Education in Uttarakhand
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. 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 Higher education Schools References