legislative Assembly )	19 November 1979	18 February 1980	91 days		Pawar I	Sharad Pawar
16		Baliram Waman Hiray ( Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly )	09 June 1980	21 January 1982	1 year, 226 days	Indian National Congress	Antulay	Abdul Rahman Antulay
17		Sharadchandrika Suresh Patil ( Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly )	21 January 1982	02 February 1983	1 year, 12 days	Indian National Congress	Bhosale	Babasaheb Bhosale
18		Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly )	07 February 1983	05 March 1985	2 years, 26 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada III	Vasantdada Patil
19		Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly )	12 March 1985	03 June 1985	83 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada IV	Vasantdada Patil
20		Ram Meghe (MLA for Daryapur Constituency No. 40- Amravati District) (Legislative Assembly)	03 June 1985	12 March 1986	282 days	Indian National Congress	Nilangekar	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
21		Ram Meghe (MLA for Daryapur Constituency No. 40- Amravati District) (Legislative Assembly)	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	2 years, 106 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao II	Shankarrao Chavan
22		Nanded District (Legislative Assembly )	26 June 1988	03 March 1990	1 year, 250 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar II	Sharad Pawar
23		Latur District) (Legislative Assembly )	03 March 1990	25 June 1991	1 year, 114 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar III	Sharad Pawar
24		Anantrao Thopate ( Pune District (Legislative Assembly )	25 June 1991	22 February 1993	1 year, 242 days	Indian National Congress	Sudhakarrao	Sudhakarrao Naik
25		Salim Zakaria ( Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly )	06 March 1993	18 November 1994	1 year, 257 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar IV	Sharad Pawar
26		Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council )	14 March 1995	01 February 1999	3 years, 324 days	Shiv Sena	Joshi	Manohar Joshi
27		Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly )	01 February 1999	11 May 1999	99 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Rane	Narayan Rane
28		Shobhatai Fadnavis (MLA for Saoli Constituency No. 82- Chandrapur district) (Legislative Assembly )	11 May 1999	17 October 1999	159 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Rane	Narayan Rane
29		Latur District) (Legislative Assembly ) (Chief Minister)	19 October 1999	27 October 1999	8 days	Indian National Congress	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
30		Pune District) (Legislative Assembly )	27 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 81 days	Indian National Congress	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
31		Nanded District) (Legislative Assembly )	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Indian National Congress	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
32		Latur District) (Legislative Assembly ) (Chief Minister)	01 November 2004	09 November 2004	8 days	Indian National Congress	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
33		Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly )	09 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 22 days	Indian National Congress	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
34		Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly )	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Indian National Congress	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
35		Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly )	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Indian National Congress	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
36		Rajendra Darda (MLA for Aurangabad East Constituency No. 109- Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar District Also Previously Known Aurangabad District (Legislative Assembly)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Indian National Congress	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
37		Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly )	31 October 2014	16 June 2019	4 years, 228 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
38		Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly )	16 June 2019	12 November 2019	149 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis I
39		Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly ) (Chief_Minister) In Charge	23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis II
40		Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly )	28 November 2019	30 December 2019	32 days	Indian National Congress	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
41		Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly )	30 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 181 days	Indian National Congress	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
42		Thane District) (Legislative Assembly ) (Chief Minister) In Charge	30 June 2022	14 August 2022	45 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
43		Sindhudurg District) (Legislative Assembly )	14 August 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 334 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Eknath	Eknath Shinde

List of ministers of state


No	Name (Constituency)		Term of office	Ministry
1	Amravati District )	PJP & SHS	30 December 2019 - 27 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	United Progressive Alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi SHS+NCP+INC	Uddhav Thackeray
2	Raigad District )	NCP	27 June 2022 - 29 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry		Uddhav Thackeray
3	NA	SHS Eknath group BJP	NA	Eknath Shinde Ministry	National Democratic Alliance Mahayuti BJP SHS Eknath group	Eknath Shinde

Departments

Various departs come under ministry of education.

Maharashtra Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research (MBTPCR)[2]
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
Minority and adult education
Maharashtra State Council of Education Research and Training (MSCERT)^[3]

Institute of Vocational Guidance
State Science Institute, Nagpur
State Education Technology Cell
State Institute of English Study
District Institute of Education & Training (DIET)

Maharashtra State Council of Examinations (MSCE)^[4]

References

^ ANI (2022-08-14). "Maha: Fadnavis bags key ministries as Shinde allocates portfolios". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
^ Swati Shinde (Nov 8, 2016). "Balbharati reduced to printing bureau | Pune News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
^ "Maharashtra State Council of Educational Research and Training". www.mscepune.in. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
^ "Maharashtra State Council of Examination". mscepune.in. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

External links

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[1] ANI (2022-08-14). "Maha: Fadnavis bags key ministries as Shinde allocates portfolios". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 2022-08-14.

[2] Swati Shinde (Nov 8, 2016). "Balbharati reduced to printing bureau | Pune News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

[3] "Maharashtra State Council of Educational Research and Training". www.mscepune.in. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

[4] "Maharashtra State Council of Examination". mscepune.in. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

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