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State Education Intelligence Report, June 2026

Gujarat's Education Decade

By Aurobindo Saxena, Founder, RAYSolute Consultants. Updated Sep 2026

2014 to 2024 to 2026, read against official data: a premium-board surge, a higher-education system scaling against a real enrolment gap, India's first foreign university campuses at GIFT City, and where the open opportunity for new institutions now sits.

839

Premium-board schools (2026)

109

Universities (2024-25)

3,236

Colleges (2024-25)

2

Foreign campuses, India's first

24.0%

Higher-ed GER (2021-22)
The Decade in One View School Education Higher Education The GIFT City Story The Policy Spine What It Means
The Decade in One View

Gujarat's Institutions, 2014 versus 2026

This page is a decade comparison. Between 2014 and 2026 every category of institution in Gujarat grew, but at very different rates, and the rate is what matters for an entry decision. The chart below sets every category against 2014 and 2026 on one scale, with the decade growth rate marked as an arrow above each.

The read: the fastest compounding sits in the international-school and university tiers, Cambridge at 9.6% and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) at 8.5% a year, alongside universities at 9.5%, not in the already-large college and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) bases. Growth is quickest where premium supply is thinnest.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Gujarat had 759 CBSE-affiliated schools in 2026, up from 286 in 2014, a net addition of 473 schools at a compound annual growth rate of 8.5% (Source: CBSE/SARAS registry, 2026 RAYSolute universe).
Gujarat's CBSE, ICSE/ISC, IB and Cambridge (CAIE) schools combined grew from 332 in 2014 to 839 in 2026, a net addition of 507 schools at a compound annual growth rate of 8.0% (Source: CBSE/SARAS, CISCE, IB and Cambridge registries; 2026 RAYSolute universe).
Cambridge (CAIE) is Gujarat's fastest-growing board at a 9.6% compound annual growth rate (8 schools in 2014 to 24 in 2026), followed by universities at 9.5% and CBSE at 8.5%; growth is quickest where premium supply is thinnest (Source: board registries; University Grants Commission (UGC) and AISHE).
Gujarat runs 53,355 schools with 1.15 crore students as of 2024-25 (Source: UDISE+, 2024-25).