Raebareli District is one of the important districts located in the state of Uttar Pradesh in the northern parts of the nation. The headquarters of the district is the town called Raeberali and the district belongs to the division of Lucknow in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The district is spread over an area of 1748 square meters and it has a remarkable fertile land and has the rivers Sai and Ganges as its water sources. Many principal crops like poppy, millet, barley, wheat, pulse and rice.

The town of Raebareli is connected with the state capital by branch of Rohilkhand and Oudh Railway, which was extended to the city of Benaras in the year 1898. When it comes to educational scenario in the district of Raebareli, nearly 21 colleges function in the town of Raebareli alone and there are several other colleges as well in other towns of the districts. Even though, the number of private colleges is higher, only a few government colleges are functioning in this district and the names of these colleges are given below:

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

Degree Colleges:

• Indira Gandhi Government Degree College

• Bhim Rao Ambedkar Government Degree College

Inter Colleges:

• Government Inter College

• Government Girls Inter College

Some of the details about these government colleges are given below:

Degree Colleges:

Indira Gandhi Government Degree College is offering arts, science and commerce education at the degree level with affiliation from the Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University located in Kanpur popularly known as Kanpur University. This college is shortly called as IGGDC and it is acting as one of the prominent colleges in the district of Raebareli.

Bhim Rao Ambedkar Government Degree College came into existence in the year 1978 and the college is located in a town called Unchahar. Bhim Rao Amdekar Government Degree College is recognized by the University Grants Commission under section 2(f) and 12(b) and the list of courses offered by the college is given below:

• Bachelor of Arts in

o Sociology

o Economics

o Geography

o Political science

o Sanskrit

o English

o Hindi

• Bachelor of Science in

o Botany

o Zoology

o Mathematics

o Chemistry

o Physics

Inter Colleges:

Government Inter College and Government Girls Inter College are meant for boys and girls respectively and these colleges offer intermediate courses in the faculties of arts, science and commerce.

The district of Raebareli had only few colleges and educational institutions during the British rule and only after independence several colleges were established and these colleges contribute towards the educational scenario of the district.