Modern Education in Rajasthan: 

It was in the centrally administered Ajmer, Merwara region that the modern education was started. On the directions of Resident Aktarloni in 1819, Jewan Kary opened the English medium schools first in Ajmer and then in Pushkar Bhinay and Kekari, but they had to be closed due to the public resistance in 1931. In 1835 the company recoginsed English as the state language.

Consequently, in 1836 the first government school was opened in Ajmer, considering the need for knowledge of English. It was upgraded to Intermediate college in 1868 and to the graduate college in 1869. So far as states were concerned, Pt. Roop Narayan was inspired by Maharaja Banne Singh to open the first school in Alwar in 1842 and after sometimes Maharaja Balwant Singh of Bharatpur opened the school. This school was the first to adopt the modern examination system. In 1847 it was upgraded to the Intermediate college, in 1888 to the graduate college and in 1900 to the post graduate college.

In 1844 in Jaipur Darbar school was opened and in 1883 the Tonk Nawab started the government school. Thus by the end of the 19th century the government Educational Institutions had been opened in all the states of Rajputana, excluding Jaisalmer.

Gradual Evolution of the Modem Education – The Primary and the Middle schools were gradually upgraded to High schools. The government school of Ajmer (1836) was the first to become the High School in 1851. Among the Indian states Jaipur started High school studies in 1844 in the Madan Mohan temple in front of Hawa Mahal. The students were from both the communities – the Hindu and the Muslims. The process of upgrading schools continued till 1947, unfolding to university level.

The University Education: 

First Stage-Intermediate college (11th and 12th classes): In 1868 the centrally administered Ajmer was the first to have intermediate college and the same year the state upgraded Jaipur Maharaja School to the intermediate college, other upgraded intermediate colleges were as: Jodhpur Intermediate college in 1853, Udaipur Intermediate college in 1922, Dungar Intermediate college of Bikaner in 1928 and Maharani Jaya college of Bharatpur in 1941.

Second Stage Le. Graduation Education: Ajmer government intermediate college was upgraded to graduate college in 1969. The states intermediate colleges were upgraded to the Degree colleges as Maharaja college of Jaipur in 1888, Jaswant college of Jodhpur in 1893, Bikaner Intermediate college in 1928 and Udaipur college in 1935. Third State i.e. Post Graduation: Its beginning was made first in 1900 in Jaipur, followed by Bikaner and Udaipur. Thus the modern education evolved in Rajputana at the two levels i.e.

1. The centrally administered region and 

2. The Indian states from the primary to the Graduation and from Graduation to the Post Graduation level.