Education in Delhi is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions. The city's public school system, the Delhi Directorate of Education, is one of the largest in Indian cities, and Delhi is home to some of the most important libraries, universities, and research centers in the South Asia. The NCT region is particularly known as a center for research in technology and the information technology in India. 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.[1]
Education Department of NCT Delhi Government 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. Arvinder Singh Lovely is the current minister of education of Delhi.[2]
Delhi has to its credit some of the premier institutions like the Indian Institute of Technology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the National Institute of Fashion Technology and the Indian Institute of Mass Communication.
As per the 2011 census, Delhi has a literacy rate of :86.3% with 91.0% of males and 80.9% of females in Delhi being literate.[3]
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In 1860-61, the North-Western Provinces education system was abolished in Delhi, and Punjab education system was introduced with opening of schools at Narela, Najafgarh, Mehrauli and their suburbs. [4]
There are about 500,000 university students in NCT Delhi attending around more than 165 universities and colleges. Most of the students come from different states of India to pursue better quality of education with modern facilities. Delhi has seven major universities:[5]
Beside that Delhi has nine other deemed universities.
Delhi boasts of being home to 3 of the top 10 engineering colleges in India — IIT Delhi, NSIT (formerly DIT) and DTU (formerly DCE). It also includes USIT (GGSIPU), which one of the most growing technical institutions in India. Beside these, Delhi has several private and government engineering institutions, which are usually affiliated to GGSIPU.
Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) and Industrial Training Centres provide training in technical field and constituted under Ministry of Labour, Union Government of India. They are several ITIs in Delhi region; a few are even best among whole nation.[8] Normally a person who has passed 10 standard (SSLC) is eligible for admission to an ITI. The objective of opening of ITI is provide technical manpower to industries.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a global leader in medical research and treatment.[10] Delhi has eight medical institutes, out of which six provide both undergraduate and postgraduate education in medicine while other two are basically researched based. These medical institutes are either affiliated to DU or GGSIPU, only AIIMS is central based.
Private schools in Delhi—which employ either English or Hindi as the language of instruction—are affiliated to one of three administering bodies: the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) and the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
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.[1]
In 2004–05, approximately 15.29 lakh (1.529 million) students were enrolled in primary schools, 8.22 lakh (0.822 million) in middle schools and 6.69 lakh (0.669 million) in secondary schools across Delhi. Female students represented 49% of the total enrollment. The same year, the Delhi government spent between 1.58% and 1.95% of its gross state domestic product on education.[11] After completing the ten-year secondary phase of their education under the 10+2+3/4 plan, students typically spend the next two years either in junior colleges or in schools with senior secondary facilities, during which their studies become more focused. They select a stream of study—liberal arts, commerce, science, or, less commonly, vocational. Upon completion, those who choose to continue, either study for a three-year undergraduate degree at a college, or a professional degree in law, engineering, or medicine.
There are several libraries in Delhi, which are either in control of government bodies or private institutions and organizations. Major libraries in Delhi region are:-