Govt Commissionerate of Higher Education Gujarat Jobs 2025 - Sarkari Naukri

On formation of Gujarat State on 1st May, 1960, a department named Education and Labour Department came into existence.

Social welfare, labour, prohibition, excise and employment were included in Education Department. Later subjects were gradually taken away from Education and Labour Department on administrative grounds.

Since August, 1976 Education department came into existence as separate secretariat department, which looks after education including primary education, continuous education, literacy education, secondary education, higher education, technical education, pharmacy education

Office of the Commissioner Higher Education is responsible for executing policy initiatives, regulating & funding higher education system of the State, in a network of universities, affiliated colleges and research institutions.