Education in Karnataka

The state of Karnataka in India has to its credit some of the premier institutions like the Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Management, the National Institute of Technology Karnataka and the National Law School of India University. As per the 2001 census, Karnataka has a literacy rate of 67.04% with 76.29% of males and 57.45% of females in Karnataka being literate. cite web|url=http://www.nlm.nic.in/literacy01.htm|title=Literacy Scenario in India|publisher=Online webpage of the National Literacy Mission - India|accessdate=2007-06-06]

Primary and Secondary Education

As of March 2006, Karnataka has 54,529 primary schools with 252,875 teachers and 8.495 million students. cite web|url=http://www.schooleducation.kar.nic.in/pdffiles/SomeImportantStatistics.pdf|title=Number of schools in Karnataka as of 31-03-2006|work=Online webpage of the Department of Public Instruction|publisher=Government of Karnataka|accessdate=2007-06-06] Likewise, there are 9,498 secondary schools with 92,287 teachers with 1.384 million students. There are three kinds of schools in Karnataka viz. government (run by the government), aided (financial aid is provided by the government) and un-aided private (no financial aid is provided). In majority of these schools, the medium of instruction is either English or Kannada. The syllabus taught in the schools is either of CBSE, ICSE or the state syllabus (defined by the Department of Public Instruction of the Government of Karnataka). cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/31/stories/2006083104900500.htm|title=Only State syllabus students can participate in DPI sports meet|work=Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2006-08-31|publisher=2006, The Hindu|accessdate=2007-06-06] The curriculum includes subjects like science, social studies and mathematics apart from language related subjects. In order to maximize attendance in schools, the Karnataka Government has launched a mid-day meal scheme in government and aided schools in which free lunch is provided to the students.cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore/Mid-day_meal_scheme_extended/articleshow/2050892.cms|title=Mid-day meal scheme extended|work=Online Edition of The Times of India, dated 2007-05-16|publisher=© 2007 Times Internet Limited|accessdate=2007-06-06] At the end of the secondary education, the students pursuing the state syllabus have to pass an examination called as SSLC to move on to the next level.

Pre University Education

Students who have passed SSLC have to pursue a two-year Pre university course or a three-year diploma course before they are granted admission to a degree (baccalaureate) college. In the pre university course, the student has to choose one among the three streams of Arts, Commerce and Science depending on the kind of degree the student wants to pursue later.cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/16/stories/2006051618850300.htm|title= Students, parents throng PU colleges in city|work=Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2006-05-16|publisher=© 2006, The Hindu|accessdate=2007-06-06] The Arts stream includes subjects like History, Sociology and Political Science, the Commerce stream includes subjects like Accountancy, Economics and Business Mathematics and the Science stream includes subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology.

Baccalaureate Education

There are a total of 481 degree colleges that are run under the jurisdiction of the universities in the state viz. Bangalore University, Mysore University, Mangalore University, Gulbarga University, Kuvempu University and Karnatak University.cite web|url=http://www.dce.kar.nic.in/statistics/districtwise%20&%20universitywise.pdf|title=Districtwise and Universitywise degree college statistics for 2006-07|work=Online webpage of the Department of Collegiate Education|publisher=Government of Karnataka|accessdate=2007-06-06] Apart from these universities, there is also the Visvesvaraya Technological University which oversees many of the engineering colleges in the state. The medical colleges in the state are run under the jurisdiction of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. Some of these baccalaureate colleges are accredited with the status of a deemed university which grants them independence in chalking out their own syllabus and awarding degrees on their own. There are 123 engineering, 35 medical and 40 dental colleges in the state.cite web|url=http://cet.kar.nic.in/Brochure%202007a.pdf|title=CET brochure 2007|work=Online webpage of the Common Entrance Test Cell|publisher=Government of Karnataka|accessdate=2007-06-06]

The state has two universites offering courses related to agriculture. They are University of Agricultural Sciences ,Dharwad and Bangalore.The Karnataka state has setup a Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University at Bidar.

Karnataka has started few universities namely,Kannada University, Karnataka State Open University and Karnataka Women University.

There is Manipal University which is run on private basis .Karnataka has many deemed universities like NITK, NIHMANS etc.

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External links

* [http://www.iisc.ernet.in Indian Institute of Science]
* [http://www.karnatakacet.com CET Karnataka Entrance ]
* [http://www.nitk.ac.in NITK Surathkal]
* [http://www.mangaloreuniversity.ac.in Mangalore University]
* [http://www.bangaloreuniversity.in Bangalore University]
* [http://www.vtu.ac.in VTU]
* [http://www.rguhs.ac.in Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science]
* [http://www.manipal.edu Manipal University]
* [http://www.uasd.edu University of Agricultural Sciences ,Dharwad]