Chandigarh Education


Chandigarh Education is informative, interesting and provides a complete and wholesome approach to learning. Chandigarh Education delivers and there is ample proof in the numbers of high quality researchers in Universities worldwide.

The Chandigarh Government has provided an adequate number of schools in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The aim is to provide each and every child with a school within 1 kilometer of his or her residence. Apart from government schools, there are a large number of private educational institutions.

The Chandigarh administration has given Grant-in-Aid to various privately managed and recognized schools in order to foster private enterprise in education. This Grant-in-Aid is given only to secular schools and not to schools with a pronounced religious bias. Chandigarh education is open to students from any background, caste, color or creed.

Chandigarh Education is also excellent in the tertiary level of study; the education department of Chandigarh administration supervises the functioning of four government colleges in Chandigarh. The four colleges have spacious campuses, superlative infrastructure, sprawling grounds and auditoria.

All four government colleges are affiliated to Punjab University. These colleges conduct courses in all major educational streams like arts, commerce and science. They have also courses in contemporary studies like business administration and computer science. Three of these colleges offer Post Graduate courses in Information Technology, Economics, English, Public Administration, Commerce, Music Instrumental, Music vocal and dance. Job oriented subjects like Functional English and Sales Management are also taught. The colleges foster global competitiveness.

Vocational education is also a part of Chandigarh Education. Vocational study runs parallel to the mainstream educational system. They are classified into four divisions namely: Home-Science, Health, Para-Medical, Engineering and Commerce.

Last Updated on : 07 August 2012