The District of Pulwama located in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir is regarded as one of the prettiest spots on the earth since the district is full of natural sceneries like trees with delicious fruits, fragrant flowers, waterfalls, streams, innumerable springs and congenial climate. In addition, Pulwama is also popular all over the world for the cultivation of Saffron that is mainly cultivated in the Karewa Islands of Pulwams, Kakapora and Pampore blocks. Since the district is the largest producer of rice grains in the state, it is called as Rice Bowl of the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The district is divided into seven blocks namely Pampore, Kakapora, Keller, Shopian, Tral and Pulwama.

Higher education in Pulwama District:

When it comes to higher education in the district of Pulwama, it has two government colleges offering education in the faculties of arts, science and commerce and of these colleges, one college is meant for offering education to men, while the other college is meant for offering education to women students. Some of the details regarding these government colleges in Pulwama are give below:

• Government Degree College, Pulwama

• Government Degree College for Women. Pulwama

Details about government colleges:

Both the government colleges functioning from Pulwama are affiliated to the University of Kashmir and the colleges offer degrees in the faculties of arts science and commerce under different subject combinations and some of the combinations offered by these colleges are given below:

• Gen. English,  History, Islamic Studies, CL

• Gen. English, Political Science, History, Islamic Studies

• Gen. English, Education, Urdu, Kashmi

• Gen. English, Education, Economics, Statistic

• Gen. English, History, Political Science, English Literature

• Gen. English, History, Sociology, Persian

• Gen. English, History, Sociology, Arabic

• Gen. English, History, Political Science, Urdu

• Gen. English, Arabic,  Urdu, Education

• Gen. English, History, Urdu, CL

• Gen. English, English Literature, Education, MIL

• Gen. English, English Literature, History, MI

• Gen. English, Political Science, History, Kashmiri

In addition to these combinations, colleges in the district of Pulwama also offer Bachelor of Computer Applications course for which admission is offered on the basis of merit secured by candidates in Common Entrance Test, which is conducted by the University of Kashmir. For other courses, admission is generally based on merit secured by candidates in the qualifying higher education from the board of higher education of Jammu & Kashmir or any other recognized board of education.