Education
Education is free from K.G. to University stages in Union Territory. Considerable progress has been made in dispersion of schooling facilities through out the Union Territory especially in the Rural areas.
Education wise, according to the 2011 census, literacy rate of the district is 63.48% with 74.36% are males and 51.8% are females. The total literate population of the district is 2,93,958 including 1,78,326 are males and 1,15,632 are females. The name of the main educational institutes are Govt Central High School, Good Shepherd Mission School , Morning Star Public High School, Govt Boys M.M. Higher Secondary Institute, Govt Girls Higher Secondary Institute , Govt Womens College, Govt High School, Govt Girls Middle School, M.M.E.T High School, Zikra Educational Institute, Modern Public School, Govt Degree College, National Institute of Education and Training (NIET), Lyceum International School, Dolphin International School, Holy Mission Secondary School kids kingdom public school Rahmoo, king son English medium school , Islamic model institute
and Holy blossom public high school.
Higher Education
Number of Universities: 1 See details
Number of Degree Colleges: 3 See details
School Education
| Zone | Primary | Middle | High School | Higher Secondary School | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awantipora | 51 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 89 |
| Kakapora | 69 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 115 |
| Lurgam | 68 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 105 |
| Pampore | 44 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 86 |
| Pulwama | 48 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 93 |
| Shadimarg | 76 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 128 |
| Tahab | 81 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 133 |
| Tral | 61 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 96 |
| Zone | Primary | Middle | High School | Higher Secondary School | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awantipora | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| Kakapora | 7 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 34 |
| Lurgam | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Pampore | 3 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 35 |
| Pulwama | 3 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 44 |
| Shadimarg | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Tahab | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| Tral | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 25 |