Education in Meghalaya

The Indian state of Meghalaya has a literacy rate 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 began when the Khasi alphabet was proposed in 1842 by the Welsh missionary Thomas Jones. For the Garo Hills 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.

"It was mainly through the Catholic schools and colleges that Khasi and Jaintia people could get higher educational degrees and become qualified for employment in government and private institutions", one scholar asserts. The first college ( St. Edmund's College ) was established in Shillong in 1924 by the Christian Brothers of Ireland. Over the years, several quality colleges and public schools were established at former hill stations .

Institutes of National Importance

• Indian Institute of Management Shillong - First IIM in North East India
• National Institute of Technology Meghalaya
• National Institute of Fashion Technology, Shillong, The Only NIFT in North East India
• National law university
• Institute of Hotel Management, Shillong

Medical Colleges

1. North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences Affiliated to NEHU

1. North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homeopathy

Public Universities

Central

• The English and Foreign Languages University, Shillong Campus . The only campus in North East India
• North Eastern Hill University, Shillong - First Central University in North East India

State

1. Captain Williamson Sangma State University, Tura

Private Universities

1. CMJ University
2. ICFAI University, Meghalaya
3. Mahatma Gandhi University, Meghalaya
4. Martin Luther Christian University
5. MIT University, Meghalaya
6. Northeast Adventist University
7. Techno global university
8. William Carey University, Meghalaya
9. University of Science and Technology Meghalaya

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