EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
| Number of Offices | ||
| S.No. | Name of Office | Number of Office |
| 1 | Chief Education Officer's Office | 01 |
| 2 | Dy. Chief Education Officer's Office | 01 |
| 3 | Zonal Education Officer's Office | 07 (one in each block) |
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Number of Schools |
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| S.No. | Name of School/Office | Number of Schools |
| 1 | Higher Secondary Schools | 06 |
| 2 | High Schools | 31 |
| 3 | Lower High Schools | 09 |
| 4 | Middle Shools | 40 |
| 5 | Central Schools | 07 |
| 6 | Senior Basic Schools | 13 |
| 7 | Primary Schools | 279 |
| Total | 385 | |
| Stage-wise Enrollment of Students | |||
| Classes | Boys | Girls | Total |
| I - V | 4647 | 5930 | 10577 |
| VI - VIII | 2799 | 2879 | 5678 |
| IX - X | 1618 | 1410 | 3028 |
| XI - XII | 647 | 411 | 1058 |
|
Grand Total |
9711 | 10630 | 20341 |
Source: Chief Education Officer, Kargil
DEGREE COLLEGE
Introduction
The Degree Collage Kargil was introduced by the Government of J&K State vide Order No: 138-HE of 1995 dated 31.03.1995. The Collage was established on 29 June 1995 and thus the functioning of this highest seat of learning in the district market the dawn of a new area in the Educational Development of hilly, backward and border District of Kargil. The Collage is located at the height of 8500 feet above MSL, on the edge of a plateau. The elevation of the Collage from the main town is about 500 feet.
The Arts Faculty
In its initial stage the Arts Faculty with the following subjects was introduced at the undergraduate level.
| 1. English | 4. Economics | 7. Political Science |
| 2. Mathematics | 5. History | 8. Urdu |
| 3. Sociology | 6. Education | 9. Arabic |
| 10. Hindi |
The Science Faculty
The Government has sanctioned Science faculty in this Collage vide Government order No: 182-HE of 2002 dated 04.03.2002. Through the faculty started functioning since the academic session 2002 with the cooperation of School Education Department Kargil but the permanent posts of lectures in Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology (Two Lecturers in each subject) Mathematics and English and four post of laboratory Assistant were created by the government in 2004 vide Government No: 176-HE of 2004 dated 20.07.2004, No: 181-HE of 2004 dated 21.07.2004 and No: 183-HE of 2004 dated: 26.07.2004.
Source: Degree College, Kargil