Education in

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ...

, a state in

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, is provided by both the

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and the

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. On 8 September 2013, the literacy rate of Tripura was declared to be 94.65%, which is the highest among all states of India.

Literacy

Data from

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reveals that overall literacy rate in the State was 87.75 percent with male literacy rate of 92.18 percent and female literacy rate of 83.14 percent.

Structure

Tripura schools are run by the state government or by private organisations, including religious institutions. Instruction is mainly in English or Bengali, though Kokborok and other tribal languages are also used. The schools are affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE), the National Institute of Open School (NIOS) or the

Tripura Board of Secondary Education Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) is a board of school education in the state of Tripura, India. Currently Dr.Bhabatosh Saha is the president of TBSE.It is a state agency of the Government of Tripura which is responsible for the promot ...

. Under the 10+2+3 plan, after completing secondary school, students typically enroll for 2 years in a junior college, also known as pre-university, or in schools with a higher secondary facility affiliated with the Tripura Board of Secondary Education or any central board. Students choose from one of three streams, namely

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or science. Upon completing the required coursework, students may enroll in general or professional degree programs.

Statistics

According to Economic Review of Tripura 2010–11, Tripura has a total of 4,455 schools. The different types of school in the four districts are listed in the table below. The aggregate enrollment in different types of schools in the state are as follows:

Higher education

The State has one Central University (

Tripura University Tripura University is a central university, the main public government university of Tripura, India. History Higher education in Tripura has its beginning with Maharaja Bir Bikram College (MBBC), the first-degree college in the state, establi ...

), one State University (

Maharaja Bir Bikram University Maharaja Bir Bikram University (MBB University) is a state university located at Agartala, Tripura, India. It is the first, and the only state university in the state of Tripura. The university is named after Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman, the ...

) and one Private University, ICFAI University ( a branch of the

Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India The Institute of Financial Analysts of India (IFAI) was established in 1984 as a non-profit educational society in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The institution has been offering education to students across India through its various programs ...

). There are 15 general colleges, 3 engineering colleges(

Tripura Institute of Technology Tripura Institute of Technology (TIT), formerly Polytechnic Institute, Narsingarh, is an engineering college located at Narsingarh, Tripura, Narsingarh in the West Tripura district of Tripura, India, 12 km from Agartala. It offers diploma ...

, Techno India Agartala and

National Institute of Technology, Agartala National Institute of Technology Agartala (NIT Agartala or NITA) is a technology-oriented institute of higher education established by India's Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India in Agartala, India. It was founded as Tri ...

), 2 medical colleges (

Agartala Government Medical College Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) is a government medical college located on the lap of Agartala, the capital city of Tripura. It is at Kunjaban near the Malancha Niwas, home of the Manikya Dynasty in Agartala. The college is attache ...

and Tripura Medical College), 5 polytechnic colleges, one law college, one music college, and one art college.

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Literacy

Structure

Statistics

Higher education

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