Rajasthan is rapidly emerging as one of the most favoured destinations for education in the country. Shedding image of its lagging behind in the educational sector, the infrastructure of education system in Rajasthan has it all to provide complete satisfaction to any person who wants to quench his or her thirst of knowledge.

Steep increase in the industrial sector of Rajasthan in recent years has encouraged the government as well as private players of education sector to pay close attention to the educational infrastructure. Now there are number of esteemed private and government institutions for all kind of professional and vocational courses. The stress has shifted from just theoretical aspect of knowledge to practical one.

How much success efforts of battering the educational infrastructure in the state have yielded is obvious by the fact that a large number of professionals of Rajasthan are being hired not only by local companies but also by multinational ones. Many multinational companies have started coming here to recruit students directly from campus.

There are many institutes of management, engineering, medical, law etc. to pursue higher studies in the state. Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer and Udaipur cities of Rajasthan play a pivotal role in providing strong infrastructure of education as number of students from all over the state as well as the country come to these cities to pursue their study every year.

Administration:

Shri Ghanshyam Tiwari Cabinet Minister, Education (Primary, Secondary and Higher Education, Sanskrit Education, Law Department) Address: E-183, Ram Path, Shyam Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan (India) Telephone: 0141-2227418 (O),2293666, 2293777 (R),2743910 (113) (Vidhan Sabha Extn.)

Sh. Vasudev Devnani Ministry of Education, (Primary, Secondary and Higher Education, Sanskrit Education, Language & Minority Language, Technical Education) 6, Hospital Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan (India) Phone No: 0141-2227385 (O), 218 (Vidhan Sabha Extn.) A. K. Garg Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Phone – 2227142 (O), 2701104 (R) Sudheer Bhargav Principal Secretary, School and Sanskrit Education, Phone – 2227142 (O), 2700415 (R) Veenu Gupta Secretary, School Education, Phone - 227238 (O), 2703414 (R) Govind Sharma Secretary, Medical Education, Phone – 2227509 (O), 2702031 (R)

Educational Statistics:

Category	Total Number	Total Enrolment
Primary School	35077	7204000
Elementary School	14807	2314000
Secondary School	3844	810788
Senior Secondary School	1789	401380
Degree College	267	180743
Engineering College	27	-
Medical College (M.B.B.S.)	7	1959
All Universities	20	17726
Deemed University	8	-
Teacher Training College	43	6339
Teacher Training School	46	4534
Polytechnic Institutes	15	-
Technical / Industrial / Arts & Craft Schools	134	10983