Education in Gujarat
Gujarat known for its industrial prowess is making strides in education as well.
Gujarat, a land of legendary personalities has a literacy rate of 79.31. As per the report on Biotechnology at the “vibrant Gujarat” summit, at least 11 universities, 70 colleges and 80 institutions are engaged in research in different areas of Biotechnology in the state. In last 3 years, some 175 faculty members have been active in biotechnology research with an outcome of around 3000 publications and 30 patents.
School Education in Gujarat- Majority of schools in Gujarat are recognized by Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board followed by CBSE, ICSE and IB. There are 9845 state board schools, 7 IB schools, 33 ICSE schools and 318 CBSE schools. Concern lies, that Gujarat has only 65.38 percent rate of total passed students in 10th standard which does not amount to be a good performance ad compared to other states but under 12th standard performance, Gujarat has a passing percentage of 89.07
Higher Education in Gujarat- Gujarat has 51 universities including 3 Institutes of National Importance, 1 Central University, 24 State Universities, 2 deemed universities and 21 state private universities. In professional education, the state has 89 engineering institutes with an intake capacity of 32,705 candidates annually and in management education it has 99 colleges with an intake capacity of 12,000, the eighth largest Management intake in the country. Indian Institute of Management, situated in Ahmedabad is already a role model for other management institutes in Gujarat. From 2001 to 2015, Gujarat opened 21 new state private universities with majorly universities situated at Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.
In addition to orthodox courses, Gujarat also has Discipline-specific institutions. 9 such institutions like Lakulish Yoga University for Yoga education, Calrox Teacher’s University & Indian Institute of Teacher Education for teaching courses like B.Ed and M.Ed, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University (CEPT) for Architecture and Design courses, Gujarat Forensic Science University for forensic education, National Law University for law, Swarnim Gujarat Sports University, Gujarat Ayurved University, Shree Somnath Sanskrit University.
