Education :
Goa at a Glance
   
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