Education in Delhi

Education is based on three-tier model which includes primary schools, followed by secondary schools and tertiary education at universities or other institutes of same level. Education Department of the Government of Delhi is a premier body which looks into the educational affairs. Tertiary education is administrated by the Directorate of Higher Education. Delhi has to its credit some of the premier institutions in India like the Indian Institute of Technology, the Delhi Technological University, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences,University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, the National Institute of Fashion Technology, AJK, Mass Communication Research Centre under Jamia Millia Islamia University, and the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. .