Howrah's schools are either run by the state government or by private institutions.
[1] The secondary and Higher Secondary schools have many affiliations: Central Board of Secondary Education, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education, West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and National Institute of Open Schooling.
{Mahiary Kundu Chowdhury Institution, situated in Andul is the oldest school of Howrah founded in 1841} It is the only Governmental school in Howrah.
Howrah's first vernacular Bengali medium school was established in 1857 by Kedarnath Bhattacharya, first Indian chairman of Howrah Municipal Corporation.
The engineering colleges are affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology.