Education
There are a large number of schools located in Makum, like Ganga Bishan Chowkhani Higher Secondary School, Gopalkrishna Balika Vidyalaya, Railway School etc. A college, (Makum College) was established in makum in 1997, which provides higher secondary and degree education in arts and commerce.And From September 2005,Makum College has been providing education with very effective career guiding courses like computer education free of cost to its students with internet facilities. An educationist Dr Jyotimoyee Barooah, M.Sc, M.Phil, M.Ed, Ph.D, after serving the Department of Education of Dibrugarh University since 1999, joined in Makum College as its Principal in the month of September, 2010.
'AIT Computer Education & Research Institute was established in the year 1999 with a mission to provide quality computer education. (It is a private institute not recognized by any university of India). AIT opened its branches at Doomdooma Town in the year 2009 and also likely to open its other branches in Digboi, Margherita, Duliajan & at Tinsukia in recent years. In 2011, the first website, hosted and design by AIT, was set up in this region.
A forest's guards training school is located in makum which is the only one in Assam.
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