Studying in India

Indian Education System

The Indian constitution expressly states a free education for all children ages 6 to 14 and establishes an education responsibility shared between the Central Government and the States. All levels of education are supervised by the Ministry of Human Resources through its Higher Education and School Education and Literacy .

The educational levels before higher education are as follows:

• Pre-primary education: age 0 – 6
• Primary education: age 6 – 11
• Secondary education: age 11 – 15
• Higher secondary education: age 15 - 17
• "Information on the educational system: equivalences and grading scales" .

Higher Education

The tertiary level of education in India consists of the following schooling institutions. University and Higher Education .

• Central Universities
• States Universities
• Private Universities
• Deemed to be Universities These are institutions that used to be colleges dependent on a university which, due to their growth in number of students and programs, are in the process of being established as universities.
• Institutions of National Importance: National Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Science. National Institutes .
• Colleges: institutions of higher education which are ascribed to universities.