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Education in Puducherry
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The literacy rate in Pondicherry is much higher at 81.49% as compared to the all
India average.
The male literacy rate is 88.89% while the female literacy rate is 74.13%.
Pondicherry house many reputed institutes of higher education and research.
Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
is one of the country's leading centers of medical education and research. It
has attached 850 bed hospital.
The Alliance Francaise and the French Institute are dedicated to keeping the
French tradition alive in Pondicherry. The Alliance Francaise conducts French
language classes and arranges French cultural programs.
Pondicherry Government is giving special emphasis to IT education. Computers
and Internet access is made available to all institutions down to middle
schools.
Colleges in Puducherry:
Achariya Arts and Science college
Achariya Cambrian College
Achariya college of Education
Achariya Group of Educational Institutions
Achariya Teacher Training Academy
Bharathidasan Govt. College for Women
Bharathihar College of Engineering and Technology
Dr.Ambedkar Govt. Law College
JIPMER
Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for P.G. Studies
Mahatma Gandhi Dental College
Mothilal Nehru Govt. Polytechnic
Pondicherry Engineering College
Pondicherry University
Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology
Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College
Tagore Arts College
Women's Polytechnic