Japla’s educational infrastructure is below average. There are government run schools for boys and girls and small private schools.

Some schools in Japla are:

• Govt. Middle School
• Govt. Girls High School
• Bakshi High School
• Harvey High School
• Saraswati Vidya Mandir
• Udyan Public School
• Boon Public School
• Unity Public School
• St. Josheph Public School

For higher education students need migrate to larger cities like Daltonganj, Ranchi, Patna, Varanasi etc.
Although education infrastructure is not good here, still some residents of Japla are well-placed and are doing well in big cities. People from japla are working in very good multinational software companies and banks as well.
Some Colleges :

• Sahid Bhagat Singh College
• Awdesh Singh Degree college