Education
Bhilai is known for its pre-graduate education aimed at preparation for entrance examinations for engineering. The local educational system was built by the Bhilai Steel Plant for the children of their employees, which attracted students from all over India. Starting in late 1950s, the first Higher Secondary School was opened in Sector 1 (which still stands today), followed by Bhilai Vidyalaya in Sector 2 and the Higher Secondary School in Sector 7. The Sector 7 School has supported instruction in both English (through Cambridge Board) and in Hindi. Recognizing that most of the employees were going to be engineers or work in some other technical field, the plant management attempted to attract the best teachers in the country.
With the increasing population over the last 50 years, the populace as well as the education system has become somewhat diversified. Many business and English-coaching classes have flourished in the city. Bhilai is also famous for its schools. It is considered among best places in India for studying higher and senior secondary levels. The best schools of Bhilai are: Indu I.T school,Sri Sankara vidyalaya, Mar Gregorious Memorial (MGM) senior secondary school, sector 6, Delhi Public School, Risali, Delhi Public School Durg, D.A.V. Public School, Senior Secondary School (S.S.S) Sector 10, Bhilai Nair Samajam school sector-8, S.S.S Sector 4, S.S.S Sector 6, S.S.S Sector 7, Bhilai Vidyalaya, DPS Risali sector, Krishna Public School, St. Xavier's High School, Angle Valley School Hudco, saraswati shishu mandir sec4 and kailash nagar, nalanda school etc. all boast of illustrious alumni. A high percentage of students qualify for the IITs from these schools. In some years, the city has given up to 40 IIT selections, who were the pupils of Bhilai (unlike other hub places such as Kota, Delhi, etc. which has students coming from outside). Students passed out from these schools have flourished in every field such as films, arts, commerce, sports, education, defense services etc. Top IT companies such as Cognizant,TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Google, Oracle, Cisco, Ebay have Bhilaians. Many Bhilaians have gone abroad to study in top universities in USA, UK, Switzerland and Germany; MIT, CalTech, Princeton, Stanford, University of California- Berkeley, Rice, UCLA, University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Cambridge, EPFL are few of them.
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