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{{Infobox education<br />
|country name = Uttarakhand<br />
|agency image = <br />
|agency = [http://schooleducation.uk.gov.in/pages/display/103-department-of-education Department of Education]<br />
|primary languages = [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]]<br />
|system type = Federal, state, private<br />
|established events = Established<br />Compulsory education<br />
|established dates = 1 April 2010<br />
|literacy year = 2011<br />
|literacy total = 78.82%<br />
|literacy men = 87.40%<br />
|literacy women = 70.01%<br />
|attainment year =<br />
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'''Education in Uttarakhand''' is provided by various public and private institutions. [[Uttarakhand]] had a long tradition of learning and culture.<br />
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==Detail==<br />
[[File:The Doon School.jpg|right|200px|thumb|alt=building of The Doon School|Main building of [[The Doon School]]]]<br />
In [[Uttarakhand]] there are 15,331 primary schools with 1,040,139 students and 22,118 working teachers (Year 2011). As per Census 2011 the literacy rate of the state was 78.82% with 87.40% literacy for males and 70.01% literacy for females.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uk.gov.in/pages/view/428-demography%20Uttarakhand%20Government%20Portal,%20India |title=Literacy rate in Uttarakhand|publisher=uk.gov.in}}</ref> The language of instruction in the schools is either English or Hindi.<br />
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There are mainly government and [[private schools]] and institutions including primary schools, high schools, inter college, degree colleges and technical institutions.<br />
The main school affiliations are [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]], CISCE or the State Government syllabus defined by the Department of Education of the [[Government of Uttarakhand]].<br />
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==Notable schools and Institutions==<br />
There are many notable schools and institutions in Uttarakhand.<br />
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[[File:Sumitra nandan pant museum, kausani.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Sumitranandan Pant museum, Kausani|Sumitranandan Pant museum, Kausani]]<br />
* [[The Doon School]] Dehradun<br />
* [[Sherwood College]], Nainital<br />
* [[The Woodstock School]] Mussoorie<br />
* [[Oak Grove School (Mussoorie, Uttarakhand)]], Mussoorie<br />
* [[St George's College, Mussoorie]] <br />
* [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]] Dehradun <br />
* [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Waverley, Mussoorie]]<br />
* [[Wynberg Allen School]], Mussoorie<br />
* [[St Joseph's College, Nainital]]<br />
* [[Birla Vidya Mandir]], Nainital<br />
* [[Welham Girls' School]], Dehradun<br />
* [[Welham Boys' School]], Dehradun<br />
* [[St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun]]<br />
* [[Sainik School, Ghorakhal]]<br />
* [[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration]], Mussoorie<br />
* [[Forest Research Institute (India)|Forest Research Institute]], Dehradun <br />
* [[Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy]] (IGNFA), Dehradun <br />
* [[Wildlife Institute of India]] Dehradun <br />
* [[Indian Military Academy]], Dehradun <br />
[[File:Forest_Research_Institute_campus,_Dehradun,_India.jpg|thumb|right|200px|alt=building of the Forest Research Institute|[[Forest Research Institute (India)|Forest Research Institute]], [[Dehradun]], distant view.]]<br />
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===Higher education===<br />
{{main|List of institutions of higher education in Uttarakhand}}<br />
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===Schools===<br />
{{main|List of schools in India#Uttarakhand}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Universities in Uttarakhand}}<br />
{{Education in India}}<br />
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{{Uttarakhand}}<br />
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