Education in Uttarakhand

Education in Uttarakhand
Department of Education
General details
Primary languages	Hindi, English
System type	Federal, state, private
Established; Compulsory education	1 April 2010
Literacy (2011)
Total	78.82%
Male	87.40%
Female	70.01%

Education in Uttarakhand is provided by various public and private institutions. Uttarakhand had a long tradition of learning and culture.

Detail

In Uttarakhand there are 15,331 primary schools with 1,040,139 students and 22,118 working teachers (Year 2011). As per 2011 Census of India, the literacy rate of the state was 78.82% with 87.40% literacy for males and 70.01% literacy for females.^[1] The language of instruction in the schools is either English or Hindi.

There are mainly government and private schools and institutions including primary schools, high schools, inter college, degree colleges and technical institutions. The main school affiliations are CBSE, CISCE or the State Government syllabus defined by the Department of Education of the Government of Uttarakhand.

Notable schools and Institutions

There are many notable schools and institutions in Uttarakhand.

The Doon School Dehradun
Sherwood College, Nainital
The Woodstock School Mussoorie
Oak Grove School (Mussoorie, Uttarakhand), Mussoorie
St George's College, Mussoorie
Colonel Brown Cambridge School Dehradun
Convent of Jesus and Mary, Waverley, Mussoorie
Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie
St Joseph's College, Nainital
Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital
Welham Girls' School, Dehradun
Welham Boys' School, Dehradun
St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun
Sainik School, Ghorakhal
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun
Wildlife Institute of India Dehradun
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun
Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun

Higher education

Schools

References

^ "Literacy rate in Uttarakhand". uk.gov.in.

[1] "Literacy rate in Uttarakhand". uk.gov.in.

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v t e Universities in Uttarakhand
Central universities	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
State universities	Doon University G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology H.N.B. Uttarakhand Medical Education University Kumaun University Soban Singh Jeena University S.D.S. Uttarakhand University Uttarakhand Ayurved University Uttarakhand Open University Uttarakhand Residential University Uttarakhand Sanskrit University Uttarakhand Technical University V.C.S.G. Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry
Private universities	Bhagwant Global University DIT University Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya Graphic Era Hill University ICFAI University, Dehradun IMS Unison University Jigyasa University Maharaja Agrasen Himalayan Garhwal University Motherhood University Quantum University Ras Bihari Bose Subharti University Shri Guru Ram Rai University Swami Rama Himalayan University University of Patanjali University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Uttaranchal University
Deemed universities	Forest Research Institute Graphic Era Gurukul Kangri University