•The Department was renamed from Education Department to Human Resource Development Department during 2004-05.
•The State Government is committed to make Sikkim a 100% literate state by 2015 and development of educational infrastructure is in tune with this policy.
• There are a total of 783 State Government Schools, with 503 Primary Schools, 146 Junior High Schools, 93 Secondary Schools and 41 Senior Secondary Schools.
•Pre-primary sections are attached to all the State Government schools to prepare the children to enter into the school system.
Sikkim Manipal Institution of Technology, Mazitar [img src:smilingsikkim]•The total enrollment during 2005-06 in the State Government schools was 1,32,414 (including pre-primary sections) with 65,080 boys and 67,334 girls.
•There are 7 Central Government Schools with a total enrollment of 1862 students.
•341 private schools are functioning throughout the State with a total enrollment of 32,264.