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Education in Jammu & Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is the only state where education is free up to university stage. Seasonal schools have been opened for people in the hilly areas and for the scheduled castes. Yet the state is educationally backward. Against the national literacy rate of 75.96% for males and 54.28% for females, the state has a literacy figure of only 65.74% for males and 41.82% for females respectively. On the technical education side, there are two regional engineering colleges in the state. In addition, there are four polytechnics to impart vocational training. District institutes of education have been opened in all the districts of the state to provide extensive and intensive training to the teachers.
| Category | Total Number | Affiliation | Total Enrolment | Number of Teachers | Teacher-Student Ratio | | Pre-Primary School | - | - | 38278 | - | - | | Primary School | 10483 | - | 893005 | 22113 | 30 | | Elementary School | 3104 | - | 405698 | 23362 | 22 | | Secondary School | 1114 | - | 164969 | 17847 | 17 | | Senior Secondary School | 237 | - | 62736 | 6175 | 16 | | Pre Degree /Junior College | - | | - | | Board of Intermediate / Secondary Education | 1 | - | - | - | - | | Degree College | 38 (Arts/Sc./Com.) | - | 41264 (BA/B Sc. B Com.) | - | - | | Engineering College | 2 | - | 795 (B. E./B.Sc./B. Arch) | - | - | | Professional College | - | - | - | - | - | | Medical College | 172 | - | 1559 (M.B.B.S) | - | - | | All University | 3 | - | 3265 (MA/M Sc/M Com.) 286 (Ph. D/D.Phil./D.Sc.) | - | - | | Central University | - | - | - | - | - | | State university | - | - | - | - | - | | Deemed University | - | - | - | - | - | | Institution of National Importance | - | - | - | - | - | | Research Institution | - | - | - | - | - | | Teacher Training College | 8 | - | 1057 (B. Ed./B.T.) | - | - | | Teacher Training School | 14 | - | 528 | - | - | | Polytechnic Institutes | 12 | - | 935 | - | - | Technical /Industrial/Arts&Craft School | 37 | - | 4821 | - | - |
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