In 1911, Kedah State Government opened a Malay School in this town and the school still survives until now. It is now known as Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Gurun Pusat. The school provides a modern education for the rural folks in Central Kedah while the Islamic schools, the pondok, are mostly concentrated in Guar Chempedak and Yan area. Nevertheless, Kedah State Government has opened a modern Islamic school in Gurun in the 1970s which emulated the successful Maktab Mahmud in Alor Setar. The school which originally located nearby to Gurun Magistrate Court was later moved to the south of Gurun town, its present location.