Education in Uttarakhand Primary languages Hindi , English System type Federal, state, private Established Compulsory education 1 April 2010 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.
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Main building of
The Doon School
In Uttarakhand there are 15,331 primary schools with 1,040,139 students and 22,118 working teachers (Year 2011). As per Census 2011 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.
Sumitranandan Pant museum, Kausani
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
Forest Research Institute ,
Dehradun , distant view.
Higher education [ ]
Schools [ ]
Main article: List of schools in India § Uttarakhand
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