Statue of the founder of Indian Institute of Science, J N Tata
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.
Contents
- 1 Primary and Secondary Education
- 2 Pre University Education
- 3 Baccalaureate Education
- 4 Notes
- 5 External links
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Primary and Secondary Education
As of March 2006, Karnataka has 54529 primary schools with 252,875 teachers and 8.495 million students. 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. 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
National Institute of Technology (NITK), Surathkal – one of the premier engineering colleges in Karnataka
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.
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.
Notes
- ^ Literacy Scenario in India. Online webpage of the National Literacy Mission – India. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ a b Number of schools in Karnataka as of 31-03-2006. Online webpage of the Department of Public Instruction. Government of Karnataka. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ Only State syllabus students can participate in DPI sports meet. Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2006-08-31. 2006, The Hindu. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ Mid-day meal scheme extended. Online Edition of The Times of India, dated 2007-05-16. © 2007 Times Internet Limited. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ Students, parents throng PU colleges in city. Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2006-05-16. © 2006, The Hindu. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ Districtwise and Universitywise degree college statistics for 2006-07. Online webpage of the Department of Collegiate Education. Government of Karnataka. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ CET brochure 2007. Online webpage of the Common Entrance Test Cell. Government of Karnataka. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
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External links
- Indian Institute of Science
- CET Karnataka Entrance
- NITK Surathkal
- Mangalore University
- Bangalore University
- VTU
- Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science
- Manipal University
- University of Agricultural Sciences ,Dharwad
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