Editing Rajkot (section)

==Education==
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File:Christ_College_Building.jpg|Christ College
File:PDMCC Campus front.jpg|[[PDM College of Commerce]]
File:School of Engineering RKU.jpeg|RK University
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Rajkot is famous for providing education to Mahatma Gandhi, at the [[Alfred High School, Rajkot|Alfred High School]]. A number of schools in the city are run by Rajkot Municipal Corporation. They include 20 schools and learning centres,<ref>[http://www.rmc.gov.in/rti/School%20Board_RTI_2007.pdf RMC School Board RTI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229133950/http://www.rmc.gov.in/rti/School%20Board_RTI_2007.pdf |date=29 February 2008 }}. Retrieved 13 January 2008</ref> which consist of 3 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, 4 junior high schools, 4 senior high schools, 1 education centre, and 1 special school.<ref>[http://www.rmc.gov.in/rti/highschool/1.pdf RMC Highschools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229133951/http://www.rmc.gov.in/rti/highschool/1.pdf |date=29 February 2008 }}. Retrieved 13 January 2008</ref> Rajkot is home to [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]], also known as RKC. RKC is the oldest of the Chiefs' schools of India similar to [[Mayo College]] at [[Ajmer]] and [[Daly College]] at [[Indore]].

Rajkot also has the Union Government HRD Ministry run [[Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya]]. It was started at the Juni Khadki school premise of Sir Lakhajiraj High School and later moved to its own building on the Jamnagar Road. It is a [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]] Board affiliated, residential school for girls and boys, providing education to those selected at the Class VI level all India entrance test.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://navodaya.gov.in|title=NVS|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726233721/http://www.navodaya.nic.in/|archive-date=26 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jnvmudgal.gov.in/Application/ApplnEng.pdf |title=Application form for Navodaya |access-date=12 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721160001/http://www.jnvmudgal.gov.in/Application/ApplnEng.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

The city is home to [[Saurashtra University]], several colleges, and other institutions of higher education, both public and private. Rajkot has three private universities, [[RK University]] (RKU),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rku.ac.in|title=RK University – First step to success|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805043317/http://rku.ac.in/|archive-date=5 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Atmiya University]] and [[Marwadi University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marwadiuniversity.ac.in/|title=MU{{!}} Believing in 360-degree education. {{!}}Best College in Rajkot{{!}}No-1 Rank in Gujarat|website=www.marwadiuniversity.ac.in|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316204252/https://www.marwadiuniversity.ac.in/|archive-date=16 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The city has 12 engineering colleges. It has a Performing Arts College (Vocal, Classical dance, Tabla Vadan etc.) opposite [[Hemu Gadhavi|Hemu Gadhvi Natya Gruh]]. The Saurashtra University is the city's public university. It is spread across approximately {{convert|410|acre|km2}} of green land with 28 post-graduation departments.<ref>[http://www.saurashtrauniversity.edu/about_uni.htm About Saurashtra University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103031959/http://www.saurashtrauniversity.edu/about_uni.htm |date=3 January 2008 }}. Retrieved 13 January 2008</ref>

[[AIIMS Rajkot]], an [[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences|AIIMS]] institute has started its medical college with its inaugural batch of MBBS Students in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-21|title=Academic session of first batch of AIIMS Rajkot starts|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/guj-academic-session-of-first-batch-of-aiims-rajkot-starts/story-Vr1nq4RJJWe8qq3aATFeiP.html|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-31|title=PM Modi lays foundation stone of AIIMS Rajkot, says India emerged as nerve centre of global health|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-lays-foundation-stone-of-aiims-rajkot/story-6jXlTkRJsHxDENAm0kPYmL.html|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>