Literacy and Educational Standard

The progress of education in earlier times was very slow, as the administration was mainly concerned with the maintenance of law and order. The main agency for propagation of education was therefore the American Baptist Mission, which however, concentrated its activities only in a few areas where it had established its Mission Stations. Until 1911, when only 23 people per thousand were returned as literate, progress was very slow.

Between 1911 and 1951, education in this district made slight though still insufficient progress. According to the 1951 Census, the percentage of literacy in this district was only 7.3% compared to the All-India average of 16%. An upward trend was apparent after independence, the most remarkable progress achieved being in the field of Primary Education. As a result, literacy spread at a faster rate than in the plains, during the 1951-1961 decade.

The increase in literacy has been due to the rapid increase in the number of educational institutions.

No. and Percentage of Literacy (1991) (38.67 % of age group 7 yrs.)

The statistics below shows the no. of Educational Institution exists in the district

Now there are altogether 7 degree colleges in the district.  In Tura, the district headquarters, there was only one college– the Tura Government College up till 1981. Now there are three colleges, Tura Government College, Don Bosco College and Durama College, one P.G.T. College, one Law College, a Normal Training School and a Basic Training Centre for teachers training at Tura. Other four colleges in the district are An'cheng Rangmanpa College at Mahendraganj, Ampati College at Ampati, Kazi & Zaman College at Bhaitbari, and Tikrikilla College at Tikrikilla.

There are 8 higher secondary schools, around 110 secondary schools, and upper primary and primary schools in almost all the villages. There also exits a Public School and Kendriya Vidyalaya at Tura. Other than that there are vocational institutes at Tura like Regional Vocational Training Institute (RVTI) and ITI. Monford Centre for Education also providing education to the physically handicapped persons, which also provides training to the teachers to properly equip them to educate the physically handicapped students.

There also exists a Campus of North Eastern Hill University in Tura, where currently the Post Graduate Courses in English and Garo are being conducted. Proposal is there to start courses on more subjects.

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) also has a study centre at Tura, which imparts distant education in different courses including computers.

There are two Theological Colleges - one St. Peter's Seminary for Roman Catholics and Achick Theological College for Baptists at Baptist Mission Compound.

Technical Education

Industrial Training Institute: The Institute was started in May 1964 and meets a vital need of students who are desirous of enrolling for technical courses and qualifying themselves as Electricians, Motor Mechanics, Fitters, Welders, Carpenters etc. by providing them with the training they need. Training is also provided in non-technical skills as Stenography and Typing.

Training-cum-production Centre

This centre located in Tura, was established on 1^st march 1976, as a unit of the department of Social Welfare. It imparts training mainly to the unemployed women of the districts in such skills as Knitting, Embroidery, Tailoring and Weaving.

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