page_title: Education in Uttarakhand
section_title: Detail
hierarchical_section_title: Education in Uttarakhand / Detail
caption_attribution_description: English: Main building of The Doon School behind the southern gardens. The Doon School is an independent boarding school in Dehradun, India, and was founded in 1935 by Satish Ranjan Das. Its first headmaster was Arthur Foot, a former science teacher at Eton College. Français&#160;: Le bâtiment principal de l'École Doon derrière les pelouses centrales. L'école Doon est un pensionnat à Dehradun en Inde. Elle a été fondée en 1935 par Satish Ranjan Das. Son premier directeur fut Arthur Foot, un ancien professeur de sciences au collège d'Eton.
context_page_description: Education in Uttarakhand is provided by various public and private institutions. Uttarakhand had a long tradition of learning and culture.
context_section_description: In Uttarakhand there are 15,331 primary schools with 1,040,139 students and 22,118 working teachers (Year 2011). Literacy rate of the state was 79.63% with 88.33% literacy for males and 70.70% literacy for females. The language of instruction in the schools is either English or Hindi.
  There are mainly government and private schools and institutions including primary schools, high schools, inter college, degree colleges and technical institutions.
  The main school affiliations are CBSE, CISCE or the State Government syllabus defined by the Department of Education of the Government of Uttarakhand.
caption: Main building of The Doon School
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