All India, Year and Level-wise Total Number of Schools and Higher Educational Institutions
The data shows the year-wise number of institutions and schools for higher education and school education for different levels of education.
Note:
1. Data for Higher Educational Institutions is only till 2023-24.
2. No. of Colleges (2000-01 to 2009-10) includes stand alone Institutions like Polytechnics.
3. Total of all schools includes schools from Class I to Class XII for General Education Only (Pre-Primary and other Technical/Vocational Schools not included).
4. Stand Alone Institutions includes: Polytechnics, PGDM, Nursing, Teacher Training and Institutes under Ministries.
5. In a few states such as Odisha higher secondary is part of higher education which may not have been covered under U-DISE.
All India, Year and Level-wise Total Number of Schools and Higher Educational Institutions
The data shows the year-wise number of institutions and schools for higher education and school education for different levels of education.
Note:
1. Data for Higher Educational Institutions is only till 2023-24.
2. No. of Colleges (2000-01 to 2009-10) includes stand alone Institutions like Polytechnics.
3. Total of all schools includes schools from Class I to Class XII for General Education Only (Pre-Primary and other Technical/Vocational Schools not included).
4. Stand Alone Institutions includes: Polytechnics, PGDM, Nursing, Teacher Training and Institutes under Ministries.
5. In a few states such as Odisha higher secondary is part of higher education which may not have been covered under U-DISE.
All India Survey on Higher Education. (2026). All India, Year and Level-wise Total Number of Schools and Higher Educational Institutions [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/782
