Editing Haryana (section)

=== Universities and higher education ===
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{{See also|List of institutions of higher education in Haryana}}
Haryana has 48 universities and 1,038 colleges,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/a-first-haryana-has-more-women-than-men-pursuing-higher-education/837137.html|title=A first: Haryana has more women than men pursuing higher education|last=Thakur|first=Bhartesh Singh|date=23 September 2019|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=2 October 2019|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925164158/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/a-first-haryana-has-more-women-than-men-pursuing-higher-education/837137.html|url-status=live}}</ref> including 115 government colleges, 88 government-aided colleges and 96 self-finance colleges.<ref name=hareduc1>[https://translate.google.com/translate?&sl=hi&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jagran.com%2Fharyana%2Fmahendragarh-haryana-is-growing-rapidly-in-higher-education-colleges-in-small-states-17374290.html Haryana is growing rapidly in higher education, 299 colleges in small state] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424220015/https://www-jagran-com.translate.goog/haryana/mahendragarh-haryana-is-growing-rapidly-in-higher-education-colleges-in-small-states-17374290.html?_x_tr_sl=hi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US |date=24 April 2022 }}, [https://www.jagran.com/haryana/mahendragarh-haryana-is-growing-rapidly-in-higher-education-colleges-in-small-states-17374290.html Jagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119234959/https://www.jagran.com/haryana/mahendragarh-haryana-is-growing-rapidly-in-higher-education-colleges-in-small-states-17374290.html |date=19 January 2018 }}, 17 January 2018.</ref> [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]] has three universities: [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University]] – Asia's largest agricultural university,<ref name="about hau">{{cite web|url=http://hau.ernet.in/|title=About HAU|publisher=Haryana Agricultural University|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512064952/http://hau.ernet.in/|archive-date=12 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology]], [[Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences]]); several national agricultural and veterinary research centres ([[NRC on Equines, Hisar, Haryana|National Research Centre on Equines]]),<ref name="vision 2030">{{cite web|title=Vision 2030|url=http://nrce.nic.in/downloads/NRCE%20Vision%202030.pdf|publisher=National Research Centre on Equines|access-date=7 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913134303/http://www.nrce.nic.in/downloads/NRCE%20Vision%202030.pdf|archive-date=13 September 2012}}</ref> Central Sheep Breeding Farm,<ref name="sheep breeding farm">{{cite web|url=http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/reports/compendium-of-schemes/central-sheep-breeding-farm-hissar-haryana.aspx |title=Central sheep breeding farm |publisher=Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, GoI |access-date=27 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122055903/http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/reports/compendium-of-schemes/central-sheep-breeding-farm-hissar-haryana.aspx |archive-date=22 November 2012 }}</ref> National Institute on Pig Breeding and Research,<ref name="ppu">{{cite web|url=http://www.ppu.edu.in/about-hisar.html |title=Climate of Hisar |publisher=PPU |access-date=27 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505132444/http://www.ppu.edu.in/about-hisar.html |archive-date=5 May 2012 }}</ref> Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute<ref name="nrfmtti">{{cite web|url=http://nrfmtti.dacnet.nic.in/|title=About us|publisher=Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute|access-date=27 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916140714/http://nrfmtti.dacnet.nic.in/|archive-date=16 September 2011}}</ref> and Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB);<ref name="about cirb">{{cite web|url=http://www.cirb.res.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=1&lang=en|title=About CIRB|publisher=Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913001100/http://www.cirb.res.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=1&lang=en|archive-date=13 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and more than 20 colleges including [[Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha]].<ref name="mamc">{{cite web|url=http://mamc.edu.in/|title=Official website|publisher=Maharaja Agrasen Medical College|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426072051/http://mamc.edu.in/|archive-date=26 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Demographically, Haryana has 471,000 women and 457,000 men pursuing post-secondary school higher education. There are more than 18,616 female teachers and 17,061 male teachers in higher education.<ref name=":1" />

[[Union Minister]] [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]] announced on 27 February 2016 that the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) would be set up in Kurukshetra to provide computer training to youth and a Software Technology Park of India (STPI) would be set up in [[Panchkula]]'s existing HSIIDC IT Park in Sector 23.<ref name=express>{{citation |title=Under the Digital India initiative: Software Technology Park of India |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/digital-india-digital-india-initiative-software-technology-park-of-india-software-technology-park-in-panchkula-panchkula-news-under-the-digital-india-initiative-software-technology-park-of-india |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=28 February 2016 |access-date=10 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310222254/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/digital-india-digital-india-initiative-software-technology-park-of-india-software-technology-park-in-panchkula-panchkula-news-under-the-digital-india-initiative-software-technology-park-of-india/ |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref> Hindi and English are compulsory languages in schools whereas Punjabi, Sanskrit and Urdu are chosen as optional languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM47thReport.pdf|title=National Committee for Linguistic Minorities|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018191624/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM47thReport.pdf|archive-date=18 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>