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{{Short description|Overview of education in Indian city}}
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[[Ahmedabad]] is considered as an important hub for higher education in [[India]] and its history is stretching back to Pre-Independence era.[[File:Gujarat University Tower Building, 2006-2.jpg|thumb|The Gujarat University clock tower in Ahmedabad]]
Ahmedabad had a [[literacy]] rate of 79.89% in 2001 which rose to 89.62 percent in 2011. Out of this, male and female literacy are 93.96 and 84.81 percent respectively, as of 2011 census.<ref>{{
cite web
|title = Literacy in Gujarat
|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/188-ahmadabad.html
|access-date=2014-01-01
}}</ref>
Schools in [[Ahmedabad]] are run either by the [[Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation|AMC]] or privately by individuals and trusts. Majority of the schools are affiliated to the [[Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board]] (GSEB). Some schools like the [[Delhi Public School Society|Delhi Public School]] and the [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]]s are associated with the [[Central Board for Secondary Education]] (CBSE). After completing their secondary education, students typically enroll in [[junior college]] (also known as pre-university) in one of three streams — [[Arts]], [[Commerce]], or [[Science]]. Upon completing the required coursework, students enroll in general or professional degrees.[[File:Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, panorama 2006.jpg|thumb|IIM Ahmedabad panoramic view]]

Many [[College#India|colleges]] in the city are affiliated to the [[Gujarat University]] and offer courses in [[Medicine]], Arts, Science, Commerce, [[Law]] and [[Management]]. [[Engineering]] colleges of the city are affiliated to [[Gujarat Technological University]]. Other [[Deemed university|deemed universities]] in Ahmedabad are [[Ahmedabad University]], [[Gujarat Vidyapeeth]], [[Nirma University of Science & Technology]] and [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University]].<ref name=universities>{{
cite web
|title=University Grants Commission, Universities of Gujarat
|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/univbrowse.php?st=Gujarat
|access-date=2006-03-30
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223195540/http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/univbrowse.php?st=Gujarat
|archive-date=2005-12-23
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Ahmedabad is home to prestigious institutes like the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|Indian Institute of Management]], [[National Institute of Design]], [[Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad]], [[National Institute of Fashion Technology]], the [[Center for Environmental Planning and Technology]], and [[B.J. Medical College]].

Many academic and scientific institutions of national repute were set up in Ahmedabad due to the efforts of [[Vikram Sarabhai]]. The most important of these are the [[Physical Research Laboratory]] and the [[Space Applications Centre]] which fall under the Ahmedabad centre of the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]].<ref name=isro>{{
cite web
|title=Department of Space, ISRO - Ahmedabad Centre
|url=http://www.isro.org/centers/cen_ahe.htm
|access-date=2006-03-30
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126151557/http://www.isro.org/centers/cen_ahe.htm
|archive-date=2005-11-26
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> The Vikram Sarabhai Community Science Centre aims to educate children about the various aspects of science.

==See also==
* [[Ahmedabad Education Society]]
* [[List of educational institutes of Ahmedabad]]

== References ==
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