Gujarat as an Education Destination

Updated on: Apr 17, 2013

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Educational Facts & Figures of Gujarat

The Central Government with the help of the State Governments has been emphasizing on the universalisation of elementary education in the country since Indias independence. States like Gujarat have participated actively in the race to make the task more convenient and faster. Gujarat has set its goals on educating each and every citizen of the state and also to strengthen the education status of the state.

The state follows a uniform structure of school education i.e. the 10+2 system which has also been adopted by other states and union territories of India. The high school stage comprises of class VIII to X and higher secondary stage comprises of class XI-XII. The secondary education plays a vital role in a students academic career as it is the appropriate time for the student to decide upon his/her career.

Programmes like the District Primary Education Programme have made primary education compulsory and free for all. Schools in the state are affiliated with the Gujarat state secondary and higher secondary board. However, some schools are also affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) or the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE) boards.

Gujarat houses some of the best higher education institutions in the country namely the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Nirma Institue of Technology and Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication Technology which are also known worldwide for their quality education and research. There are several outstanding research institutes viz. Institute for Plasma Research, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL). The state has a total number of 15 universities including deemed universities and institutes of national importance.

Administration Structure

Gujarat State Ministry	Departments Allocated	Block/Floor	Office /Intercom	Res.
Smt. Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel Email: [email protected]	Education (school, higher and adult)	1/2	23223080 23238073 23250149	23220132 23232441
Shri Bhupendra Lakhawala	Education(primary)	2/5	23250195 23250197 23250199

Growth Of Recognised Educational Institutions From 1950-51 To 2001-2002

Years	Primary Schools	Upper Primary Schools	High/Hr. Sec/ Inter /Pre. Jr. Colleges	Colleges for General Education	Colleges for Professional Education (Engg., Tech., Arch., Medical & Education colleges)	Universities/ Deemed Univ../ Instt. of National Importance
1950-51	209671	13596	7416	370	208	27
1955-56	278135	21730	10838	466	218	31
1960-61	330399	49663	17329	967	852	45
1965-66	391064	75798	27614	1536	770	64
1970-71	408378	90621	37051	2285	992	82
1975-76	454270	106571	43054	3667	** 3276	101
1980-81	494503	118555	51573	3421	** 3542	110
1985-86	528872	134846	65837	4067	** 1533	126
1990-91	560935	151456	79796	4862	886	184
1991-92	566744	155926	82576	5058	950	196
1992-93	571248	158498	84608	5334	989	207
1993-94	570455	162804	89226	5639	1125	213
1994-95	586810	168772	94946	6089	1230	219
1995-96	593410	174145	99274	6569	1354	226
1996-97	603646	180293	103241	6759	1770	228
1997-98	619222	185961	107140	7199	2075	229
1998-99*	626737	190166	112438	7494	2113	237
1999-2000*	641695	198004	116820	7782	2124	244
2000-2001*	638738	206269	126047	7929	2223	254
2001-2002*	664041	219626	133492	8737	2409	272

The following tables give the latest figures of primary schools, upper primary schools and area-wise distribution of schools in Gujarat.

Percentage of Primary Schools Under Different Management

Year	Govt.	Local Body(LB)	Govt. + LB	Private Aided	Private Un-aided
1973-74	50.88	42.47	93.34	5.01	1.64
1978-79	38.96	55.03	93.99	4.42	1.59
1986-87	41.37	51.71	93.08	4.34	2.57
1993-94	44.63	47.47	92.10	3.78	4.12
1996-97	47.78	43.88	91.66	3.34	5.00
2001-02*	47.45	43.47	90.92	3.07	6.01

Percentage of Upper Primary Schools Under Different Managements

Year	Govt.	Local Body(LB)	Govt. + LB	Private Aided	Private Un-aided
1973-74	50.71	26.86	77.57	17.75	4.67
1978-79	40.31	38.13	78.44	16.90	4.66
1986-87	42.79	32.33	75.12	16.30	8.58
1993-94	45.94	33.51	79.45	9.53	11.02
1996-97	46.41	29.13	75.54	10.25	14.20
2001-02*	47.36	29.05	76.41	7.81	15.77

Percentage of High/Higher Secondary Schools Under Different Managements

Year	Govt.	Local Body(LB)	Govt. + LB	Private Aided	Private Un-aided
1973-74	26.54	10.85	37.39	57.02	5.59
1978-79	30.44	8.71	39.15	57.30	3.55
1986-87	37.49	7.73	45.22	44.79	9.99
1993-94	37.76	9.29	47.05	37.78	15.17
1996-97	38.96	6.74	45.70	36.20	18.10
2001-02*	36.16	6.29	42.45	33.99	23.56

Area-wise Primary Schools

No	District	Rural area	Urban area	Total
1	Ahmedabad	1243	1163	2406
2	Amreli	806	172	978
3	Anand	1040	174	1214
4	Banaskantha	1972	222	2194
5	Bharuch	1086	145	1231
6	Bhavnagar	1057	294	1351
7	Dahod	1929	139	2068
8	Dang	409	14	423
9	Gandhinagar	432	263	695
10	Jamnagar	953	330	1283
11	Junagadh	1294	443	1737
12	Kheda	1671	170	1841
13	Kutch	1351	232	1583
14	Mehsana	865	295	1160
15	Narmada	743	31	774
16	Navsari	730	91	821
17	Panchmahal	2066	292	2358
18	Patan	832	94	926
19	Porbandar	259	80	339
20	Rajkot	1451	481	1932
21	Sabarkantha	2423	257	2680
22	Surat	1885	717	2602
23	Surendranagar	926	185	1111
24	Vadodara	2069	639	2708
25	Valsad	1003	83	1086
	Total	30495	7006	37501

Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools

Sr.	District	Secondary			Higher Secondary			Total
Sr.	District	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
1	Ahmedabad	433	29	462	329	29	358	762	58	820
2	Amreli	120	6	126	32	13	45	152	19	171
3	Anand	156	12	168	71	7	78	227	19	246
4	Banaskantha	126	4	130	44	9	53	170	13	183
5	Bharuch	227	6	233	78	7	85	305	13	318
6	Bhavnagar	155	9	164	76	7	83	231	16	247
7	Dahod	175	12	187	35	19	54	210	31	241
8	Dang	320	15	335	89	11	100	409	26	435
9	Gandhinagar	18	1	19	3	1	4	21	2	23
10	Jamnagar	139	12	151	61	4	65	200	16	216
11	Junagadh	40	1	41	17	1	18	57	2	59
12	Kheda	60	3	63	68	7	75	128	10	138
13	Kutch	153	9	162	52	4	56	205	13	218
14	Mehsana	36	4	40	13	4	17	49	8	57
15	Narmada	293	12	305	108	2	110	401	14	415
16	Navsari	186	13	199	68	8	76	254	21	275
17	Panchmahal	138	4	142	50	1	51	188	5	193
18	Patan	168	8	176	63	13	76	231	21	252
19	Porbandar	278	21	299	114	9	123	392	30	422
20	Rajkot	394	18	412	101	44	145	495	62	557
21	Sabarkantha	217	8	225	173	9	182	390	17	407
22	Surat	95	1	96	42	2	44	137	3	140
23	Surendranagar	307	16	323	215	13	228	522	29	551
24	Vadodara	328	21	349	172	22	194	500	43	543
25	Valsad	135	8	143	30	8	38	165	16	181
	Total	4697	253	4950	2104	254	2358	6801	507	7308

Census Year	Crude Literacy Rates			Change in percent points
Census Year	Persons	Male	Female	Persons	Male	Female
1901	5.35	9.83	0.60	-	-	-
1911	5.92	10.56	1.05	0.57	0.73	0.45
1921	7.16	12.21	1.81	1.24	1.65	0.76
1931	9.50	15.59	2.93	2.34	3.38	1.12
1941	16.10	24.90	7.30	6.60	9.31	4.37
1951	16.67	24.95	7.93	0.57	0.05	0.63
1961	24.02	34.44	12.95	7.35	9.49	5.02
1971	29.45	39.45	18.69	5.43	5.01	5.74
1981	36.23	46.89	24.82	6.78	7.44	6.13
1991	42.84	52.74	32.17	6.61	5.85	7.35
2001	55.30	64.13	45.84	12.46	11.39	13.67