The Indian state of Meghalaya has a

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

of 62.56, according to the census of 2001, and is India's 27th most literate state. This, however, had rapidly increased to 75.5 by 2011.

History

Regular education in

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and J ...

began when the Khasi alphabet was proposed in 1842 by the Welsh missionary Thomas Jones. For the

Garo Hills The Garo Hills (Pron: ˈgɑ:rəʊ) are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya, India. They are inhabited by the Garo people. It is one of the wettest places in the world. The range is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion. De ...

area, the Garo alphabet was developed in 1902 by American missionaries. No strict rules required natives of the colonies to be well educated, so only a few primary schools were functioning at the colonial time. The

first college First College (known as Woodrow Wilson College from 1966 to 2020), the first of Princeton University's six residential colleges, was developed in the late 1950s when a group of students formed the Woodrow Wilson Lodge as an alternative to the e ...

was established in

Shillong Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the 330th most populous city in India with a ...

in 1924 by the Christian Brothers of Ireland. Over the years, several quality colleges and public schools were established at former hill stations. The latter were preferred for education because of their good climate and strong colonial influence.

Autonomous institutions

Indian Institute of Management Shillong Indian Institute of Management Shillong (IIM Shillong or IIM-S) is a public, fully autonomous management institute in the city of Shillong, Meghalaya. It was the seventh Indian Institute of Management to be established in India. Established in ...

* National Institute of Technology Meghalaya * National Institute of Fashion Technology, Shillong * National law university

Medical colleges

* North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences * North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homeopathy

Universities

Central

The English and Foreign Languages University The English and Foreign Languages University known as EFLU is a central university for English and foreign languages located in Hyderabad, India. It is the only such university dedicated to languages in South Asia. The university offers the s ...

,Shillong Campus https://eflushc.ac.in/ *

North Eastern Hill University North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) is a Central University established on 19 July 1973 by an Act of the Indian Parliament. The university is in the suburb of Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya, India. The university has two campuses: S ...

Private

* CMJ University * ICFAI University, Meghalaya * Mahatma Gandhi University, Meghalaya * Martin Luther Christian University * MIT University, Meghalaya * Northeast Adventist University * Techno global university *

William Carey University, Meghalaya William Carey University is located in Shillong in Meghalaya, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, t ...

* University of Science and Technology Meghalaya

Other

* Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong

References

{{reflist Meghalaya-related lists Education in Shillong