Out of all the Indian states in North-East region, Assam has boosts of one of the most extensive networks of higher educational institutions in the entire North-Eastern region of India. Assam’s largest city Guwahati is a major destination for education for students of the entire north-eastern region. Presence of Institutions like the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, National Institute of Technology, Silchar and Guwahati University, make Assam the top edu-destinations both at state level and on national level.

Today, the state of Assam is home to 5 universities; one deemed university, one institute of national importance and several reputed professional colleges.

The medium of instruction at the school level is Assamese; however, some schools also use English as their medium of study. The Assam Government has introduced the policy of free and compulsory education for students up to the age of 14. The demand of technical education in the state has now been well understood by the state government and due attention is being paid towards the development in this field.

The state has recently made strides in setting up several high standard institutions to provide education in the field of engineering and management. Assam has an overall literacy rate of 64.28%. While male literacy rate is at 71.93%, the female literacy rate however is only at 56.03%, a cause for concern for the State Government.