Durgapur and Its Educational System

Durgapur is located 160km from West Bengal. It is an industrial city and is home to the largest industrial unit of the state. It is also home to a number of chemical and engineering industries and the power plants.

It is located on the banks of the river Damodar and has an average literacy rate of 75%. The male literacy rate here is 81% with the average female literacy rate being 69%.

Durgapur is home to many reputed and well known educational institutions. There are many schools and colleges in the city which are administered by the government as well as the private organisations. The city has been one of the pioneers in introducing modern education in the state and the country. Even today, the local government is working towards developing the educational sector of the city.

There are many well known and reputed management and technical institutions in the city. There are many institutions and universities in the city and they do not follow a uniform mode of imparting education. There are some universities in the city which offers both distance learning programme as well as traditional mode of education.

The universities here offer education in different streams like humanities, Science and commerce. Again, there are certain colleges and institutions which offers specialized education in different fields like technology, health science, juridical science and agriculture.

The universities here offer degrees in various level like diploma and certificate programs, and also graduate, undergraduate and doctoral programs.