New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- US President Donald Trump's administration is taking further steps to dismantle the Department of Education, shifting its functions to other federal departments.

Before signing an executive order in March 2025, Trump said that the administration is going to be returning education, very simply - back to the states where it belongs

This decision has sparked opposition from Democrats who argue it harms students, terming it as an assault on public school education.

US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon stated that the administration is taking bold action to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states.

The functions that the department currently performs would go to the Labor, State...