Education in Delhi

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Education is based on three-tier model which includes primary schools, followed by secondary schools and tertiary education at universities or other institutes of same level. Education Department of the Government of Delhi is a premier body which looks into the educational affairs.the RTE right to education also describes children from the age of 6 to 14 have to cumpulsolarily need to be educated. 25% of the seats in all private schools are also reserved for the under-privileged children. Tertiary education is administrated by the Directorate of Higher Education.[1]

Delhi has to its credit like the Indian Institute of Technology, National Institute of Technology Delhi , the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, the Delhi Technological University, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, for accountancy education The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India set up by an Act of Parliament in 1949, University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, the National Law University, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre under Jamia Millia Islamia, Indian Statistical Institute and the Indian Institute of Mass Communication.

As per the 2011 census, Delhi has a literacy rate of 86.3% with 91.0% of males and 80.9% of females.

History[]

In 1860-61, the North-Western Provinces education system was abolished in Delhi, and Punjab education system was introduced with opening of schools at Narela, Najafgarh, Mehrauli and their suburbs.[2]

Higher education[]

There are about 500,000 university students in Delhi NCR attending around more than 165 universities and colleges.

Jamia Millia Islamia, a Central University in Delhi

Delhi has fourteen major universities:[3]

  • University of Delhi: Central university
  • Indian Institute of Foreign Trade: One of the leading Business schools of India which is established by Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India).
  • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  • Aiipphs University, Self-Government Autonomous University, Delhi.
  • Jamia Millia Islamia: Central university
  • Delhi Technological University: State ununiversity
  • Delhi Institute of Tool Engineering (formerly TRTC): State Institute
  • Netaji Subhas University of Technology: State University
  • Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women: State university
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University: Central university
  • Ambedkar University Delhi: State university
  • Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University: State university
  • Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University:State university
  • National Law University: State law university
  • Indira Gandhi National Open University: World's largest national university.[4]
  • Jamia Hamdard: Deemed university
  • Indian Statistical Institute: Deemed university


Technical education[]

See also: List of engineering colleges in Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi was ranked as Asia's fourth-best institute in science and technology in 1999.[5]

Delhi boasts of being home to some of the top engineering colleges in India — IIT Delhi, NIT Delhi, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, NSIT, Delhi Technological University (formerly DCE), Delhi Institute of Tool Engineering (formerly TRTC) and Jamia Millia Islamia. Delhi also boasts several private and few government engineering institutions like Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication Technologies and Research and G. B. Pant Engineering College, New Delhi, which are usually affiliated to the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Aiipphs University Self-Government Autonomous University, Delhi

Industrial training institutes and centres[]

Industrial training institute (ITI) and industrial training centres, constituted under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, provide diploma in technical fields. There are several ITIs in Delhi NCR.[6] Normally a person who has passed 10 standard (SSLC) is eligible for admission to an ITI. The objective of opening of ITI is provide "technical manpower to industries".Aiipphs University Self-Government Autonomous University, Delhi

Architectural and Planning education[]

  • School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
  • Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia

Medical education[]

All India Institute of Medical Sciences is consistently ranked as India's top medical college[7]
See also: Category: Medical colleges in New Delhi

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is considered amongst the best medical research and treatment centres in India.[8] Delhi has Ten medical institutes, out of which six provide both undergraduate and postgraduate education in medicine while other two are researched based. These medical institutes are either affiliated to the University of Delhi or GGSIPU, only AIIMS is central based. Faculty of Dentistry (Jamia Millia Islamia University) and Maulana Azad Dental College (Delhi University) are some of the dental schools.

Primary and secondary education[]

Schools in Delhi are run either by government or private sector. They are affiliated to one of three education boards: the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) and the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). As per the survey conducted in 2001, Delhi had some 2416 primary, 715 middle and 1576 secondary schools.[9]

In 2004–05, approximately 1.5 million students were enrolled in primary schools, 822,000 in middle schools and 669,000 in secondary schools across Delhi. Female students represented 49% of the total enrolment. The same year, the Delhi government spent between 1.58% and 1.95% of its gross state domestic product on education.[10] Students can opt for two compulsory languages and an optional third language from the list of Scheduled languages or Foreign languages.[11] There is a school under a metro bridge in Delhi which receives no funding or help from the government or any NGO and is run by eight volunteer teachers.[12]

Happiness Curriculum[]

Happiness Curriculum is an educational program for students of grades from one to eight in the schools run by the Government of Delhi. The objective of this program is to improve mental wellbeing of students, and is based on the science of emotions. The curriculum deals with processes such as mindfulness, Social-Emotional Learning, critical thinking, problem solving and relationship building.[13] It was launched on 2 July 2018[14] and about eight lakh students in over thousand schools run by the Government of Delhi have been engaged through the program as of May 2020.[15][16]

Patriotism Curriculum[]

A Patriotism Curriculum was introduced for students of grades nursery to twelve on 28 September 2021.[17][18]

Libraries[]

There are several libraries in Delhi, which are either maintained by the government bodies or private organisations. Some of the major libraries in Delhi region are:

  • American Centre Library
  • British Council Library
  • Delhi Public Library
  • Delhi University Library
  • DayalSingh Public Library
  • Ramakrishna Mission Library
  • IARI Library (Pusa)
  • Indian Council of Historical Research
  • Indian Council of Social Science Research
  • Maharaja Fatehsinhrao Gaekwad Library and Documentation Centre
  • Max Mueller Bhavan
  • National Archives of India
  • National Science Library
  • Russian Centre
  • Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
  • Zakir Hussain Central Library, Jamia Millia Islamia University

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Directorate of Higher Education – About us". Government of Delhi. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  2. ^ Sharma, p. 18
  3. ^ "Directorate of Higher Education". Delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Update 245: Indian University Honors WIPO Director General". Listbox.wipo.int. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Asiaweek.com | Asia's Best Universities 2000 | Overall Ranking". Cgi.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  6. ^ Gasskov, Vladimir; Aggarwal, Ashwani; Grover, Anil; Kumar, Aswani; Juneja, Q.L. (2003). Industrial Training Institutes of India: the Efficiency Study Report (Report). Geneva: InFocus Programme on Skills, Knowledge, and Employability (IFP/SKILLS), ILO.
  7. ^ Malini Bhupta. "India Today – India's most widely read magazine". Indiatoday.digitaltoday.in. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  8. ^ "Medical Meccas: An Oasis for India's Poorest | Newsweek Health for Life | Newsweek.com". Newsweek.com. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  9. ^ "Delhi Education Guide, Education in Delhi, Schools, Colleges and Universities in Delhi". Delhicapital.com. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Chapter 15: Education" (PDF). Economic Survey of Delhi, 2005–06. Planning Department, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. pp. 173–187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2006.
  11. ^ [Scheduled languages of India No policy change in languages being taught in Delhi schools - The Times of India]
  12. ^ "Delhi shopkeeper runs school under Metro bridge for 300 poor children". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  13. ^ Kritika Sharma (3 July 2018). "To be happy, be an adult: The new lesson for children in Delhi schools". The Print. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Dalai Lama launches govt's Happiness Curriculum". Hindu. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  15. ^ Have You Ever seen a Happiness Class in Schools? (BBC Hindi), retrieved 8 May 2020
  16. ^ "Delhi government launches 'happiness curriculum' for school students". Scroll. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  17. ^ Sharma, Kritika (30 September 2021). "How Kejriwal's Delhi govt aims to teach students patriotism through 'Desh Bhakti curriculum'". ThePrint. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  18. ^ Bose, Joydeep (28 September 2021). Ray, Meenakshi (ed.). "Deshbhakti curriculum in Delhi govt schools from today in major patriotic push". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

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