Lakshadweep State Education, thinking more about the Jawahar Navodyaya Vidyalaya

The picturesque Lakshadweep islands that marked an exotic tropical blend of the sun, sea and sand witnessed a slow growth and development process. However, the future of the State Education of Lakshadweep is looking brighter with the advent of the numerous schools and colleges. Lakshadweep has progressed phenomenally from the days when education in the union territory was limited top the sacred instructions of the Koran. The various lessons of Islamic theology were imparted in the islands mosques or madrasas. The States Reorganization Act, 1956 marked a phenomenal changed in the island’s academic scenario. The first ever government school to open doors in Lakshadweep was established at Amini on 15th January 1904. This was a landmark occasion in the island’s academic history. The children attended the madrasas in the mornings that was mandatory for securing their religious beliefs. The government schools in Lakshadweep taught only the fundamentals of arithmetic, Canarese and Malayalam. The Minicoy High School was the first school to be set up in Minicoy Island in 1891. The union territory also has its own Kendriya Vidyalaya and Jawahar Navodyaya Vidyalaya that are centers of academic excellence. The Lakshwadeep colleges are mainly affiliated to the University of Calicut. With the growing interest in higher education among the aborigines and the indigenous tribes, colleges started mushrooming in the 10 inhabited islands of the exquisite archipelago. The two premier colleges of the island namely, the Government Jawaharlal Nehru College and the Mahatma Gandhi College offer degree courses in various disciplines of arts, science and technology. The Lakshadweep colleges specialize in the departments of English, British History, World History, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Computer Applications, Physics, Botany, Zoology and Pisciculture.