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'''Education in [[Tripura]]''', a state in [[Northeast India|Northeast]] [[India]], is provided by both the [[public sector]] and the [[private sector]]. On 8 September 2013, the literacy rate of Tripura was declared to be 94.65%, which is the highest among all states of India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tripura beats Kerala to become the Most Literate State in India|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/tripura-beats-kerala-to-become-the-most-literate-state-in-india/|date=8 September 2013|publisher=Biharprabha News|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>

==Literacy.==
Data from [[2011 census of India]] 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.<ref name="ecorev 2011 231">{{cite web|url=http://www.destripura.nic.in/review2010_11.pdf|title=Economic review of Tripura 2010–11|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Planning (Statistics) Department, Government of Tripura|access-date=20 April 2012|page=231|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053410/http://www.destripura.nic.in/review2010_11.pdf|archive-date=24 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Structure==
{{see also|Tripura Board of Secondary Education}}

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|Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)]], the [[Central Board of Secondary Education|Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE)]], the [[National Institute of Open Schooling|National Institute of Open School (NIOS)]] or the [[Tripura Board of Secondary Education]].<ref name="goi mhrd boards">{{cite web|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/recognized_boards |title=Boards of secondary & senior secondary education in India |publisher=Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India |access-date=18 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320234548/http://mhrd.gov.in/recognized_boards |archive-date=20 March 2012 }}</ref> 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 [[liberal arts]], [[commerce]] or science.<ref name="goi mhrd boards"/> 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.<ref name="ecorev 2011 232">{{cite web|url=http://www.destripura.nic.in/review2010_11.pdf|title=Economic review of Tripura 2010–11|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Planning (Statistics) Department, Government of Tripura|access-date=20 April 2012|page=232|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053410/http://www.destripura.nic.in/review2010_11.pdf|archive-date=24 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! [[West Tripura]] !! [[North Tripura]] !! [[South Tripura]]!! [[Dhalai]] !! Total
|-
| Primary / Junior Basic|| 795 || 369 || 621 || 513 || 2,298
|-
| Middle/ Senior basic || 432 || 244 || 349 || 249 || 1,274
|-
| High || 234 || 94 || 156 || 49 || 533
|-
| Higher Secondary (+2)|| 172 || 63 || 87 || 28 || 350
|-
| Total|| 1633 || 770 || 1,213 || 839 || 4,455
|}

The aggregate enrollment in different types of schools in the state are as follows:<ref name="ecorev 2011 233">{{cite web|url=http://www.destripura.nic.in/review2010_11.pdf|title=Economic review of Tripura 2010–11|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Planning (Statistics) Department, Government of Tripura|access-date=20 April 2012|page=233|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053410/http://www.destripura.nic.in/review2010_11.pdf|archive-date=24 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Enrollment
|-
| Primary || 394418
|-
| Middle || 215680
|-
| High || 113344
|-
| Higher secondary || 44230
|-
| Total || 767672
|}

==Higher education==
The State has one Central University ([[Tripura University]]), one state university ([[Maharaja Bir Bikram University]]) and one private University ( a branch of the [[Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India]]). There are 15 general colleges, 3 engineering colleges([[Tripura Institute of Technology]], [[Techno India Agartala]] and [[National Institute of Technology, Agartala]]), 2 medical colleges ([[Agartala Government Medical College]] and [[Tripura Medical College]]), 5 polytechnic colleges, one law college, one music college, and one art college.<ref name="ecorev 2011 233"/>

==See also==
* [[List of institutions of higher education in Tripura]]

==References==
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{{Education in India}}
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