Hazaribagh - Education

Education

The cool climate and the quiet environs of Hazaribagh attracted educationists to set up institutions in the town. The Dublin Mission has a big presence with educational institutions and a women’s hospital. Activities of the mission were started at Hazaribagh in 1890, under the aegis of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. St. Columba's College was one of the oldest in Bihar. A.F.Markham attached to the college for many years was a legend in his lifetime. He later became vice chancellor of Ranchi University.Hazaribag now has Vinoba Bhave University within city limits, named after Saint Vinoba Bhave.It is the 2nd largest university of Jharkhand.St. Columba's College,Medical College of Dhanbad and many Engineering and local colleges are affiliated to this university now. Jajnery Institute of Technology, Hazaribag is one of the prominent College for Polytechnic, Management & IT.

After independence Roman Catholics,established a girls’ school - Mount Carmel. Parallel to this Reverend Father John Moore, an Australian Jesuit missionary, set up St.Xavier’s in 1952. D.A.V Public School Hazaribagh started in 1992 and run by D.A.V College Managing Committee (New Delhi), is another major educational center of the city. The school has made immense progress in the past 20 years and has a Modern state of the art building located on the foothills of famous Canary Hill.Ashok Srivastava (Principal) has been one of the pioneer's in taking this school to this level.

Shree Ram Infotech is a well known Authorized Learning Center of Sikkim Manipal University & VTC of India Skills (under UGC, DEC approved, LC code-2789) in Hazaribag, Jharkhand. Its one of the ISO 9001:2008 Certified premier institution in Jharkhand & awarded by “Jharkhand Ratna” & Winner of Rashtriya Shiksha Ratan “Gold Medal”, New Delhi & by Anil Kumble for the best 30th center in India.This Centre is situated in Hazaribag district which is the commissionary of North Chota Nagpur & is socially & Economically backward region.The Per capita income here is low.Student’s of this region don’t have sufficient resources for continuing their higher studies.This centre gives opportunities to those weaker sections & deprived classes.Shree Ram Infotech has been spreading education to small towns and rural areas,So that student’s who really have merit will be in a position to shine with out spending huge amount of money.The institute objective is to provide a platform for their career growth.

Hazaribagh has the Police Training centre of whole of jharkhand. The Border Security Force(BSF) also have huge presence. East India's largest training Centre is here in the forest with hilly terrain.

Hazaribagh has one of the most prestigious school of Jharkhand, Indira gandhi balika vidyalaya. the school is resedential school for girls by the state government.