Talking about the policy initiatives, Sibal said the ministry was formulating a 'brain gain' policy to attract talent from across the world to the existing and new institutions for teaching. 'Quality teachers is a national problem now,' he said.

He also spoke about bringing in a central madrassa board where Muslim students can be given better teaching 'without interfering with their theological teachings' to make them more competitive in the job market.

Sibal said his ministry had promised to sanction 100 women's hostel within the first 100 days. 'Now we have sanctioned 150 women hostels in higher educational institutions. We have sanctioned Rs.43 crore for this so far.'

'We have fulfilled the 100-day agenda by 100 percent,' a confident Sibal told reporters.

He also said that the ministry was working on the National Curriculum Framework and Teachers Education. 'Very soon the altered framework will be ready.'

Sibal said his efforts about the CBSE Class 10 boards are well known and, as promised, a literacy mission for women has been set up. The Rs.65 billion mission was launched by the prime minister Sep 8.

'We are looking forward to implement the Right to Education in the coming academic session.'

Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Sibal said, his ministry reached out to 190 million students across the country. This financial year, the ministry has distributed Rs.4,919 crore till Aug 31. In 2009-10, the flagship programme has an outlay of Rs.131 billion.