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 states 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 |