Kiang Nongbah Government College

Jowai Government College was established on 15th September 1967. The College was re-named as Kiang Nangbah Government College after the local freedom fighter Mr. (Late) Kiang Nangbah on 30th December 1983. Kiang Nangbah Govt. College is a premier institution of higher education in Jaintia Hills District (at present fall under West Jaintia Hills District) of Meghalaya. Till date, it is the only college in the whole of East and West Jaintia Hills Degree offering Degree course in science stream. It is also offers Degree courses in Arts and Commerce stream as well. The college is located in a vast and well maintained campus of its own covering an area of 22.4 acres surrounded by concrete boundary walls. The college campus contains a football field, two basketball courts, a volleyball court, a badminton court, an indoor stadium, an auditorium, to give ample opportunities to it students for extracurricular activities. It has two separate three storied building (the Main Buildings and the Science Block) Which houses the classrooms, the laboratories, the library, common rooms(for teacher and separate for boys and girls), the college office, the Principal and Vice Principal chamber and the IGNOU study centre. The college operate in two shifts, the morning shift (for Arts stream only) and day shift (for Arts, Science and Commerce)