Mumbai was better confessed as Bombay during the British word. The State capital of Maharashtra, Mumbai is also a large metropolitan city and regularly referred to by the spell. The - cultural flushed pot - seeing it had expats from all over the world visited it. Right from business femininity and stock analysts, Mumbai ' s stock exchange market at Dalal system frequent drew the highest quantity of crowds after Bollywood - Asia ' s biggest film industry churning out hundreds of Hindi block - busters every year. The business cash of India did eventually frame in a variety of people from different backgrounds with different motives. Some youths that want to make it big in Bollywood and others who want to experience the phenomena called - Mumbai '. A number of youngsters who cherish the desire of making it big in tinsel town are drawn by the land of dreams. In all this people and poets have also described Mumbai as the land of contrast with multi - storied buildings on one side, overlooking Asias biggest slum called - Dhairavi. A versatile city, Mumbai ' s localites are hospitable and many of them can speak a variety of languages right from English, Hindi, Konkani and Parsi due to the influx of tourists, though the official state language is Marathi. Mumbai not only draws tradesmen, but also draws a number of students from the other states for better prospects in the field of education. Most of the schools in Mumbai are affiliated to the CBSE boards. These are usually the public schools or chain schools like Kendriya Vidyala, or DAV. Then comes the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education ( ICSE ) schools, which manages schools like the Cathedral and John Connan school or the Maharashtra state Board, under which there are a number of government schools that operate in the city. There are a few Christian convents which are English medium making it a popular choice for migrants. These are run by different Christian denominations, and Anglo - indian Association. There are over a 1, 000 primary and secondary schools run by the Mumbai municipality where the medium of instruction is regional Apart from the mission schools are a few prominent Private schools that are operated by, individuals or Trusts providing even the economically marginalized with options to suit their academic needs. Surprisingly even though Mumbai has a high rate of literacy, the school drop - out rates are just as high. That ' s because of the demands of the economically weaker section that even though they get free education, can ' t attend school regularly because their parents want them to earn money. Some of the top schools in Mumbai are: Lilavatibai Podar Senior Secondary High School, Christ Church School, Beacon High School, St. John ' s Universal School, Ajmera Global School and Rustomjee Cambridge International School and to name a few.
