Education in uttaranchal

Uttaranchal hosts some of the most reputed schools and universities of the country. The Doon School Dehradun, Welham School Dehradun, The Oak Grove School Mussoorie, Woodstock School Mussoorie, St. Joseph Nainital, Sherwood College Nainital are some of the finest schools located in Uttarakhand. The major universities or higher educational centres include IIT Roorkee, Garhwal University, Kumaon University, Doon University and Uttaranchal Technical University.

Basic/ Secondary Education
S. No.	Items	Year/ Period	Unit	Statistics
1.	No. of Schools/ Colleges	2006-2007	No.	21584
	(i) Junior Basic	2006-2007	No.	15058
	(ii) Senior Basic	2006-2007	No.	4263
	(iii) High School/ Intermediate	2006-2007	No.	2263
2.	No. of Students	2006-2007	No.	2307622
	(i) Junior Basic	2006-2007	No.	1202041
	(ii) Senior Basic	2006-2007	No.	391115
	(iii) High School/ Intermediate	2006-2007	No.	714466
3.	No. of Teachers	2006-2007	No.	80776
	(i) Junior Basic	2006-2007	No.	35953
	(ii) Senior Basic	2006-2007	No.	15984
	(iii) High School/ Intermediate	2006-2007	No.	29309

Higher Education
S. No.	Items	Year/ Period	Unit	Statistics
1.	No. of Institutions	2006-2007	No.	108
	(i) Degree/Post Degree Colleges	2006-2007	No.	94
	(ii) Universities	2006-2007	No.	11
	(iii) Deemed Universities	2006-2007	No.	2
2.	No. of Students	2006-2007	No.	129485
3.	No. of Teachers	2006-2007	No.	1562
	(i) Degree/Post Degree Colleges	2006-2007	No.	1069
	(ii) Universities	2006-2007	No.	493
4.	Indian Institute of Technology	2006-2007	No.	1

Vocational and Technical Education
S. No.	Items	Year/ Period	Unit	Statistics
1.	Industrial Training Institutes	2006-2007	No.	106
	(i) Sanctioned Seats	2006-2007	No.	10388
	(ii) Admission	2006-2007	No.	7343
2.	Polytechnics	2006-2007	No.	30
	(i) Sanctioned Seats	2006-2007	No.	3470
	(ii) Admission	2006-2007	No.	3278
3.	Distt. Instt. of Educational Training	2006-2007	No.	13
	(i) Sanctioned Seats	2006-2007	No.	630
	(ii) Admission	2006-2007	No.	628