How to add theme to wordpress

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I downloaded the theme from w3layout.com. I installed wordpress and wampserver on my laptop. When i tried to uploaded downloaded theme to wordpress for further editing and customization it simply failed and showed following message.

"The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet. Theme install failed."

link of the template - https://w3layouts.com/exchange-education-a-education-category-flat-bootstrap-responsive-web-template/

please help me to solve this problem as its very easy to do editing / customization with wordpress than doing it manually.

Thank you

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did you unzip it in its own folder in the wp-content/themes folder? – Omnisite
tried ...not working – siddharth pal
ok, in in that new theme folder you see a style.css? – Omnisite
I think that is a Template and NOT a Theme! A Theme come with many templates, wordpress. Not is equal Common Template at to Wordpress Template! – Jose Carlos Ramos Carmenates
You can purchase many themes on themeforest.net/category/wordpress. – Jose Carlos Ramos Carmenates

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Theme and Templates are not the same.

If you download a Theme from Wordpress Theme's Repo Then you will be able to simply unzip the file in the /themes/directory and activate it within the WP-Admin Dashboard.

A Template is simply a post or page template which is within a given theme.

The directory of a theme can vary but it could be located within the root of the theme or within a common /template/ directory.

Sorry if this does not help!