Editing Howrah (section)

==Education==
{{Main|Education in Howrah}}
{{see also|List of high schools in Howrah|:Category:Education in Howrah}}

The [[Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur]] is a public engineering and research institution. It is the fourth oldest engineering institution in India, and is an [[institute of national importance]].<ref>{{cite web |title=E-Gazette published by the Ministry of Law and Justice of the Government of India regarding the National Institutes of Technology, science education and research amendment of 2014 |url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2014/158429.pdf |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102230458/http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2014/158429.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Howrah's schools are either run by the state government or by private institutions. The medium of instruction is [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]] or [[Hindi]]. Schools are affiliated to the [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education|West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE)]], [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education|West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE)]], the [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education|Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)]], [[National Institute of Open Schooling|National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)]] and [[Central Board of Secondary Education|Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)]].{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

[[Howrah Zilla School]], established in 1845, is the only Governmental school in Howrah.

Howrah's first vernacular Bengali medium school, established in 1857, was ''Santragachi Minor School'': currently the school is running as [[Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Alok Kumar Mukherjee |title=Howrah, a Study in Urbanization |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGZPAAAAMAAJ |year=1991 |page=99 |publisher=Chatterjee Publishers |isbn=9788185089089 |access-date=2 June 2020 |archive-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010040539/https://books.google.com/books?id=cGZPAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>