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Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
is a
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situated in the western part of
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and shares its northwestern boundary with
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.
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,
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and
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are the neighboring states of Gujarat.
Gandhinagar Gandhinagar (, ) is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and Mu ...
is the
capital city A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, Department (country subdivision), department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city ...
of the state and
Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...
is its
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and the main commercial hub of the region. Gujarat houses a wide variety of industries and is considered one among the best industrialized states of the nation. Gujarat is also home to some of the prestigious educational institutes of the nation. The education department of the state pays special attention to the improvement of elementary education in Gujarat. The state government has also launched the district primary education program for making primary education compulsory and free for all students up to a certain age limit. It has also taken up several measures for checking the rate of dropout at schools in Gujarat. The same uniform structure of 10+2 education is followed in the schools of Gujarat.


Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board

The
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board or GSHSEB is a government of Gujarat body responsible for determining the policy-related, administrative, cognitive, and intellectual direction the state's secondary and higher secondar ...
was constituted in 1972, following the enactment of the Gujarat Secondary Education Act 1972. Its chairman and deputy chairman are appointed by the state government. It has 16 ex officio members, and 44 other members drawn from academic organizations, legislative bodies and civil society. Various Committees with specific responsibilities function under the board, such as the executive committee, examination committee, finance committee, education committee, and magazine advisory committee. The board provides the state government guidance about the policies governing secondary education, its development and qualitative enhancement. In an overview, its duties are: * Preparing the curricula and syllabi * Registering new Secondary schools and monitoring their performance on a continual basis * Providing developmental guidance * Organising training for teachers and principals-up measures (for instance, to integrate Gujarat's students with the Information Technology-enabled global village, the Board has introduced Computer Studies among regular curricula).


School education

Both private and government schools operate here in Gujarat. One can also come across schools run by several municipal corporations and trusts in Ahmadabad.
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board or GSHSEB is a government of Gujarat body responsible for determining the policy-related, administrative, cognitive, and intellectual direction the state's secondary and higher secondar ...
are in charge of the schools run by the
state government A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonomy, or ...
. However, many of the private schools in Gujarat are affiliated to the
Central Board of Secondary Education The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board ...
(CBSE) and
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(CISCE) board.
Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...
is the main medium of instruction in the state-run schools while the schools run by other boards use
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as their medium of study. The government of Gujarat also gives special importance to education of women in India in the state.


Higher education

There are several universities functioning in Gujarat which offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programs in various disciplines. The
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, formerly Baroda College, is a public university in the city of Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India. Originally established as a college in 1881, it became a university in 1949 after the independence of ...
is the only English medium university in Gujarat. It was ranked by India Today at the Tenth Place in its list of India's Best Universities (Aug 2011 Issue); while Hindustan Times ranked it at the sixth place. Apart from it,
Gujarat University The Gujarat University is a public state university located at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The university is an affiliating university at the under-graduate level and a teaching university at the postgraduate level. It is accredited B++ by NA ...
,
Sardar Patel University Sardar Patel University (SPU) is a public state university in Vallabh Vidyanagar, a town Gujarat, India. It is named after the iron man of India Vallabhbhai Patel, and was founded in October 1955 by an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the then ...
,
Saurashtra University Saurashtra University is a university in Gujarat state in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most po ...
,
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Veer Narmad South Gujarat University is a public university located in the city of Surat, Gujarat, India. Previously known as South Gujarat University, it was renamed as Veer Narmad South Gujarat University(VNSGU) in 2004 in honour of the famous ...
,
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) is a public university in Patan, Gujarat, India. The geographical jurisdiction of the North Gujarat University encompasses four districts: Aravalli_district, Banaskantha, Mehsana, Patan district, Pa ...
,
Bhavnagar University Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, formerly Bhavnagar University is a state university located in Bhavnagar city in the state of Gujarat in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South A ...
and
Kachchh University Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University is a state university in Gujarat, India that promotes higher education in regional and rural areas of the country. It is named after Shyamji Krishna Varma of Kachchh, Gujarat. History Colle ...
are the leading State Universities. The four agricultural universities in Gujarat are especially devoted to the study of agriculture and other subjects related to it. Apart from these, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar,
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resource ...
,
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat National Institute of Technology Surat (SVNIT or NIT Surat), is a public technical university established by the Parliament of India in 1961. It is one of 31 National Institutes of Technology in India recognized by the Government of India as a ...
, Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management and
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad The National Institute of Design (NID) is a public design university in Paldi, Ahmedabad, with extension campuses in Gandhinagar and Bengaluru. Regarded as one of the foremost design schools in Asia as surveyed by ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' in ...
are some of the other prestigious centers of higher learning in Gujarat. The state also has some of the best engineering institutes in India like
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, Vasad, or SVIT, is a private technical institute located on the bank of the Mahi River, Gujarat, India. It offers undergraduate and graduate-level technical education. It also organizes many eve ...
,
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), is a private Self-financed University/Institute located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It is named after the Gujarati entrepreneur and Reliance group founder D ...
among others.
Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (formerly Central Salt Research Institute) is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. The institute was inaugurated by Jawahar Lal Nehru on ...
is another reputed institute operating in Gujarat and does various research works on inland lake salt, marine salt and sub-soil brine. In the emerging area of legal education, a premier institution
Gujarat National Law University The Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) is a pre-eminent public law school and a National Law University established under the ''Gujarat National Law University Act, 2003'' in the state of Gujarat. The university is located at Gandhinagar ...
was founded in the capital city
Gandhinagar Gandhinagar (, ) is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and Mu ...
which started imparting education from the year 2004 and is ranked in top institutions in the country. Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar University is the first public health university of India, Launched by
Public Health Foundation of India The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a not for profit public private initiative working towards a healthier India. A national consultation, convened by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in September 2004, recommended a ...
, it aims to strengthen the overall health system in the country through education, training, research, and advocacy/policy initiatives. Moreover Gujarat also has
AIIMS Rajkot All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajkot (AIIMS Rajkot) is a public university, public medical school and hospital based in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, and one of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMSs). The first academic sessi ...
in the field of medical science.


Study in Gujarat

To promote Gujarat as an Education Hub of India, The Gujarat Government's Department of Higher and Technical Education started Study in Gujarat Initiative. The officials are going to have roadshows nationally and internationally destinations. The department will hold the roadshows in Patna, Ranchi, Indore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Guwahati, and Nasik. On the International front, the department will host roads shows at Kuwait City in Kuwait, Dubai in UAE, Muscat in Oman, and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and also at some African cities.


See also

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List of educational institutions in Gujarat Gujarat has both private and public universities, many of which are supported by the Government of India and the state government - Government of Gujarat. Apart from these there are private universities supported by various bodies and societies. H ...


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