Editing Madhya Pradesh (section)

== Education ==
{{See also|List of Engineering Colleges in Madhya Pradesh}}
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File:UIT RGPV Bhopal's Main Gate.jpg|[[Rajiv Gandhi Technical University]]'s main gate
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File:St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School.jpg|[[St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School|St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur]], established in the year 1868 is among the oldest schools in India
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According to the 2011 census, Madhya Pradesh had a literacy rate of 69.32%. According to the 2009–10 figures, the state had 105,592 primary schools, 6,352 high schools, and 5,161 higher secondary schools. The state has 208 engineering and architecture colleges, 208 management institutes, and 12 medical colleges.<ref name="IBEF_2011" />

The state is home to some of the premier scientific educational and research institutions of India including [[IIT Indore]], [[Indian Institute of Management Indore|IIM Indore]], [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences|AIIMS Bhopal]], [[Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology|NIT Bhopal]], [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal|IISER Bhopal]], [[School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal|SPA Bhopal]], [[Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur|IIIT Jabalpur]], [[Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior|IIIT Gwalior]].

Other premier institutes include [[Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management|Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM Gwalior)]], [[Indian Institute of Forest Management|Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) Bhopal]], [[Institute of Hotel Management|Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) Gwalior]], [[National Law Institute University|National Law Institute University (NLIU) Bhopal]], [[Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education|Lakshmi Bai National Institute of Physical Education, (LNIPE) Gwalior]], [[Jabalpur Engineering College]], [[Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur]], [[Vellore Institute of Technology|VIT University Bhopal]] and [[Rustamji Institute of Technology|Rustamji Institute of Technology, Gwalior]]

The state has two central universities namely [[Dr. Hari Singh Gour University]] ([[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]]) and [[Indira Gandhi National Tribal University]] ([[Amarkantak]], [[Anuppur district|Anuppur]]), while former being the first university of Madhya Pradesh.

There are 500 degree colleges, which are affiliated with one of the universities in the state. The specialised universities include [[Rajiv Gandhi Technical University]], [[Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya|Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University]] and [[Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University]]. The general universities are [[Awadhesh Pratap Singh University]] ([[Rewa, Madhya Pradesh|Rewa]]), [[Barkatullah University]] (Bhopal), [[Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya]] ([[Indore]]), [[Rani Durgavati University]] ([[Jabalpur]]), [[Vikram University]] ([[Ujjain]]), [[Mansarovar Global University|Masarovar Global University]], [[Jiwaji University]] ([[Gwalior]]), [[Dr. Hari Singh Gour University]] ([[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]]), [[Indira Gandhi National Tribal University]] ([[Amarkantak]], [[Anuppur district|Anuppur]]), [[Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication]] (Bhopal).

Madhya Pradesh is home to India's most expensive, finest and elite schools known as [[Scindia School|the Scindia School]] (the all boys private residential school) and [[Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya|the Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya]] (the all girls private boarding school) situated in [[Gwalior]].

The Professional Examination Board was initialised as Pre Medical Test Board by Government of Madhya Pradesh in the year 1970. After some year in 1981, Pre Engineering Board was constituted. Then after, in the year 1982 both these boards were amalgamated and named as [[Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board]] (MPPEB).