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Goa abounds in educational facilities with Goa University as the premier centre of learning. There are several professional colleges, including engineering, polytechnics and ITIs. Management studies, law colleges and a catering institute form vital chapters in the education volume of Goa. The highly reputed Goa Medical College is among the oldest in Asia. The prestigious National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) is a leader in marine research in India. The Central Library in Panaji and the Xavier Centre for Historical Research store a vast fund of knowledge on Goa's hoary past. Most of the schools of Goa are affiliated to the State SSC.

Institutions in Goa are also well-known for courses in marine engineering, fisheries, hotel management and cuisine. The State also hosts a premier Business school i.e. Goa Institute of Management which is autonomous and was founded in 1993 by Fr. Romuald D'souza. Goa was under the control of Portuguese for a long period of time till recently. Still today the state continues to offer Portuguese as a third language in most of its schools. The Goa University also offers a Bachelor and Master's degree in Portuguese language.


Administration

Shri Luizinho Faleiro

Telephone:
2223600 (O)
2731779 (R)
Email: [email protected]


The education facts and figures of Goa like literacy rate in Goa, number of schools in Goa, number of students enrolled in various schools in Goa and other related information on Goa is given below:

S.No	Item	Reference period	North Goa	South Goa	Total
1	Total literacy ( per cent )	2001	84.12	79.98	82.30
2	Male literacy ( per cent )	2001	90.63	86.58	88.88
3	Female literacy (per cent)	2001	77.29	73.22	75.51
4	Number of primary level schools	2001	743	525	1,268
5	Number of middle level schools	2001	263	177	440
6	Number of secondary level schools	2001	212	153	365
7	Number of higher secondary level schools	2001	48	32	80
8	Number of colleges/university for general education,(Arts, Science and Commerce)	2001	13	8	21
9	Number of colleges for professional education.	2001	17	3	20
10	Number of schools for vocational & professional education (including ITI's )	2001	18	11	29
11	Number of students at primary stage ( I to IV )	2001	52,615	44,842	97,457
12	Number of students at middle stage ( V ro VII )	2001	39,644	33,082	72,726
13	Number of students at secondary stage ( VIII to X )	2001	35,788	28,390	64,178
14	Number of students at higher secondary stage (XI to XII)	2001	11,821	9,218	21,039
15	Number of students in colleges/university for general education	2001	9,433	5,247	14,680
16	Number of students in colleges for professional education	2001	3,533	1094	4,627
17	Number of students in colleges for vocational & professional education including ( ITI's )	2001	4,946	2,359	7,305
18	Number of Libraries **	2001	101	63	164
19	Number of printing presses	1998-99	8	3	11
20	Number of dailies published	1998-99	7	2	9
	I) English ( exclusively )	1998-99	4	nil	4
	ii) Other languages	1998-99	3	2	5
21	Number of newspapers and other periodicals published	1998-99	45	22	67
	i) English (exclusively )	1998-99	8	nil	8
	ii)Other languages	1998-99	37	22	59
22	Cinema talkies functioning:
	i) Number of talkies	2001-2002	12	8	20
	ii) Number of seats	2001-2002	6,916	3,311	10,227
Source : Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation Panaji-Goa