New Delhi: According to the University Grants Commission (UGC), 27 Government Colleges and 185 Private Colleges are functioning in Assam under Section 2(f) and 12(b) of the UGC Act, 1956.

Kendriya Vidyalayas are composite co-educational schools having classes from I to XII. At present 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas are functional in the state of Assam. The total number of students in these Kendriya Vidyalayas is 18,248 (as on 30th September, 2007) and 1,272 teachers are in position.

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti has a mandate to establish one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in each district of the country. These Vidyalayas are meant for imparting education to the children from Class VI to Class XII and are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE). These Vidyalayas are co-educational and residential in nature.

27 JNVs have been sanctioned in the state of Assam. There is no provision to set up lower primary level JNVs in the country as well as in Assam. Hence, there are no students in the JNVs at lower primary level.

There are 165 Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs), 180 Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs) and 114 Miscellaneous Category Teachers working in the JNVs in Assam.

According to the Central board of Secondary Education (CBSE), as on 31st December, 2007 there were 136 schools including 69 unaided independent private schools affiliated with CBSE.

CBSE does not maintain the data about the total number of teachers and the number of students of its affiliated schools.

However, the number of students registered with CBSE for board exam from the state of Assam during the year 2007-08 were 7188 (Class X), 5388 (Class XII), 7740 (class X) 6164 (Class XII) respectively.

Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), there are 42,667 schools in the state of Assam and the number of students and teachers are 41,94,417 and 1,55,922 respectively.

The Mid-day-Meal scheme covers children studying at primary stage of education in Government, Local Body and Government-aided schools and centers run under Education Granted Scheme / Alternative and Innovative Scheme. The scheme has been extended up to the upper primary stage of education i.e. up to class VIII with effect from 1st October, 2007 in 3479 educational backward blocks of the country including 81 blocks of state of Assam. The scheme does not cover children studying in privately managed and unaided institutions.

Information regarding salaries of teaching and non- teaching staff and State Government run non-commercial schools and colleges are not centrally maintained.