Silchar is proud to be endowed with the best educational
institutes in the whole of North East India. One of the 17 Regional Engineering Colleges , REC Silchar was the best and only technical institute of some repute till the IIT came up in Guwahati . Silchar after years of struggle got its own university ..  the Assam University , a central university which is changing the educational scenerio of the whole region . Silchar has a Medical college , 
a Polytechnic Institute , a BT college , a Law college and an ITI . The schools of repute are Holy Cross School , Adhar Chand School and Collegiate School . Most of the academically better students get to the Guru Charan College and Cachar College ... Guru Charan College being one of the most respected colleges in the whole of Assam . Silchar has a male literacy of 66.4% and female literacy of 46% .