Education
See also: List of Engineering Colleges in Madhya PradeshAccording to the 2011 census, Madhya Pradesh had a literacy rate of 70.60%. According to the 2009-10 figures, the state had 105,592 primary schools, 6,352 high schools and 5,161 higher secondary schools. The state has 208 engineering & architecture colleges, 208 management institutes and 12 medical colleges.
The state is home to some of the premier educational and research institutions of India including IIM Indore, IIT Indore, IIITDM Jabalpur and IIITM Gwalior, SPA Bhopal, IIFM (Bhopal), National Law Institute University (Bhopal), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (Bhopal),Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology(Bhopal), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Bhopal).
There are 500 degree colleges, which are affiliated with one of the universities in the state. These universities include Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University, Madhya Pradesh Veterinary Sciences University, Madhya Pradesh Medical University, Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Awadhesh Pratap Singh University Rewa, Barkatullah University Bhopal, Devi Ahilya Vishvavidyalay Indore, Rani Durgavati University Jabalpur, Vikram University Ujjain, Jiwaji University Gwalior and Dr HariSingh Gaur University (Sagar University).
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