The Chandigarh Administration has provided a sufficient number of schools in each sector and villages of UT Chandigarh with a view to provide best education for all the children of Chandigarh without reference to their religion, caste, Colour or creed with an aim of providing education within 1 km of their residence. Apart from the schools established by the Government here, there is a good number of privately managed Recognized and Government aided schools functioning from the educational sites allotted to them by the Chandigarh Administration on confessional rates from time to time. Government Schools The following Government schools are functioning in Chandigarh as on September 2016:-