Madhya Pradesh Educational Profile

Madhya Pradesh has a well managed education system. There are separate statutory bodies that ensure smooth functioning of all education departments in the state at all levels. Schools in the state are either affiliated with the State Board of Secondary Education or with the CBSE or ICSE. The schools run by the state government use Hindi as their medium of instruction; however schools affiliated to CBSE or ICSE use English as their medium of study. The government has adopted the free and compulsory education policy to provide primary education to all children up to the age of 14.

The state follows a uniform structure of school education i.e. the 10+2 system which is also adopted by other states and union territories of India. The high school stage of the state comprises of class VIII to X and higher secondary stage comprises of class XI-XII. Madhya Pradesh has 13 state universities, 3 deemed universities, 8 medical colleges and a good many number of engineering and management institutions.

The state’s literacy rate figures 64.11% according to 2001 census report. The government is taking all possible steps to revamp the education system of the state. Various projects have also been started by NGOs to overcome the problem of illiteracy in remote villages. The state has registered tremendous success in this regard in the recent period.

S.No.	Faculty	Strength of Students
1	Arts faculty	128442
2	Commerce faculty	73211
3	Science faculty	57128
4	Home Science	3077
5	Law	8251
6	Sanskrit	2287

CATEGORY WISE STRENGTH OF STUDENTS (SESSION 2005-06)

S.No.	Category	Strength
1	General Students (Boys)	54097
2	General Students (Girls)	69580
3	SC Students (Boys)	25266
4	SC Students (Girls)	12801
5	ST Students (Boys)	15873
6	ST Students (Girls)	3514
7	OBC Students (Boys)	56896
8	OBC Students (Girls)	34269

Number of Students at Graduate & Post Graduate Level (SESSION 2005-06)

Level	Boys	Girls	Total
Graduate Level	130666	99179	229845
Post Graduate Level	21466	20985	42451
Total Students	152132	120164	272296

STUDENT STRENGTH AND COLLEGES (SESSION 2005-06)

S.No	Student Strength	Number of Colleges
1	More than 5000	02
2	4001 to 5000	-
3	3001 to 4000	04
4	2001 to 3000	25
5	1001 to 2000	54
6	501 to 1000	56
7	201 to 500	102
8	101 to 200	46
9	51 to 100	13
10	Less than 50	08

DETAILS OF SCHOLARSHIPS (SESSION 2005-06)

S. No	Type of Scholarship	Quota	Category
1	Research	18	Science	09
			Humanities	07
			Commerce	02
2	M. Phil.	14	Science	07
			Humanities	06
			Commerce	01
3	P. G. Merit	73	Science	36
			Humanities	26
			Commerce	11
4	P. G. Merit-Cum-Means	73	Science	36
			Humanities	26
			Commerce	11
5	Sports	22	Students (boys)	11
			Students (Girls)	11
6	U. G. Merit	146	Science	73
			Humanities	51
			Commerce	22
7	U. G. Merit-Cum-Means	146	Science	73
			Humanities	51
			Commerce	22
8	Film Television Trust	2
9	National Modern Arts	2
10	National Drama School	2
11	Sanskrit Scholarship	200	M.A. Arts	07
			Acharya	07
			U. G.	11
			Shastri	18
			Uttar Madhyama	33
			Poorv Madhyama	33
			Prathama	91
12	Scholarship for Primary & Middle School Students	36

SUBJECT WISE POSTS OF TEACHING STAFF

S.No.	SUBJECTS	Sanctioned Posts
		Professor	Assistant Professor
1	ARABIC	0	2
2	BIOCHEMISTRY	1	4
3	BOTANY	44	357
4	CHEMISTRY	61	575
5	COMMERCE	75	571
6	DANCE	1	9
7	DRAW & PAIN.	3	34
8	ECONOMICS	84	442
19	ELECTRONICS	0	1
10	ENGLISH	26	495
11	GEOGRAPHY	29	219
12	GEOLOGY	7	40
13	HINDI	60	541
14	HISTORY	32	283
15	HOME SCIENCE	11	184
16	HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT	0	2
17	LAW	6	91
18	LIBRARY SCIENCE	2	7
19	MANAGEMENT	0	1
20	MARATHI	2	9
21	MATHEMATICS	25	309
22	MILITARY SCIENCE	4	22
23	MUSIC	8	60
24	PERSIAN	0	3
25	PHILOSOPHY	10	36
26	PHYSICS	30	418
27	PSYCHOLOGY	10	40
28	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	0	2
29	SANSKRIT	11	128
30	SOCIOLOGY	34	354
31	STATISTICS	2	9
32	URDU	6	32
33	ZOOLOGY	46	351

BUILDING STATUS OF GOVT. COLLEGES (SESSION 2006-07)

Having their Own Building	217
Main Building Under Construction	54
With Land but without Building	12
Without Land	29
Without their Own Building	95
Total	312
Colleges where additional constructions is going on	26

NON TEACHING STAFF

S.No.	SUBJECTS	SANCTIONED POST
1.	LIBRARIAN	277
2.	SPORTS OFFICER	237
3.	REGISTRAR	37

School Enrolment 2005-06

Classes	Boys	Girls	(B+G)
CLASS IX	460934	266824
CLASS X	444669	251093
HIGH SCHOOL	905603	517917	1423520
CLASS XI	263087	157232
CLASS XII	222465	125695
HIGH SEC. SCHOOL	485552	282927	768479

Total Number of School Teachers Year – 2005

HIGH SCHOOL			HIGHER SECONDARY
Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
22128	15568	37696	34327	25397	59724