S I K K I M India is well known for 'Unity in Diversity' and it is portrayed in the most fascinating way in Sikkim. Yet we need to ensure adequate education services for each and every child to maintain the cultural identity of the state. The adult literacy rate of Sikkim in 2011 was 82.2 percent: 87.29 percent for males and 76.43 percent for females. In the state, there are a total of 1,157 schools, including 765 state government-operated schools, seven central government schools, and 385 private schools. There is one National Importance Institute, one central university and four private universities providing higher education in Sikkim. Sikkim has a National Technology Institute, currently functioning from a temporary campus in Ravangla, South Sikkim, which is one of the Government of India's ten newly approved NITs under the 11th Five Year Plan, 2009. There are numerous esteemed schools in Sikkim that are either affiliated to the ICSE or CBSE Board of educati...
S I K K I M FLAVOURS OF SIKKIM Within Sikkim, the geography and ways of food production notify the food culture within the state. Sikkim's economy is predominantly agrarian. Much of the land is unsuitable for farming due to the state's mountainous terrain, so terrace farming, especially rice, is popular. Other cereal crops grown in Sikkim include wheat, maize, barley, and millet, in addition to rice. They also grow potatoes, ginger, oranges, tea, and cardamom. Sikkim grows the most cardamom of any Indian state, around 4200 tonnes each year. Tomatoes, broccoli, and iskus are widely grown vegetables. While dairy and, to a lesser degree, meat products are traditional elements of the Sikkimese diet, in the agricultural sector of Sikkim, livestock primarily plays a subsidiary role. Sheep, chickens, goats, pigs, yaks, and poultry are raised. 11.7% of people are vegetarians in the rural areas of Sikkim. In 2016, Sikkim became the first organic state in India after fully tr...