Education in Assam

The state is the major centre for the education in the north eastern part of the country.

Assam has a number of schools which are classified as pre primary, primary, middle and higher secondary schools.

Total no of colleges in Assam :

some well known institutes in the field of higher education like IIT (Hyderabad), IIIT (Hyderabad), NIT (Warangal), ICFAI University (Hyderabad), NALSAR University of Law (Hyderabad), Indian School of Business (Hyderabad), JNTU (Hyderabad), Hyderabad Central University among others.

The Department of Elementary Education controls the primary schools in the state. However, some schools are affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The state government has implemented the policy of free and compulsory education for all the students who are below 14 years.

The medium of instruction in the schools of the state is Assamese. However, the schools which are affiliated to CBSE have English as the medium of instruction. Assam Government Provides for scholarships meritorious students from the state belonging to the tea-tribe communities, the scheduled tribes, the scheduled castes, other backward classes, other communities that reside in border areas to worth Rs. 2000 to around two lakh.

The state has several premier educational institutes like Indian Institute of Technology (Guwahati), National Institute of Technology (Silchar), Tezpur University, Assam Agricultural University, etc.

Assam has the literacy rate of 73.2 % as per the census of 2011.