Education

Educational scenario is bright in Davangere District. There are many educational institutes, which cater to the educational needs of the District. Each habitation with 265 population or more is having a primary schools. There are upper primary schools, High schools and Junior colleges which are easily accessible to rural areas also. Each Taluk Headquarters is having a degree college. There is an Engineering college, Dental college, Polytechnics, to cater to the needs of higher educational and technical education of the District. Even rural areas are accessible for higher education. The District is having a high tradition in the field of culture and literature. It has a rich heritage of cultural and literary backgrounds.
There are 1871 Primary Schools and Upper Primary Schools in the District. There are 683 Government Lower Primary Schools and 702 Government Higher Primary Schools in the District. Only 9 aided Lower Primary Schools and 128 aided higher Primary schools are there in the District. The Government has opened many schools in the district and extended support for private managements to run Primary Schools.

There are seven educational blocks in the district

• Chennagiri
• Davanagere North
• Davanagere South
• Harapanahalli
• Harihar
• Honnali
• Jagalur