Education in Delhi

Educational Facilities in Delhi
Education in Delhi has seen a tremendous growth over the last few years with new colleges and research institutes being established in Delhi. Delhi has always been the education hub of India with the track record of producing great talents. Delhi has universities, colleges, schools that compete with the top in the country. The quality education imparted among the youth has resulted in better and efficient work force with great minds working forth towards making a rising economy of Delhi. These educational institutes provide a building block for nation's development. Several educationalists have praised the quality of education in Delhi. Delhi offers good educational facilities for primary, secondary and higher education. Delhi is fast developing as a technical education hub of India which is quite vivid from the number of engineering and management institutes in Delhi that have emerged in the span of five years. University of Delhi and JNU have always attracted research scholars from all parts of the world. Delhi offers hostels and accommodation facilities to foreign students who come for research and other educational purposes.

NCT (National Capital Territory of Delhi) is the governing body which looks into the educational affairs in the city.

There are some other private bodies that run educational institutes abiding by the norms and permission of the government. As per the survey conducted in 2001, Delhi had some 2416 primary, 715 middle and 1576 secondary schools. Well, the higher and technical education in Delhi comprises of 131 colleges, which includes 5 medical colleges, 8 engineering colleges. Delhi has five universities, seven deemed universities and one Open University.

Literacy rate in Delhi is 81.2%. English is the common medium of study in private schools whereas government schools still favor Hindi as the study medium. There are governing bodies of the government that control the curriculum and examination of schools in Delhi. Schools in Delhi are affiliated to either Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) or Indian Council of Certificate Examinations (ICSE) boards.

We at Delhicapital.com have made sure that our visitors are presented with up to date information on the education scenario of Delhi. We have enlisted major schools, colleges and technical institutes in Delhi. These include management institutes, engineering colleges, medical institutes and other mainstream colleges pertaining to technical education.

The Government of Delhi has a decent share in the education system. At present there are 28 Delhi government colleges. Out of these, 12 are cent percent funded by the government of Delhi and the rest 16 are under the blessings of UGC and Delhi government on sharing basis of 95:5 on approved recurring expenditure and 50:50 for non-recurring expenditure.