Schools and Universities in Jabalpur

anskardhani, urn of culture, the city of Jabalpur has more than one hundred and fifty educational institutions. The city has more than 70 Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools, 30 odd Engineering and Medical Institutes and three Universities. A city of a million people certainly has more than it can chew. The colleges here are the favorite educational destination from all over India. Another facet is the ease of admission and the so called payment seats, where in the money power will gain you entry to a professional college. The professional colleges in Jabalpur churn out more than one thousand trained engineers and medical staff each year. The rapidly progressing Indian economy and new global ventures do present a lot of job opportunities but to the deserving few only. The rest add up as statistics to the growing numbers of highly educated unemployed youth in the country. Rani Durgavati University is the most illustrious of the three; the other two being Jawaharlal University of Agriculture and the M P Bhoj Open University. Rani Durgavati University was established in the year 1956 and named Jabalpur University. The University has a large campus spread over just a little less than a hundred acres of the highly expensive Jabalpur prime property. The Campus houses the Admin Block, Physical Education department and separate faculty buildings which include the arts, mathematics, physics, chemistry and bio-technology disciplines. The University has a highly developed computer lab, a library and separate hostels for male and female students. The amenities for the teaching staff and the students include a health center with modern gym equipment, sports facilities like the swimming pool, courts for various racquet games, canteens, residential quarters and a fully operative market complex. The University has been sited in the most primitive tribal belt of the state to spread the light of education and help eradicate illiteracy in this region. The university has been successful in the mission can be gauged by the fact that it is the affiliated University of more than a hundred colleges and imparted higher education to a hundred thousand students over the forty years of its existence. The Jawaharlal University of Agriculture was established in the fifties to develop scientific know how to help the farming community of the agrarian state. The University has various courses in the field of Agriculture technology, seed research and bio-technology. The students get hands down training on the farming methods and even get a small piece of land to cultivate a crop. The M P Bhoj Open University has brought the higher learning to the doorsteps of the students who can not attend a regular day college. The University has setup elaborate infrastructure all over the state to provide the course materials and conduct mandatory class room sessions. The main focus of the University is on teaching of IT related courses as it is one of the fastest growing fields. The numerous professional colleges in Jabalpur have courses on Ayurvedic Medicine, Yoga, and almost all technological, arts and commerce related subjects. The Public Schools like St Xavier’s, St Aloysius, St Mary’s and St Thomas have a long teaching history in the city. The State Government has setup primary schools for compulsory free education and the Central Government brought the Kendriya Vidyalas. The Sanskari City has an envious assortment of educational establishments.