Chapter - 1 Plan Overview

Chapter – 1
PLAN OVERVIEW
1.1. Introduction
S
arva Shiksha Abhiyan epitomizes unprecedented opportunities and
scope for development in the realm of elementary education. Tamil
Nadu is fully committed to achieve the objectives of SSA and the State
has been effectively implementing SSA Mission over the past seven
years involving the stakeholders in all activities. The State adopts an
inclusive approach at all levels in planning, implementation, monitoring,
evaluation and follow-up activities. In the process, several strategies have
been evolved and experimented with widespread success. The State has
recorded substantial progress in terms of quantity in the last seven years.
Having achieved many milestones with regard to quantity, the State’s entire
focus has been on quality in the last two years. The proposals incorporated
in AWP&B 2008-09 clearly reflected this trend and the current year’s plan
(2009-10) is a continuum of the comprehensive quality plan envisaged by the
State.
The State’s AWP&B 2009-2010 is, therefore, a need-based plan with

major thrust on quality adopting the guidelines of Government of India.
The State Plan is a consolidated account of the AWP&Bs of all 30 Districts
apart from the State component. It comprises four chapters: Chapter I gives
an overview of the Plan, Chapter II reviews the implementation of the Plan
during 2008-2009 in comparison with the previous six years. Chapter III
deals with Issues and Strategies and Chapter IV details the Activities and
Budget for 2006-2007. The Plan Overview gives a picture of the planning
process, Demographic Profile and the Elementary Education Scenario in the
State. The Progress Review analyses the component-wise achievement and
progress in select educational indicators over the last seven years (2002-03
to 2008-2009). The chapter on Issues & Strategies discusses the problems in
the process of implementation of the programme and appropriate strategies
evolved to address them in 2009-2010. The chapter on Activities and Budget
incorporates District-specific proposals and the detailed activity-based
budget for the year 2009-2010.
1.2. Sources of data for Planning
The principal sources of data for the preparation of plan are

Household Survey (2005), DISE 2008, Cohort Study, Population Census 2001,
Elementary Education Register (EER), Achievement Study and Monthly
Review Reports.
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1.2.1. Household Survey
The House Hold Survey / child census is being conducted once in five
years to create and update the child population database to be used in
planning. The household survey was conducted in 2005 and the data are being
updated every year through EER which is also the tool for child-tracking.
1.2.2. District Information System for Education (DISE)
DISE report is one of the principal sources of planning and monitoring.

Provision of infrastructure, additional teachers to schools, organizing in-service
training to teachers, out-of-school children, disabled children, training to VEC
members are planned as per the data available under DISE.
1.2.3. Cohort Study
Cohort Study has been conducted in all recognised Primary Schools and
Upper Primary Schools. The five year cycle taken into consideration for Primary
level is from 2003-2004 to 2007-2008 and three year cycle for Upper Primary
level is from 2005-2006 to 2007-2008. The objective of the Cohort Study is
primarily to study the internal efficiency of the schools in terms of Completion
Rate, Repetition Rate, Dropout Rate and Transition Rate. The study has also been
helpful in devising strategies to reduce Repetition Rate and Dropout Rate and
improve Transition Rate.
The Cohort Study Report has been shared with the field officials of the
Department of Elementary Education, School Education and other departments,
namely, Social Welfare, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare, Forest Department,
etc., to enable them to formulate appropriate strategies for improving low
performing schools.
1.2.4. Elementary Education Register (EER)
In Tamil Nadu, all VECs maintain EER which contains all information of
the school-age children and this is also used for tracking the educational
progression of each child. The Household Survey child population database is
being updated every year by updating EER. EER reports are also used as tools
for planning for out-of- school children and to develop the indicators such as
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) and Net Enrolment Ratio (NER).
1.2.5. Achievement Study
Achievement test is conducted every year to assess the

status/improvement in achievement levels of children in different subjects. As
is the case with last year, an achievement test was conducted for II std and IV
std children in three subjects namely Tamil, English and Mathematics. Reading
skills of II std children in Tamil and that of IV std children in Tamil and
English have also been assessed through oral tests. The results have been
analysed and compared with last year’s achievement test results to ascertain if
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there is any tangible improvement and to formulate appropriate remedial
learning enhancement strategies. The analysis of the same is given in
subsequent pages of this chapter.
1.3. Process of Plan Formulation
In Tamilnadu, the District Annual Work plan and Budget is prepared in a

decentralized and participatory manner. The core planning teams at
Village/school, Block and District and State levels have been revived. As
envisaged in the SSA framework, the ‘bottom-up’ approach of planning has been
adopted to analyse the problems and issues and to address them appropriately.
The State Core Planning Team takes care of planning for urban areas as
well. The State core planning team consists of Director of School Education,
Director of Elementary Education, Director of Teacher Education Research and
Training, Joint Director and Finance & Accounts Officer of SSA, Consultants of
Finance and Statistics, Representative from Chennai Corporation, Adi Dravida
& Tribal Welfare Dept., Social Welfare Dept., Physically Handicapped and
Rehabilitation Dept., Rural Development Dept., Backward Class Dept and Chief
Engineer (Buildings) of the Directorate of Technical Education.
The district core planning team functions under the chairmanship of the
District Collector. The team comprises District Programme Co-ordinator, Chief
Educational Officer, DEO (Secondary), DEEO, Asst. Programme Officer,
Statistical Officer, Principal, DIET, Representatives from Health, Public &
Social Welfare Dept and DRDA.
The Block-level Planning Team consists of Panchayat Union Chairman,

Block Resource Centre Supervisor, Block Development Officer (BDO), Block
Resource Teacher Educators (BRTEs), Assistant Elementary Education
Officer(s), Two BRTEs and Two Headmasters (One retired). The
School/habitation level Core Planning Team comprises Headmaster,
President/Ward Member, Teachers, Parents and Women Self Help Group
Members.
The State planning team has prepared a time schedule for carrying out
the planning activities in the Districts that has been adhered to. First, capacity
building for the State Planning Team was taken up during the third week of
December 2008. And then in the last week of December, a State level workshop
on planning was organized for capacity building of District planning team
members in which various components of SSA were elaborately discussed. It
was made clear during the workshop that AWP&B 2009-2010 is a continuum of
the quality plan, the process of which was initiated last year. The members
were also apprised of the revised guidelines issued by Government of India
(GOI) including the latest ones.
A one-day orientation workshop has been organized by MHRD in

Chennai on 8 January 2009 for the Southern Zone States, namely Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka, Kerela, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Aandaman & Nicobar Islands
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and Lakshadweep to train the state officials/planning coordinators on
appraisal of District AWP&B 2009-10.
In the second week of January 2009, the District-level workshops for the
Block-level planning teams were organized in every District. The District and
Block level Team members held consultative meetings with Village Education
Committee(VEC) members, Parents, Teachers, NGOs, Women Self Help Group,
other related departments and other stakeholders at the grassroots level. The
views and suggestions received from these people were incorporated into the
AWP&B.
The school/habitation planning teams have prepared school-level plans

and the same have been approved by the VECs concerned. The School-level
Plans have been consolidated at the Block level. The Block-level teams, after
analyzing various issues and problems and strategies adopted last year, have
prepared full-fledged Block-level plans with appropriate new strategies to be
adopted in the ensuing year. Indicators such as access, enrolment, retention,
completion and achievement have been used in identifying the gaps and
addressing the same. The data available through DISE, Cohort Study, EER as
also the Monthly Review Reports have been used for the preparation of plan
documents apart from the information available in 2001 census record. The
Block-level Plans have been duly approved by the Block Education Committees
(BECs) before forwarding the same to the District.
Before formulating the AWP&B 2009-2010, the District planning team

members have reviewed the achievements during 2008-2009 and analysed the
shortfall, if any, in the achievement of the physical and financial target of the
District plan as approved by the PAB. They have consulted all stakeholders on
issues that needed to be tackled at the field level.
The District Planning Teams have taken sustained efforts in guiding

the Block Planning Teams in preparing detailed activity-based Plans. The
District Plans have been carefully consolidated and budgets have been
prepared for the activities. The District Plan has been perused by the District
Education Committee (DEC) and approved by the District Collector, who is
the Chairperson of the DEC.
The State-level appraisal team consisting of 5 independent experts has

been constituted specically for this as per the guidelines of GOI. The
independent members of the team have been selected by the State and they
have been approved by GOI. The State-level planning team has been given
orientation on district plan appraisal on 8 January 2009. An orientation
workshop for the State appraisal team members has been organized by MHRD,
New Delhi on 27.01.2009. The appraisal of the AWP&B of the Districts was
taken up during 29-31, January 2009. The committee’s suggestions have been
duly incorporated with appropriate modifications.
The State-level Planning Team has consolidated the District Plans and
drafted the State Plan as per the guidelines. The State Plan has been duly
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presented before the Executive Committee (EC) of Tamilnadu State Mission of
Education For All which has been held on 10.02.2009 and got approved. The
suggestions from the Chairperson and members of the EC have been
incorporated into the AWP&B 2009-2010.
1.4. Profile of the State

In Tamilnadu, there are 30 Revenue Districts, 385 CD Blocks, 64
Educational Districts, 126 Municipalities and 17,599 Revenue Villages and
13,206 Village panchayats. The entire State has been divided into 39
Parliamentary Constituencies and 234 State Legislative Assembly
Constituencies.
The following Table provides the details of Blocks, Educational Districts,

Revenue Villages and Village Panchayats in all the districts in the State.
Table - 1
District-wise CD Blocks, Educational Districts, Revenue Villages and Village Panchayats
No. of
S. CD Edl. Munici Revenue Village
District Habitations
No. Blocks Districts palities Villages Panchayats
Rural Urban
1 Chennai 0 4 0 55 0 0 1166
2 Coimbatore 19 3 4 531 448 2790 397
3 Cuddalore 13 2 5 929 698 2461 206
4 Dharma puri 8 1 1 480 261 2349 32
5 Dindigul 14 2 3 436 330 3034 565
6 Erode 20 2 11 539 396 4934 579
7 Kancheepuram 13 2 10 1214 677 3398 323
8 Kanyakumari 9 3 4 81 155 2078 117
9 Karur 8 1 3 203 171 1951 135
10 Krishnagiri 10 2 2 636 337 2779 113
11 Madurai 13 3 6 752 443 1538 214
12 Nagapattinam 11 2 3 525 443 1918 127
13 Namakkal 15 1 4 446 351 2327 128
14 Perambalur 10 3 3 347 328 1020 65
15 Pudukkottai 13 2 2 762 506 3491 66
16 Ramanathapuram 11 2 2 407 452 2051 69
17 Salem 20 2 3 639 419 5547 943
18 Sivagangai 12 2 3 504 443 2265 167
19 Thanjavur 14 2 3 859 611 1971 113
20 The Nilgiris 4 2 2 55 48 1113 89
21 Theni 8 2 5 113 153 601 155
22 Thiruchirappalli 14 3 2 320 426 1824 354
23 Thirunelveli 19 3 5 578 463 2492 490
24 Thiruvallur 14 2 6 825 558 3310 229
25 Thiruvannamalai 18 2 4 1266 870 3044 123
26 Thiruvarur 10 1 4 564 437 1531 124
27 Thoothukudi 12 2 3 458 428 1362 105
28 Vellore 20 2 14 974 775 4484 409
29 Villupuram 22 2 3 1490 1119 2740 90
30 Virudhunagar 11 2 6 611 460 1477 1020
Tamilnadu 385 64 126 17599 13206 71880 8713
Source: Revenue Department & HHS 2005
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1.5. Demographic Profile
1.5.1. Population – India & Tamilnadu
India is the second largest populated country in the world with the
population of 102.70 crore as per census 2001. The total population of
Tamil Nadu is 6.24 crore which comprises 3.14 crore male and 3.10 crore
female. The population growth rate of Tamil Nadu is 11.19% whereas the
growth rate at the national level is 21.34%. The sex ratio is comparatively
higher in Tamilnadu (987) than that of India (933). The population density
in Tamilnadu is also higher (467) than the population density in India (324).
Demographic indicators relating to India and Tamilnadu are as follows.
Table - 2
Population and Literacy
India & Tamilnadu
Indicator Gender India Tamilnadu

Persons 102.70 6.24
a. Population (in crore) Male 53.13 3.14
Female 49.57 3.10
b. SC Population (in crore) Persons 16.66 1.19
c. ST Population(in crore) Persons 8.43 0.065
d. Growth Rate - 21.34 11.19
e. Sex Ratio (ALL) - 933 987
f. Density per sq. km. 324 467
Persons 65.38 73.47
g. Literacy Rate (ALL) Male 75.85 82.33
Female 54.16 64.55
Source: Census 2001
The total literacy rate of the State is 73.47% which is 8.09% higher
than that of the literacy rate of India (65.38%). The male and female literacy
rates of the State also indicate the same trend, 6.48% higher in the case of
male and 10.39% higher in case of female.
1.5.2. Population in Tamilnadu

As per Population Census 2001, the total Population of Tamilnadu is
6,24,05,679 comprising 3,14,00,909 male and 3,10,04,770 female. The urban
population is 2,74,83,998 and that of the rural is 3,49,21,681. The total
population of SC is 1,18,57,504 which consists of 59,32,925 male and
59,24,579 female. The percentage of SC population to total population is
19.61%. The total population of ST is 6,51,321 comprising 3,28,917 male and
3,22,404 female. The percentage of ST population to total population is
1.12%.
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Table – 3
Population – Census 2001
Population all community

S. Total Population All Community
District Urban Rural
No
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Chennai 2219539 2124106 4343645 0 0 0 2219539 2124106 4343645
2 Coimbatore 1441332 1378871 2820203 734699 716954 1451653 2176031 2095825 4271856
3 Cuddalore 379122 375239 754361 771786 759248 1531034 1150908 1134487 2285395
4 Dharmapuri 32643 31853 64496 637877 592809 1230686 670520 624662 1295182
5 Dindigul 339064 334188 673252 629073 620689 1249762 968137 954877 1923014
6 Erode 603842 590121 1193963 705436 682101 1387537 1309278 1272222 2581500
7 Kancheepuram 781147 753819 1534966 676095 666407 1342502 1457242 1420226 2877468
8 Kanyakumari 542753 551174 1093927 289516 292591 582107 832269 843765 1676034
9 Karur 154616 156640 311256 310922 313508 624430 465538 470148 935686
10 Krishnagiri 200832 190618 391450 602245 567423 1169668 803077 758041 1561118
11 Madurai 730327 713849 1444176 573036 560989 1134025 1303363 1274838 2578201
12 Nagapattinam 163064 167218 330282 576010 582547 1158557 739074 749765 1488839
13 Namakkal 277186 268046 545232 482365 465865 948230 759551 733911 1493462
14 Perambalur 78427 79778 158205 514477 516488 1030965 592904 596266 1189170
15 Pudukkottai 123789 124595 248384 600511 610706 1211217 724300 735301 1459601
16 Ramanathapuram 150086 152308 302394 433290 451920 885210 583376 604228 1187604
17 Salem 711180 679004 1390184 852453 773709 1626162 1563633 1452713 3016346
18 Sivagangai 161854 164230 326084 405093 424179 829272 566947 588409 1155356
19 Thanjavur 370145 378416 748561 726493 741084 1467577 1096638 1119500 2216138
20 The Nilgiris 226477 228132 454609 151874 155658 307532 378351 383790 762141
21 Theni 297834 294007 591841 255152 246957 502109 552986 540964 1093950
22 Thiruchirappalli 569917 569245 1139162 638617 640587 1279204 1208534 1209832 2418366
23 Thirunelveli 645142 663104 1308246 688797 726945 1415742 1333939 1390049 2723988
24 Thiruvallur 768355 731727 1500082 629052 625622 1254674 1397407 1357349 2754756
25 Thiruvannamalai 200121 200640 400761 895738 889626 1785364 1095859 1090266 2186125
26 Thiruvarur 117282 119961 237243 463502 468729 932231 580784 588690 1169474
27 Thoothukudi 327569 337204 664773 439254 468246 907500 766823 805450 1572273
28 Vellore 652993 655005 1307998 1088090 1081229 2169319 1741083 1736234 3477317
29 Villupuram 215027 211890 426917 1277415 1256041 2533456 1492442 1467931 2960373
30 Virudhunagar 387750 389595 777345 482626 491330 973956 870376 880925 1751301
Tamil Nadu 13869415 13614583 27483998 17531494 17390187 34921681 31400909 31004770 62405679
Source: Census of India 2001
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Table – 3 (Contd…)
Population
SC ST
S.
District % to total % to total
No Male Female Total Male Female Total
pop pop
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1 Chennai 301835 296275 598110 13.77 3368 3360 6728 0.15
2 Coimbatore 315869 314806 630675 14.76 14738 14365 29103 0.68
3 Cuddalore 318713 315766 634479 27.76 5920 5853 11773 0.52
4 Dharmapuri 102665 97775 200440 15.48 21819 20788 42607 3.29
5 Dindigul 189066 187104 376170 19.56 3320 3164 6484 0.34
6 Erode 213312 208892 422204 16.35 8933 8760 17693 0.69
7 Kancheepuram 362097 359892 721989 25.09 13267 13241 26508 0.92
8 Kanyakumari 33365 34347 67712 4.04 2678 2765 5443 0.32
9 Karur 94194 96066 190260 20.33 711 739 1450 0.15
10 Krishnagiri 109471 107040 216511 13.87 8701 8241 16942 0.38
11 Madurai 162595 160657 323252 12.54 3060 2912 5972 0.13
12 Nagapattinam 219933 221298 441231 29.64 1734 1686 3420 0.23
13 Namakkal 143014 137762 280776 18.8 26039 25377 51416 3.44
14 Perambalur 149192 151173 300365 25.26 5936 5900 11836 1.00
15 Pudukkottai 123701 125770 249471 17.09 398 394 792 0.05
16 Ramanathapuram 107381 108931 216312 18.21 556 522 1078 0.09
17 Salem 244391 231347 475738 15.77 52693 51228 103921 3.45
18 Sivagangai 92590 96267 188857 16.35 536 547 1083 0.09
19 Thanjavur 198820 200833 399653 18.03 1773 1868 3641 0.16
20 The Nilgiris 117792 120222 238014 31.23 14014 14359 28373 3.72
21 Theni 107109 104691 211800 19.36 855 831 1686 0.15
22 Thiruchirappalli 197917 201576 399493 16.52 9596 9316 18912 0.78
23 Thirunelveli 233605 247447 481052 17.66 4080 4278 8358 0.31
24 Thiruvallur 301316 299542 600858 21.81 18880 18978 37858 1.37
25 Thiruvannamalai 233572 233960 467532 21.39 36928 35832 72760 3.33
26 Thiruvarur 188682 189632 378314 32.35 1310 1363 2673 0.23
27 Thoothukudi 143013 145941 288954 18.38 1762 1732 3494 0.22
28 Vellore 354551 359503 714054 20.53 31860 31180 63040 1.81
29 Villupuram 408234 402697 810931 27.39 32294 31626 63920 2.16
30 Virudhunagar 164930 167367 332297 18.97 1158 1199 2357 0.13
Tamil Nadu 5932925 5924579 11857504 19.61 328917 322404 651321 1.12
The percentage of SC Population is the highest in Thiruvarur

district (32.35%) followed by Theni district (31.23%). The percentage
is the lowest in Kannyakumari district (4.04%). Similarly, the
percentage of ST population is higher in Theni (3.72%) followed by
Salem (3.45%) and Namakkal (3.44%) districts. The percentage is
lowest in Chennai (0.15%) and The Nilgiris (0.15%) districts.
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Population
Minority Sex
S. Population
District % to total Ratio
No Male Female Total Density
pop
20 21 22 23 24 25
1 Chennai 197287 181919 379206 8.73 24963 957
2 Coimbatore 115855 111879 227734 5.33 572 963
3 Cuddalore 50317 52191 102508 4.49 621 986
4 Dharmapuri 63487 59982 123469 9.53 288 938
5 Dindigul 44698 44982 89680 4.66 317 986
6 Erode 39044 38167 77211 2.99 314 972
7 Kancheepuram 57977 55689 113666 3.95 649 975
8 Kanyakumari 34558 35802 70360 4.20 995 1014
9 Karur 16982 20290 37272 3.98 323 1010
10 Krishnagiri combined in Dharmapuri district 305 1010
11 Madurai 69664 67779 137443 5.33 723 978
12 Nagapattinam 52446 60307 112753 7.57 404 1014
13 Namakkal 13429 13478 26907 1.80 436 966
14 Perambalur 15341 17075 32416 2.73 322 1006
15 Pudukkottai 47619 50104 97723 6.70 314 1015
16 Ramanathapuram 80472 93607 174079 14.66 281 1036
17 Salem 39409 38239 77648 2.57 578 929
18 Sivagangai 29066 30576 59642 5.16 283 1038
19 Thanjavur 76576 86710 163286 7.37 652 1021
20 The Nilgiris 23994 24072 48066 6.31 299 1014
21 Theni 35841 36925 72766 6.65 167 978
22 Thiruchirappalli 78121 78224 156345 5.74 549 1001
23 Thirunelveli 122597 129638 252235 9.16 400 1042
24 Thiruvallur combined in Kancheepuram district 805 971
25 Thiruvannamalai 39239 39267 78506 3.59 353 995
26 Thiruvarur 38652 44591 83243 7.12 541 1014
27 Thoothukudi 33548 39327 72875 4.64 340 1050
28 Vellore 175771 175000 350771 10.09 572 997
29 Villupuram 54901 55219 110120 3.72 410 984
30 Virudhunagar 21299 22010 43309 2.47 408 1012
Tamil Nadu 1668190 1703049 3371239 5.40 467 987
The percentage of Muslim minority population is the highest in

Ramnathapuram (14.66%) followed by Vellore (10.09%) and it is
lowest in Namakkal district (1.80%).
The Sex ratio is comparatively higher in Thoothukodi (1050).

Salem records the lowest (929) of all the districts. The sex ratio is
more than 1000 in 15 districts.
The percentage of SC population to total population is 19.61%.

The percentage of SC population is above 30% in Thiruvarur and The
Nilgiris (31.23%) and the percentage is the lowest in Kanyakumari
(4.04%).
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1.5.3. Literacy
As per population Census 2001, the State literacy rate is at 73.

The male and female literacy rate is at 82 and 64 respectively.
The SC & ST literacy rate is at 64 and 49 respectively. The ST

literacy rate is comparatively lower than that of SC literacy rate.
The literacy rate of Muslim minority is 82.94 which is higher

than the total literacy rate of the State. The male and female literacy
gap of the Muslim is around 12%.
Table - 4
District wise Literacy Rate
Literacy Rate
S.No District All Communities SC
Male Female Total Male Female Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Chennai 90.00 80.40 85.30 82.19 68.84 75.58
2 Coimbatore 84.60 69.10 77.00 63.51 46.64 55.08
3 Cuddalore 81.60 60.30 71.00 71.90 49.26 60.62
4 Dharmapuri 71.60 50.60 61.40 68.51 46.91 57.86
5 Dindigul 79.80 58.90 69.30 69.55 46.95 58.26
6 Erode 75.30 55.10 65.40 56.97 39.01 48.08
7 Kancheepuram 84.70 68.80 76.90 75.58 56.79 66.20
8 Kanyakumari 90.40 84.80 87.60 88.79 80.00 84.31
9 Karur 79.60 56.80 68.10 71.58 47.33 59.27
10 Krishnagiri 71.06 55.16 64.20 56.55 49.38 52.96
11 Madurai 86.20 69.30 77.80 74.28 52.19 63.25
12 Nagapattinam 84.90 68.00 76.30 75.63 56.11 65.81
13 Namakkal 77.60 57.00 67.40 66.10 45.46 65.94
14 Perambalur 77.55 52.80 65.10 69.98 45.78 57.76
15 Pudukkottai 82.50 60.00 71.10 78.28 54.47 66.23
16 Ramanathapuram 83.00 63.40 73.00 74.33 51.26 62.69
17 Salem 74.40 55.20 65.10 68.38 47.02 57.94
18 Sivagangai 83.10 61.70 72.20 75.47 52.54 63.72
19 Thanjavur 84.50 66.70 75.50 75.17 53.31 64.15
20 Theni 81.90 61.20 71.60 71.91 49.41 60.72
21 The Nilgiris 88.50 71.60 80.00 85.20 65.65 75.29
22 Thiruchirappalli 86.50 69.30 77.90 81.32 59.84 70.45
23 Thirunelveli 85.20 67.40 76.10 76.57 55.30 65.56
24 Thiruvallur 85.30 68.40 76.90 78.46 58.75 68.60
25 Thiruvannamalai 79.20 55.60 67.40 72.84 50.49 61.62
26 Thiruvarur 85.40 67.90 76.60 75.46 54.50 64.92
27 Thoothukudi 88.30 75.10 81.50 82.09 63.66 72.73
28 Vellore 82.00 62.80 72.40 80.09 61.80 70.84
29 Villupuram 75.10 52.40 63.80 66.47 43.79 55.19
30 Virudhunagar 84.00 63.60 73.70 72.83 49.39 60.99
Tamil Nadu 82.13 63.65 72.92 73.53 53.39 63.75
Source: Census 2001
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Table – 4 (Cont....)
District wise Literacy Rate
Literacy Rate Rural
ST Minority Female
S.No District Literacy
Male Female Total Male Female Total
Rate
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 Chennai 82.51 68.10 75.36 89.01 78.91 84.17 0.00
2 Coimbatore 49.58 33.95 41.84 92.71 81.30 87.11 55.00
3 Cuddalore 52.73 34.19 43.51 90.90 77.51 84.05 52.80
4 Dharmapuri 48.09 30.84 39.65 77.68 61.43 69.77 46.80
5 Dindigul 49.77 34.94 42.48 92.06 75.94 83.95 52.30
6 Erode 49.35 34.24 41.85 90.88 78.04 84.52 46.50
7 Kancheepuram 42.55 29.51 36.02 90.83 78.15 84.61 57.00
8 Kanyakumari 77.53 68.63 72.95 94.83 87.59 91.12 83.40
9 Karur 85.22 60.40 72.64 95.20 81.78 87.77 49.60
combined in Dharmapuri
10 Krishnagiri 46.09 41.27 43.68
district
15.91
11 Madurai 70.72 54.68 62.88 92.06 78.70 85.45 55.70
12 Nagapattinam 64.22 49.54 56.97 93.33 80.67 86.46 65.20
13 Namakkal 57.97 37.29 47.72 89.10 74.38 81.67 51.80
14 Perambalur 52.60 34.19 43.44 90.77 76.44 83.12 49.95
15 Pudukkottai 64.72 47.80 56.37 93.94 77.74 85.57 56.00
16 Ramanathapuram 23.79 18.83 21.44 91.77 79.20 84.92 58.40
17 Salem 47.27 29.21 38.33 88.45 74.96 81.81 45.60
18 Sivagangai 58.17 40.64 49.30 93.34 78.47 85.67 55.10
19 Thanjavur 64.63 48.00 55.95 92.19 79.40 85.32 60.70
20 Theni 45.21 27.21 36.40 92.51 78.59 85.53 54.00
21 The Nilgiris 54.62 37.64 46.00 92.37 80.16 86.16 64.10
22 Thiruchirappalli 75.48 57.97 66.83 92.07 78.47 85.25 58.70
23 Thirunelveli 73.40 53.74 63.32 90.92 72.26 81.24 62.40
combined in Kancheepuram
24 Thiruvallur 50.78 34.33 42.50
district
56.40
25 Thiruvannamalai 45.56 24.62 35.21 85.20 65.83 75.49 52.10
26 Thiruvarur 60.19 45.91 52.87 94.12 82.62 87.90 64.90
27 Thoothukudi 62.64 44.54 53.61 94.70 86.31 90.12 70.40
28 Vellore 48.21 29.31 38.83 81.84 65.84 73.83 56.40
29 Villupuram 35.49 21.79 28.70 87.48 70.46 78.92 49.00
30 Virudhunagar 66.56 50.10 58.10 90.30 75.86 82.92 57.10
Tamil Nadu 56.86 40.78 48.83 89.81 76.27 82.94 53.44
Source: Census 2001
In Tamil Nadu, the literacy rate in15 district is comparatively

lower than the State literacy rate (72.92%). The literacy rate is the
highest in Kanyakumari followed by Chennai. The literacy rate is the
lowest in Dharmapuri (61.40%). The female literacy of 17 districts is
lower than the State female literacy rate (63.65%). The female literary
is the lowest in Dharmapuri District and the highest in Kanyakumari
District (84.80%).
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In 13 Districts, the SC literacy rate is lower than the State SC
literacy rate (61.99%). Erode records the lowest (48.08%) of all
Districts.
Similarly, the literacy rate of ST in 14 districts is lower than the

State-level (47.37%). It is the lowest in Ramanathapuram District
(21.44%). The total female literacy rate is 63.65% and the rural female
literacy is 53.44%.
1.5.4. Population – Household Survey 2005
The District-wise household survey population data is presented

in the Table given here.
The total population in Tamilnadu as per the Household Survey

2005 is 6.49 crores of which 3.23 crore are female, the percentage of
which is 49.75%. The percentage of SC and ST population is 19.25%
and 1.13% respectively. The sex ratio is 997 female per 1000 male.
The population density is 486 per sq.km. The population density is
the highest in Chennai (26017) followed by Kanyakumari district
(1036).
The Muslim population in the State is 35,17,889 and the

percentage of Muslim population is 5.42. The urban Population in
Tamilnadu is 274.84 lakh and the rural population is 349.22 lakh.
The percentage of Muslim population is comparatively higher in

Ramnathapuram (14.66%) and Vellore (10.09%). The percentage is
the lowest in Namakkal (1.80%).
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Table - 5
Population – Household Survey 2005
Area ALL
S. Total
District (Sq. Urban Rural
No.
Km) Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
1 Chennai 174 2306838 2220143 4526981 0 0 0 2306838 2220143 4526981
2 Coimbatore 7469 483045 474343 957388 1774188 1753870 3528058 2257233 2228213 4485446
3 Cuddalore 3678 179285 180454 359739 1000047 983457 1983504 1179332 1163911 2343243
4 Dharmapuri 4497 27944 28915 56859 654649 622728 1277377 682593 651643 1334236
5 Dindigul 6058 136157 135294 271451 857971 866895 1724866 994128 1002189 1996317
6 Erode 8209 302600 303868 606468 1062528 1052772 2115300 1365128 1356640 2721768
7 Kancheepuram 4433 295415 297166 592581 1254445 1197394 2451839 1549860 1494560 3044420
8 Kanyakumari 1685 138790 137906 276696 733867 734980 1468847 872657 872886 1745543
9 Karur 2895 77527 76473 154000 389327 395435 784762 466854 471908 938762
10 Krishnagiri 5125 46356 51646 98002 750039 719364 1469403 796395 771010 1567405
11 Madurai 3568 611181 598399 1209580 760366 766037 1526403 1371547 1364436 2735983
12 Nagapattinam 2716 104433 111204 215637 674571 669589 1344160 779004 780793 1559797
13 Namakkal 3429 105637 105200 210837 658778 654580 1313358 764415 759780 1524195
14 Perambalur 3691 46818 49414 96232 614342 602684 1217026 661160 652098 1313258
15 Pudukkottai 4651 75784 70716 146500 729719 678398 1408117 805503 749114 1554617
16 Ramanathapuram 4232 63291 76732 140023 523877 571418 1095295 587168 648150 1235318
17 Salem 5220 272165 260875 533040 1345587 1221490 2567077 1617752 1482365 3100117
18 Sivagangai 4086 46696 46842 93538 564031 559873 1123904 610727 606715 1217442
19 Thanjavur 3397 165238 168743 333981 945750 955945 1901695 1110988 1124688 2235676
20 The Nilgiris 2549 130433 136228 266661 241946 255654 497600 372379 391882 764261
21 Theni 6565 134647 139509 274156 420989 429205 850194 555636 568714 1124350
22 Thiruchirappalli 4403 326311 320035 646346 927478 906577 1834055 1253789 1226612 2480401
23 Thirunelveli 6810 373402 377608 751010 1027837 1061727 2089564 1401239 1439335 2840574
24 Thiruvallur 3424 447179 459969 907148 971823 999883 1971706 1419002 1459852 2878854
25 Thiruvannamalai 6191 106438 105538 211976 1037425 1014688 2052113 1143863 1120226 2264089
26 Thiruvarur 2161 81595 84260 165855 566888 565131 1132019 648483 649391 1297874
27 Thoothukudi 4621 150397 157708 308105 621239 654391 1275630 771636 812099 1583735
28 Vellore 6077 439710 453560 893270 1304081 1331219 2635300 1743791 1784779 3528570
29 Villupuram 7217 74425 75511 149936 1491809 1481338 2973147 1566234 1556849 3123083
30 Virudhunagar 4288 254534 246336 500870 652942 636205 1289147 907476 882541 1790017
Tamilnadu 133519 8004271 7950595 15954866 24558539 24342927 48901466 32562810 32293522 64856332
Source: Household Survey 2005
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Table - 5 (Contd…)
Population – Household Survey 2005
Population
SC ST
S.
population
population
% to Total
% to Total
District
Female
Female
No.
Total
Total
Male
Male
1 Chennai 348168 334292 682460 15.08 13856 13608 27464 0.61
2 Coimbatore 330771 333432 664203 14.81 18960 19065 38025 0.85
3 Cuddalore 334435 331946 666381 28.44 8575 8626 17201 0.73
4 Dharmapuri 96752 96532 193284 14.49 14908 15076 29984 2.25
5 Dindigul 191428 195004 386432 19.36 3040 3166 6206 0.31
6 Erode 231793 229917 461710 16.96 8601 8520 17121 0.63
7 Kancheepuram 394251 375406 769657 25.28 14048 13503 27551 0.9
8 Kanyakumari 35958 37358 73316 4.2 3257 3498 6755 0.39
9 Karur 93747 95543 189290 20.16 1276 1248 2524 0.27
10 Krishnagiri 116026 113255 229281 14.63 13436 12747 26183 1.67
11 Madurai 169072 170582 339654 12.41 4143 4065 8208 0.3
12 Nagapattinam 231404 227288 458692 29.41 2047 2232 4279 0.27
13 Namakkal 139593 139581 279174 18.32 28620 27940 56560 3.71
14 Perambalur 183434 182899 366333 27.89 7074 6665 13739 1.05
15 Pudukkottai 142188 133527 275715 17.74 528 488 1016 0.07
16 Ramanathapuram 107321 116945 224266 18.15 448 444 892 0.07
17 Salem 245192 230440 475632 15.34 59026 56833 115859 3.74
18 Sivagangai 100203 98449 198652 16.32 413 346 759 0.06
19 Thanjavur 197932 199999 397931 17.8 2174 2258 4432 0.2
20 The Nilgiris 115928 120579 236507 30.95 15272 15972 31244 4.09
21 Theni 108646 109600 218246 19.41 1224 1228 2452 0.22
23 Thirunelveli 249327 260702 510029 17.96 4767 4935 9702 0.34
24 Thiruvallur 309817 318630 628447 21.83 25479 25612 51091 1.77
25 Thiruvannamalai 245908 242129 488037 21.56 42322 40311 82633 3.65
26 Thiruvarur 215299 215155 430454 33.17 1600 1693 3293 0.25
27 Thoothukudi 142067 148738 290805 18.36 2318 2323 4641 0.29
28 Vellore 357739 373406 731145 20.72 29533 30730 60263 1.71
29 Villupuram 432019 430967 862986 27.63 34767 34687 69454 2.22
30 Virudhunagar 173164 169444 342608 19.14 1699 1476 3175 0.18
Tamilnadu 6245338 6236505 12481843 19.25 370054 365871 735925 1.13
Source : Household Survey 2005
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1.6. School-Age Population
As per Household Survey 2005, the total population in 5 to 10 age
group is 63.48 lakh, of whom 31.03 lakh are female. The percentage of
female population is 48.89. The SC population in 5 to 10 age group is 15.29
lakh of whom 7.55 lakh are female. The percentage of female is 49.36.
Similarly, the ST population in 5 to 10 age group is 1.33 lakh of whom 0.64
lakh are female and the female percentage is 47.76%. The total population
in 11 to 13 age group was 38.07 lakh, of whom 18.42 are female and
percentage of female population is 48.39. The SC population in 11 to 13 age
group is 9.29 lakh of whom 4.52 lakh is female and percentage is 48.66. The
ST population in 11 to 13 age group is 0.79 lakh of whom 0.39 lakh are
female and the percentage is 48.97. The Muslim school-age population in 5
to 10 age group is 3,59,514 and in 11 to 13 age group it is 1,98,230.
The District-wise school-age population data are presented in the
Table that follows.
Table - 6
House Hold Survey - School Age Population – 2005
Age group 5 to 10
All SC
S.No. Districts
B G T B G T %
1 Chennai 189799 177104 366903 46763 43928 90691 24.72
2 Coimbatore 213691 241448 455139 43974 41782 85756 18.84
3 Cuddalore 123361 119916 243277 43858 42766 86624 35.61
4 Dharmapuri 79319 70053 149372 13703 12362 26065 17.45
5 Dindigul 110249 94541 204790 6859 23782 30641 14.96
6 Erode 133069 138198 271267 24967 24072 49039 18.08
7 Kancheepuram 154884 145821 300705 45351 44168 89519 29.77
8 Kanyakumari 77828 75483 153311 5659 5640 11299 7.37
9 Karur 46578 43428 90006 11092 10527 21619 24.02
10 Krishnagiri 70924 69856 140780 11245 10344 21589 15.34
11 Madurai 144045 133028 277073 25427 23910 49337 17.81
12 Nagapattinam 81542 79121 160663 30706 29843 60549 37.69
13 Namakkal 73241 65147 138388 17310 16633 33943 24.53
14 Perambalur 62603 59587 122190 18931 18028 36959 30.25
15 Pudukkottai 77150 74127 151277 15612 14935 30547 20.19
16 Ramanathapuram 68212 65231 133443 15662 14557 30219 22.65
17 Salem 167224 144126 311350 31935 27779 59714 19.18
18 Sivagangai 58883 56684 115567 12234 12013 24247 20.98
19 Thanjavur 108136 103491 211627 27025 25963 52988 25.04
20 Theni 65905 57979 123884 17250 15420 32670 26.37
21 The Nilgiris 34380 34950 69330 14407 13856 28263 40.77
22 Tiruchirappalli 119365 113177 232542 25982 24187 50169 21.57
23 Thirunelveli 157048 149017 306065 35197 33616 68813 22.48
24 Thiruvallur 135822 129511 265333 39558 38655 78213 29.48
25 Tiruvannamalai 111415 107051 218466 27321 26834 54155 24.79
26 Thiruvarur 58537 56142 114679 24919 23984 48903 42.64
27 Thoothukkudi 84102 80682 164784 19744 18455 38199 23.18
28 Vellore 183651 175168 358819 44732 42630 87362 24.35
29 Villupuram 155634 150654 306288 52079 50008 102087 33.33
30 Virudhunagar 97886 92975 190861 24901 24121 49022 25.68
Tamil Nadu 3244483 3103696 6348179 774403 754798 1529201 24.09
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Age group 5 to 10
ST Muslim Minority
S.No. Districts
B G T % B G T %
1 Chennai 1744 1557 3301 0.90 16234 13666 29900 8.15
2 Coimbatore 3642 3396 7038 1.55 11107 11047 22155 4.87
3 Cuddalore 2668 3344 6012 2.47 4723 5012 9734 4.00
4 Dharmapuri 3413 3070 6483 4.34 1685 1655 3340 2.24
5 Dindigul 735 638 1373 0.67 4464 4303 8766 4.28
6 Erode 1716 1500 3216 1.19 5152 5804 10956 4.04
7 Kancheepuram 4285 4251 8536 2.84 7726 7392 15118 5.03
8 Kanyakumari 1112 1013 2125 1.39 2808 2846 5654 3.69
9 Karur 207 188 395 0.44 1822 1744 3567 3.96
10 Krishnagiri 2434 2390 4824 3.43 9815 9748 19563 13.90
11 Madurai 727 705 1432 0.52 6152 6046 12198 4.40
12 Nagapattinam 661 600 1261 0.78 3915 5740 9655 6.01
13 Namakkal 3204 2763 5967 4.31 1177 1207 2384 1.72
14 Perambalur 1336 1178 2514 2.06 1643 1831 3474 2.84
15 Pudukkottai 57 63 120 0.08 5558 5352 10910 7.21
16 Ramanathapuram 350 332 682 0.51 7554 9078 16632 12.46
17 Salem 9068 8030 17098 5.49 3651 3440 7091 2.28
18 Sivagangai 0 0 0 0.00 3079 2928 6007 5.20
19 Thanjavur 1177 993 2170 1.03 7614 7460 15074 7.12
20 Theni 271 288 559 0.45 1899 2158 4057 3.27
21 The Nilgiris 2671 2537 5208 7.51 3004 3248 6251 9.02
22 Tiruchirappalli 1676 1386 3062 1.32 7323 7131 14454 6.22
23 Thirunelveli 915 845 1760 0.58 11954 12563 24517 8.01
24 Thiruvallur 5580 5273 10853 4.09 10461 10512 20972 7.90
25 Tiruvannamalai 7088 6068 13156 6.02 3663 3773 7435 3.40
26 Thiruvarur 215 212 427 0.37 3472 4121 7459 6.50
27 Thoothukkudi 539 468 1007 0.61 3242 3633 6876 4.17
28 Vellore 5913 4991 10904 3.04 19298 19869 39167 10.92
29 Villupuram 5757 5168 10925 3.57 5690 5554 11244 3.67
30 Virudhunagar 553 497 1050 0.55 2563 2341 4904 2.57
Tamil Nadu 69714 63744 133458 2.10 177528 180209 359514 5.66
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Table – 6 (contd...)
Age group 11 to 13
Age group 11 to 13
S.
Districts All SC ST Muslim Minority 5 to 14
No.
B G T B G T % B G T % B G T %
1 Chennai 113417 112472 225889 28542 27941 56483 25.00 2014 1451 3465 1.53 10884 8653 19537 8.65 592792
2 Coimbatore 127720 117529 245249 27512 24645 52157 21.27 2251 2239 4490 1.83 4669 4802 9471 3.86 700388
3 Cuddalore 74312 71223 145535 24981 23301 48282 33.18 1325 1529 2854 1.96 2923 2912 5835 4.01 388812
4 Dharmapuri 46896 40176 87072 8524 7302 15826 18.18 1504 1531 3035 3.49 955 938 1893 2.17 236444
5 Dindigul 58342 53114 111456 13958 13667 27625 24.79 1193 822 2015 1.81 2321 2312 4633 4.16 316246
6 Erode 68539 61961 130500 15008 13749 28757 22.04 1234 961 2195 1.68 2381 2903 5284 4.05 401767
7 Kancheepuram 94168 90124 184292 33981 31235 65216 35.39 1523 1622 3145 1.71 4015 3970 7985 4.33 484997
8 Kanyakumari 47899 45250 93149 4705 4496 9201 9.88 922 862 1784 1.92 1656 1613 3269 3.51 246460
9 Karur 26243 24833 51076 6508 5971 12479 24.43 236 245 481 0.94 878 924 1801 3.53 141082
10 Krishnagiri 86882 66023 152905 4571 4446 9017 5.90 1301 1329 2630 1.72 6591 5961 12552 8.21 293685
11 Madurai 83645 78159 161804 14751 13251 28002 17.31 745 1429 2174 1.34 3421 3470 6891 4.26 438877
12 Nagapattinam 50833 48441 99274 19291 17945 37236 37.51 162 172 334 0.34 2412 2876 5288 5.33 259937
13 Namakkal 49096 43239 92335 9951 9121 19072 20.66 2952 2946 5898 6.39 556 641 1197 1.30 230723
14 Perambalur 38674 36761 75435 11529 10868 22397 29.69 821 872 1693 2.24 1030 1026 2056 2.73 197625
15 Pudukkottai 48383 46341 94724 9856 9851 19707 20.80 45 43 88 0.09 3182 2962 6144 6.49 246001
16 Ramanathapuram 38233 37974 76207 8875 8765 17640 23.15 719 672 1391 1.83 4467 4982 9449 12.40 209650
17 Salem 93754 81694 175448 17937 15893 33830 19.28 3381 4381 7762 4.42 2000 1937 3937 2.24 486798
18 Sivagangai 37766 35186 72952 7625 7014 14639 20.07 0 0 0 0.00 1709 1583 3292 4.51 188519
19 Thanjavur 64023 62623 126646 16106 15921 32027 25.29 1629 1672 3301 2.61 4307 4086 8393 6.63 338273
20 Theni 33842 33466 67308 9029 7891 16920 25.14 102 105 207 0.31 1064 1209 2273 3.38 191192
21 The Nilgiris 21432 20469 41901 8324 8201 16525 39.44 1137 1172 2309 5.51 1711 1903 3614 8.63 111231
22 Tiruchirappalli 70014 67478 137492 14574 15112 29686 21.59 832 921 1753 1.27 3877 4117 7994 5.81 370034
23 Thirunelveli 88607 85429 174036 19401 18627 38028 21.85 859 532 1391 0.80 7032 6969 14001 8.04 480101
24 Thiruvallur 84529 84280 168809 26113 25431 51544 30.53 3329 2749 6078 3.60 5938 6258 12196 7.22 434142
25 Tiruvannamalai 69421 66565 135986 17345 16924 34269 25.20 2851 2217 5068 3.73 2099 2076 4176 3.07 354452
26 Thiruvarur 36424 34904 71328 16812 14975 31787 44.56 194 402 596 0.84 2039 2166 4205 5.90 186007
27 Thoothukkudi 49177 47684 96861 11431 11127 22558 23.29 393 398 791 0.82 1847 1976 3822 3.95 261645
28 Vellore 110996 106476 217472 26997 26771 53768 24.72 3752 2912 6664 3.06 8767 9164 17931 8.25 576291
29 Villupuram 97103 92453 189556 29751 29521 59272 31.27 2341 1969 4310 2.27 3400 3292 6692 3.53 495844
30 Virudhunagar 54376 50022 104398 12941 12106 25047 23.99 411 377 788 0.75 1234 1185 2419 2.32 295259
Tamil Nadu 1964746 1842349 3807095 476929 452068 928997 24.40 40158 38532 78690 2.07 99365 98866 198230 5.21 10155274
Source: Household survey 2005
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1.6.1. School-Age Population - Projection
The State is determined to enroll all the school-age children for

which population projection has been worked out based on the
population growth rate for the year 2008-09, 2009-2010 and 2010-11.
The projected figures are presented in the Table below.
Table – 7
School Age Population 2008-2009
Age group 5 to 10
S. All SC
Districts
No. B G T B G T %
1 Chennai 189793 183805 373598 45151 43349 88500 23.69
2 Coimbatore 198560 189333 387893 40840 39392 80232 20.68
3 Cuddalore 117256 112665 229921 42391 41212 83603 36.36
4 Dharmapuri 72523 62968 135491 12271 11258 23529 17.37
5 Dindigul 96501 89234 185735 23575 22077 45652 24.58
6 Erode 104113 96313 200426 22660 22211 44871 22.39
7 Kancheepuram 147419 142298 289717 47247 46151 93398 32.24
8 Kanyakumari 77017 74268 151285 5006 4890 9896 6.54
9 Karur 43702 40182 83884 10102 9267 19369 23.09
10 Krishnagiri 100777 93596 194373 11193 13357 24550 12.63
11 Madurai 142031 130270 272301 23646 22193 45839 16.83
12 Nagapattinam 74869 72001 146870 28578 27525 56103 38.20
13 Namakkal 70082 61806 131888 15712 14518 30230 22.92
14 Perambalur 61086 57306 118392 18387 17670 36057 30.46
15 Pudukkottai 74224 71537 145761 14602 14100 28702 19.69
16 Ramanathapuram 63931 60755 124686 14161 13410 27571 22.11
17 Salem 156122 134907 291029 29988 27138 57126 19.63
18 Sivagangai 55368 52511 107879 11324 10845 22169 20.55
19 Thanjavur 107058 102499 209557 25604 25032 50636 24.16
20 Theni 61297 54358 115655 16262 14688 30950 26.76
21 The Nilgiris 31509 30112 61621 12751 12310 25061 40.67
22 Thiruchirappalli 115950 109682 225632 24273 23228 47501 21.05
23 Thirunelveli 152874 144724 297598 32979 31489 64468 21.66
24 Thiruvallur 148357 140691 289048 42156 40743 82899 28.68
25 Tiruvannamalai 105062 100257 205319 26373 25506 51879 25.27
26 Thiruvarur 55671 53905 109576 23172 22056 45228 41.28
27 Thoothukkudi 81067 75994 157061 19054 17354 36408 23.18
28 Vellore 184005 174677 358682 44550 42175 86725 24.18
29 Villupuram 149684 145255 294939 50362 48596 98958 33.55
30 Virudhunagar 92931 88201 181132 23670 22719 46389 25.61
Tamil Nadu 3130839 2946110 6076949 758040 726459 1484499 24.43
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School Age Population 2008-2009
Age group 5 to 10
S. ST Muslim Minority
Districts
No. B G T % B G T %
1 Chennai 1687 1535 3222 0.86 16370 13929 30299 8.11
2 Coimbatore 3984 3790 7774 2.00 7566 11313 18879 4.87
3 Cuddalore 1539 1537 3076 1.34 4101 5050 9151 3.98
4 Dharmapuri 3059 2831 5890 4.35 1448 1587 3035 2.24
5 Dindigul 421 401 822 0.44 3733 4235 7968 4.29
6 Erode 1581 1296 2877 1.44 2190 5887 8077 4.03
7 Kancheepuram 4021 3801 7822 2.70 7207 7337 14544 5.02
8 Kanyakumari 502 491 993 0.66 2677 2890 5567 3.68
9 Karur 46 40 86 0.10 1644 1661 3305 3.94
10 Krishnagiri 1725 1671 3396 1.75 17021 9822 26843 13.81
11 Madurai 371 325 696 0.26 5926 6029 11955 4.39
12 Nagapattinam 298 321 619 0.42 3346 5513 8859 6.03
13 Namakkal 2876 2681 5557 4.21 1038 1138 2176 1.65
14 Perambalur 1059 951 2010 1.70 1637 1690 3327 2.81
15 Pudukkottai 22 29 51 0.03 5007 5416 10423 7.15
16 Ramanathapuram 389 329 718 0.58 6563 9013 15576 12.49
17 Salem 6965 6229 13194 4.53 3455 3210 6665 2.29
18 Sivagangai 0 0 0 0.00 2674 2903 5577 5.17
19 Thanjavur 349 324 673 0.32 7421 7541 14962 7.14
20 Theni 215 225 440 0.38 1788 1994 3782 3.27
21 The Nilgiris 2141 2145 4286 6.96 2250 3302 5552 9.01
23 Thirunelveli 1021 992 2013 0.68 10981 12767 23748 7.98
24 Thiruvallur 4769 4681 9450 3.27 12031 10717 22748 7.87
25 Tiruvannamalai 6756 5853 12609 6.14 3127 3813 6940 3.38
26 Thiruvarur 168 181 349 0.32 3176 4089 7265 6.63
27 Thoothukkudi 635 543 1178 0.75 2957 3561 6518 4.15
28 Vellore 5336 4765 10101 2.82 19463 19920 39383 10.98
29 Villupuram 5516 5102 10618 3.60 5133 5605 10738 3.64
30 Virudhunagar 265 200 465 0.26 2225 2303 4528 2.50
Tamil Nadu 60034 54865 114899 1.89 170897 181482 352379 5.80
Source: DISE & EER 2007-08
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School Age Population - 2008-2009
Age group 11 to 13
S. ALL SC ST Muslim Minority
No. Districts B G T B G T % B G T % B G T %
1 Chennai 117273 116105 233378 27231 26916 54147 23.20 1902 1431 3333 1.43 10520 9620 20140 8.63
2 Coimbatore 127205 118279 245484 26733 25308 52041 21.20 2775 2473 5248 2.14 4562 4840 9402 3.83
3 Cuddalore 70998 65824 136822 24032 22831 46863 34.25 1020 685 1705 1.25 2498 2879 5377 3.93
4 Dharmapuri 45648 37978 83626 7625 6558 14183 16.96 1745 1608 3353 4.01 824 974 1798 2.15
5 Dindigul 56536 52208 108744 14192 13105 27297 25.10 91 197 288 0.26 2186 2305 4491 4.13
6 Erode 67794 60829 128623 14541 13408 27949 21.73 935 741 1676 1.30 2218 2901 5119 3.98
7 Kancheepuram 97185 91278 188463 32115 30239 62354 33.09 1660 1514 3174 1.68 4160 4019 8179 4.34
8 Kanyakumari 45695 43136 88831 3685 3813 7498 8.44 252 208 460 0.52 1517 1592 3109 3.50
9 Karur 26249 23928 50177 6118 5435 11553 23.02 36 46 82 0.16 816 946 1762 3.51
10 Krishnagiri 49740 45381 95121 8408 7954 16362 17.20 655 956 1611 1.69 1354 1360 2714 2.85
11 Madurai 79216 72527 151743 13094 12286 25380 16.73 185 175 360 0.24 2949 3500 6449 4.25
12 Nagapattinam 48140 44630 92770 18405 17399 35804 38.59 123 141 264 0.28 2020 2897 4917 5.30
13 Namakkal 45743 38104 83847 10525 9371 19896 23.73 1910 1573 3483 4.15 412 636 1048 1.25
14 Perambalur 36783 34084 70867 11028 10407 21435 30.25 455 422 877 1.24 897 995 1892 2.67
15 Pudukkottai 43902 42113 86015 8708 8467 17175 19.97 7 4 11 0.01 2485 3011 5496 6.39
16 Ramanathapuram 36049 34278 70327 8055 7151 15206 21.62 182 205 387 0.55 3915 4871 8786 12.49
17 Salem 92602 78432 171034 18146 16015 34161 19.97 3316 2936 6252 3.66 1639 2038 3677 2.15
18 Sivagangai 36407 33664 70071 7500 6957 14457 20.63 0 0 0 0.00 1544 1602 3146 4.49
19 Thanjavur 65752 61213 126965 16268 15537 31805 25.05 461 455 916 0.72 4177 4203 8380 6.60
20 Theni 35220 30364 65584 8706 7664 16370 24.96 67 51 118 0.18 993 1198 2191 3.34
21 The Nilgiris 19515 18541 38056 7883 7778 15661 41.15 1044 864 1908 5.01 1303 1979 3282 8.62
22 Tiruchirappalli 73209 68113 141322 15712 15155 30867 21.84 1785 1074 2859 2.02 3979 4217 8196 5.80
23 Thirunelveli 87075 81229 168304 18582 17221 35803 21.27 715 685 1400 0.83 6307 7157 13464 8.00
24 Thiruvallur 91007 83225 174232 26655 24721 51376 29.49 3018 2437 5455 3.13 9650 6380 16030 9.20
25 Tiruvannamalai 60692 56899 117591 15634 14762 30396 25.85 2320 1906 4226 3.59 1418 2098 3516 2.99
26 Thiruvarur 35212 33508 68720 14887 14022 28909 42.07 413 349 762 1.11 1837 2183 4020 5.85
27 Thoothukkudi 47053 44302 91355 10742 10029 20771 22.74 449 423 872 0.95 1734 1930 3664 4.01
28 Vellore 107133 102063 209196 26264 25443 51707 24.72 2969 2516 5485 2.62 7911 9306 17217 8.23
29 Villupuram 84288 79019 163307 28454 27053 55507 33.99 2391 2206 4597 2.81 2406 3342 5748 3.52
30 Virudhunagar 52010 48889 100899 12818 11960 24778 24.56 81 75 156 0.15 1212 1139 2351 2.33
TAMIL NADU 1881331 1740143 3621474 462746 434965 897711 24.79 32962 28356 61318 1.69 89443 96118 185561 5.12
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Table – 8
School Age Population - 2009-2010 (Projection)
Age Group 5-10
S.
Districts ALL SC ST Muslim Minority
No.
B G T B G T B G T B G T
1 Chennai 191311 185275 376586 45992 44188 90180 1690 1547 3237 16501 14040 30541
2 Coimbatore 203322 191416 394738 41391 39825 81216 4023 3846 7869 7747 11437 19184
3 Cuddalore 117960 113341 231301 42897 41619 84516 1906 1732 3638 4126 5080 9206
4 Dharmapuri 73393 63724 137117 12612 11393 24005 3199 2966 6165 1465 1606 3071
5 Dindigul 98788 91168 189956 24396 22534 46930 605 556 1161 3822 4327 8149
6 Erode 105050 97180 202230 23368 22411 45779 1643 1351 2994 2210 5940 8150
7 Kancheepuram 149041 143863 292904 47767 46760 94527 4065 3927 7992 7286 7418 14704
8 Kanyakumari 77248 74491 151739 5224 5055 10279 539 543 1082 2685 2899 5584
9 Karur 44150 40503 84653 10492 9866 20358 64 71 135 1661 1674 3335
10 Krishnagiri 101986 94719 196705 11771 13415 25186 1948 1787 3735 17225 9940 27165
11 Madurai 143881 131949 275830 24090 22326 46416 744 721 1465 6003 6106 12109
12 Nagapattinam 75970 72913 148883 29982 28461 58443 384 348 732 3395 5583 8978
13 Namakkal 70853 62486 133339 16045 14789 30834 3216 2802 6018 1049 1151 2200
14 Perambalur 61574 57764 119338 18534 17812 36346 1082 1009 2091 1650 1703 3353
15 Pudukkottai 75199 72109 147308 14719 14213 28932 26 32 58 5073 5459 10532
16 Ramanathapuram 65023 61684 126707 14232 13477 27709 424 364 788 6675 9150 15825
17 Salem 157996 136526 294522 30348 27615 57963 7055 6304 13359 3496 3248 6744
18 Sivagangai 55534 52669 108203 12057 10878 22935 0 0 0 2682 2912 5594
19 Thanjavur 107700 103114 210814 25758 25373 51131 411 403 814 7466 7586 15052
20 Theni 61481 54521 116002 16439 14732 31171 224 234 458 1793 2000 3793
21 The Nilgiris 31698 30293 61991 12827 12384 25211 2177 2158 4335 2264 3322 5586
22 Tiruchirappalli 116761 110450 227211 24443 23391 47834 2398 1735 4133 6789 7298 14087
23 Thirunelveli 154250 146027 300277 33017 31569 64586 1137 1027 2164 11080 12882 23962
24 Thiruvallur 151028 143223 294251 42915 41476 84391 4940 4754 9694 12248 10910 23158
25 Tiruvannamalai 105588 100758 206346 26505 25634 52139 6790 5882 12672 3143 3832 6975
26 Thiruvarur 56112 54376 110488 23288 22166 45454 189 203 392 3201 4124 7325
27 Thoothukkudi 81554 76450 158004 19249 17458 36707 764 714 1478 2975 3582 6557
28 Vellore 185845 176424 362269 44995 42597 87592 5565 4813 10378 19658 20119 39777
29 Villupuram 151890 146127 298017 50664 48888 99552 5950 5504 11454 5209 5639 10848
30 Virudhunagar 93767 88995 182762 23883 22924 46807 293 212 505 2245 2324 4569
Tamil Nadu 3165953 2974538 6140491 769900 735229 1505129 63451 57545 120996 172822 183291 356113
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Table – 8 (Cont...)
Age Group 11-13
S.
No.
1 Chennai 120179 118002 238181 27359 27043 54402 2115 1631 3746 10625 9799 20424
2 Coimbatore 128604 119580 248184 26988 25475 52463 2869 2641 5510 4853 5209 10062
3 Cuddalore 71424 66219 137643 25792 24503 50295 1313 852 2165 2545 2933 5478
4 Dharmapuri 46196 38434 84630 7965 6851 14816 1809 1768 3577 869 1027 1896
5 Dindigul 56932 52573 109505 14437 13217 27654 126 218 344 2287 2411 4698
6 Erode 68404 61376 129780 15285 14094 29379 1068 866 1934 2266 2964 5230
7 Kancheepuram 98763 92716 191479 32539 30556 63095 1712 1595 3307 4890 4722 9612
8 Kanyakumari 45832 43265 89097 3912 4023 7935 264 254 518 1600 1679 3279
9 Karur 26459 24119 50578 6331 5832 12163 40 50 90 923 1070 1993
10 Krishnagiri 50337 45926 96263 8879 8271 17150 695 982 1677 1633 1672 3305
11 Madurai 79691 72962 152653 13253 12435 25688 245 212 457 3064 3637 6701
12 Nagapattinam 48525 44987 93512 19031 17677 36708 163 184 347 2317 3122 5439
13 Namakkal 46246 38523 84769 10796 9606 20402 2064 1762 3826 550 849 1399
14 Perambalur 37077 34357 71434 11193 10563 21756 649 602 1251 952 1056 2008
15 Pudukkottai 44253 42450 86703 8931 8698 17629 15 7 22 2803 3396 6199
16 Ramanathapuram 37408 35454 72862 8441 7493 15934 198 212 410 4062 5038 9100
17 Salem 93713 79373 173086 18395 16270 34665 3450 3101 6551 1767 2197 3964
18 Sivagangai 36516 33765 70281 7657 7125 14782 0 0 0 1783 1850 3633
19 Thanjavur 66147 61580 127727 16546 15834 32380 498 486 984 4546 4574 9120
20 Theni 35326 30455 65781 9401 8276 17677 91 82 173 1087 1269 2356
21 The Nilgiris 19632 18649 38281 8034 7931 15965 1198 936 2134 1374 2030 3404
23 Thirunelveli 87859 81960 169819 18856 17475 36331 798 746 1544 6348 7204 13552
24 Thiruvallur 92645 84723 177368 26905 24924 51829 3241 2645 5886 9703 6432 16135
25 Tiruvannamalai 60995 57183 118178 16059 15184 31243 2512 2106 4618 1611 2383 3994
26 Thiruvarur 35388 33676 69064 15131 14281 29412 493 389 882 2092 2487 4579
27 Thoothukkudi 47335 44568 91903 11042 10309 21351 509 484 993 1805 2009 3814
28 Vellore 108204 103084 211288 26549 25738 52287 3179 2674 5853 8103 9706 17809
29 Villupuram 84794 79493 164287 28633 27247 55880 2641 2406 5047 2503 3477 5980
30 Virudhunagar 52478 49329 101807 13488 12585 26073 117 103 220 1312 1233 2545
Tamil Nadu 1901083 1757371 3658454 473978 445126 919104 35920 31196 67116 94557 101975 196532
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Table – 9
Age Group 5-10
S.
No.
1 Chennai 192841 186757 379598 46849 45043 91892 1693 1559 3252 16633 14152 30785
2 Coimbatore 208198 193522 401720 41949 40263 82212 4062 3903 7965 7932 11562 19494
3 Cuddalore 118668 114021 232689 43409 42030 85439 2361 1952 4313 4151 5110 9261
4 Dharmapuri 74273 64489 138762 12962 11530 24492 3345 3107 6452 1482 1625 3107
5 Dindigul 101129 93144 194273 25246 23000 48246 869 771 1640 3913 4421 8334
6 Erode 105995 98055 204050 24098 22613 46711 1707 1408 3115 2230 5993 8223
7 Kancheepuram 150681 145445 296126 48293 47377 95670 4109 4057 8166 7366 7500 14866
8 Kanyakumari 77480 74715 152195 5451 5226 10677 579 601 1180 2693 2908 5601
9 Karur 44603 40827 85430 10897 10504 21401 89 126 215 1678 1687 3365
10 Krishnagiri 103210 95855 199065 12379 13473 25852 2200 1911 4111 17431 10059 27490
11 Madurai 145755 133650 279405 24542 22460 47002 1492 1600 3092 6081 6184 12265
12 Nagapattinam 77087 73837 150924 31455 29429 60884 495 377 872 3445 5654 9099
13 Namakkal 71632 63173 134805 16385 15065 31450 3596 2928 6524 1060 1164 2224
14 Perambalur 62066 58226 120292 18682 17955 36637 1105 1071 2176 1663 1716 3379
15 Pudukkottai 76187 72686 148873 14837 14327 29164 31 35 66 5140 5502 10642
16 Ramanathapuram 66134 62627 128761 14303 13544 27847 462 403 865 6789 9289 16078
17 Salem 159892 138164 298056 30712 28100 58812 7146 6380 13526 3537 3286 6823
18 Sivagangai 55700 52827 108527 12837 10911 23748 0 0 0 2690 2921 5611
19 Thanjavur 108346 103733 212079 25913 25719 51632 484 501 985 7511 7631 15142
20 Theni 61666 54684 116350 16618 14776 31394 233 243 476 1798 2006 3804
21 The Nilgiris 31888 30475 62363 12903 12458 25361 2214 2171 4385 2278 3342 5620
23 Thirunelveli 155638 147342 302980 33055 31649 64704 1266 1063 2329 11180 12998 24178
24 Thiruvallur 153747 145801 299548 43688 42222 85910 5117 4828 9945 12469 11106 23575
25 Tiruvannamalai 106117 101262 207379 26638 25763 52401 6824 5911 12735 3159 3851 7010
26 Thiruvarur 56556 54851 111407 23405 22277 45682 213 228 441 3226 4159 7385
27 Thoothukkudi 82044 76909 158953 19446 17563 37009 919 939 1858 2993 3603 6596
28 Vellore 187703 178188 365891 45444 43023 88467 5804 4861 10665 19855 20320 40175
29 Villupuram 154129 147004 301133 50968 49182 100150 6418 5938 12356 5286 5673 10959
30 Virudhunagar 94611 89796 184407 24098 23131 47229 324 225 549 2265 2345 4610
Tamil Nadu 3201554 3003288 6204842 782076 744168 1526244 67638 60983 128621 174770 185116 359886
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Table – 9 (Cont....)
Age Group 11-13
S.
No.
1 Chennai 123157 119930 243087 27488 27171 54659 2352 1859 4211 10731 9981 20712
2 Coimbatore 130018 120895 250913 27245 25643 52888 2966 2820 5786 5163 5606 10769
3 Cuddalore 71853 66616 138469 27681 26297 53978 1690 1060 2750 2593 2988 5581
4 Dharmapuri 46751 38895 85646 8320 7157 15477 1875 1944 3819 916 1083 1999
5 Dindigul 57331 52941 110272 14686 13330 28016 174 241 415 2393 2522 4915
6 Erode 69019 61928 130947 16067 14815 30882 1220 1012 2232 2315 3028 5343
7 Kancheepuram 100367 94177 194544 32969 30876 63845 1766 1680 3446 5748 5548 11296
8 Kanyakumari 45969 43394 89363 4153 4245 8398 277 310 587 1688 1771 3459
9 Karur 26671 24312 50983 6551 6258 12809 44 54 98 1044 1210 2254
10 Krishnagiri 50941 46478 97419 9376 8601 17977 737 1009 1746 1969 2056 4025
11 Madurai 80169 73400 153569 13414 12586 26000 324 257 581 3183 3779 6962
12 Nagapattinam 48913 45347 94260 19678 17959 37637 216 240 456 2658 3364 6022
13 Namakkal 46755 38947 85702 11074 9847 20921 2230 1974 4204 734 1133 1867
14 Perambalur 37373 34632 72005 11360 10721 22081 926 859 1785 1010 1121 2131
15 Pudukkottai 44607 42790 87397 9160 8935 18095 32 12 44 3162 3830 6992
16 Ramanathapuram 38818 36670 75488 8845 7851 16696 215 219 434 4215 5211 9426
17 Salem 94837 80325 175162 18647 16529 35176 3589 3275 6864 1905 2368 4273
18 Sivagangai 36625 33866 70491 7817 7297 15114 0 0 0 2059 2136 4195
19 Thanjavur 66544 61949 128493 16829 16137 32966 538 519 1057 4948 4978 9926
20 Theni 35432 30546 65978 10151 8937 19088 124 132 256 1190 1344 2534
21 The Nilgiris 19750 18758 38508 8188 8087 16275 1375 1014 2389 1449 2082 3531
23 Thirunelveli 88650 82698 171348 19134 17733 36867 891 812 1703 6389 7251 13640
24 Thiruvallur 94312 86248 180560 27157 25129 52286 3480 2871 6351 9756 6484 16240
25 Tiruvannamalai 61300 57468 118768 16496 15618 32114 2720 2327 5047 1830 2707 4537
26 Thiruvarur 35565 33845 69410 15379 14545 29924 588 434 1022 2382 2833 5215
27 Thoothukkudi 47619 44836 92455 11350 10597 21947 577 554 1131 1879 2091 3970
28 Vellore 109286 104115 213401 26837 26036 52873 3404 2842 6246 8300 10123 18423
29 Villupuram 85303 79970 165273 28813 27442 56255 2917 2624 5541 2604 3617 6221
30 Virudhunagar 52950 49773 102723 14193 13243 27436 169 141 310 1420 1335 2755
Tamil Nadu 1921122 1774819 3695941 485658 455701 941359 39329 34440 73769 100245 108468 208713
Source: DISE & EER 2008 - 09
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1.7. Elementary Education- An Overview
The Directorate of school Education and the Directorate of

Elementary Education are independent directorates which function
under the School Education Department. The pre-primary sections
and I to V Std in primary schools and I to VIII std in Middle schools
come under the Directorate of Elementary Education.
The High schools with I-X Stds / VI-X Stds. and the Higher
Secondary schools with standards I-XII/VI-XII come under the
Directorate of School Education. The different categories of school
management are government, local body, Private Aided and Private
Unaided.
1.7.1. Schools by category
Under DISE, data have been collected from all recognized

schools. However, the data relating to unrecognized schools have also
been collected to capture the exact picture of enrolment.
In Tamil Nadu, there are 53,890 schools. These schools

comprise 34,180 Primary schools, 9938 Middle schools, 4574 High
schools and 5030 Higher Secondary schools.
Of the total of 9938 Middle schools, 7597 are Govt. schools,

1643 are Private Aided and 698 schools are Private Unaided.
Similarly, among 4574 High schools, 2176 are Govt. schools, 630 are
private Aided and 1768 are Private unaided. Among 5030 Higher
Secondary schools, 2100 are Govt. schools, 1067 are Private Aided
and 1863 schools are Private Unaided.
The District- wise number of schools by category and

management is presented in the Table given here.
25
Table - 10
Schools by category – 2008-2009
Primary School (I-V) Middle School (I-VIII) High School Higher Secondary School
S.
KGBV
Private
Block Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Others Total
No. Govt.
Aided unAided
Total Govt.
Aided Un Aided
Total Govt.
Aided
Un Total Govt.
Aided UnAided
Total
Aided
1 Chennai 144 123 341 608 114 73 43 230 48 41 126 215 51 116 277 444 7 0 1504
2 Coimbatore 1222 132 362 1716 449 32 48 529 107 23 138 268 107 51 193 351 5 0 2869
3 Cuddalore 851 179 187 1217 320 64 29 413 72 18 48 138 80 29 46 155 0 3 1926
4 Dharmapuri 802 10 100 912 342 2 10 354 60 4 31 95 76 3 27 106 1 3 1471
5 Dindigul 923 199 132 1254 220 57 11 288 49 27 40 116 56 41 47 144 0 0 1802
6 Erode 1227 111 151 1489 346 15 25 386 68 15 78 161 88 23 91 202 11 6 2255
7 Kancheepuram 837 127 354 1318 332 54 66 452 99 30 126 255 93 32 137 262 9 0 2296
8 Kanyakumari 288 105 157 550 106 53 42 201 73 52 60 185 52 73 59 184 5 0 1125
9 Karur 572 41 63 676 132 7 6 145 41 5 39 85 34 9 22 65 2 1 974
10 Krishnagiri 1068 14 124 1206 329 3 26 358 99 4 44 147 70 4 33 107 0 3 1821
11 Madurai 753 156 383 1292 262 73 7 342 70 21 93 184 67 63 90 220 11 0 2049
12 Nagapattinam 529 215 138 882 222 66 8 296 60 18 35 113 49 24 22 95 3 0 1389
13 Namakkal 665 56 75 796 176 18 16 210 44 10 45 99 77 6 73 156 0 3 1264
14 Perambalur 547 77 96 720 197 27 7 231 77 8 32 117 61 13 22 96 0 0 1164
15 Pudukkottai 1003 58 164 1225 319 27 19 365 90 14 23 127 70 13 26 109 2 0 1828
16 Ramanathapuram 741 163 101 1005 193 38 24 255 39 21 25 85 45 26 19 90 0 0 1435
17 Salem 1096 75 243 1414 352 18 37 407 97 13 81 191 104 23 76 203 9 11 2235
18 Sivagangai 728 117 114 959 243 58 11 312 55 27 24 106 46 32 28 106 0 1 1484
19 Thanjavur 889 177 217 1283 247 62 18 327 100 21 64 185 74 38 45 157 1 0 1953
20 Theni 322 130 63 515 97 71 13 181 41 14 22 77 46 23 20 89 3 0 865
21 The Nilgiris 258 97 66 421 91 9 8 108 45 14 41 100 32 17 34 83 0 0 712
22 Thiruchirappalli 802 180 248 1230 257 94 15 366 73 22 80 175 67 69 39 175 0 0 1946
23 Thirunelveli 623 841 277 1741 123 291 26 440 48 55 57 160 82 87 70 239 2 0 2582
24 Thiruvallur 885 136 388 1409 314 24 43 381 102 15 153 270 72 21 152 245 36 0 2341
25 Thiruvannamalai 1252 128 152 1532 372 15 33 420 136 13 34 183 95 22 26 143 0 5 2283
26 Thiruvarur 587 69 130 786 203 33 11 247 52 8 24 84 52 14 12 78 0 0 1195
27 Thoothukudi 494 549 124 1167 121 188 18 327 23 40 38 101 37 73 32 142 0 0 1737
28 Vellore 1409 207 423 2039 454 54 35 543 146 22 76 244 129 45 70 244 8 0 3078
29 Villpuram 1276 229 235 1740 467 53 33 553 123 24 62 209 124 22 47 193 0 14 2709
30 Virudhunagar 602 347 129 1078 197 64 10 271 39 31 29 99 64 55 28 147 0 3 1598
Tamilnadu 23395 5048 5737 34180 7597 1643 698 9938 2176 630 1768 4574 2100 1067 1863 5030 115 53 53890
Source: DISE 2008-09
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Fig.1
No. of Schools by Category
40000
34180
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
9938
10000
4574 5030
5000
0
Primary Middle High Hr. Sec
1.7.2. Enrolment
1.7.2.1. Primary and Upper Primary
The Districtwise and Genderwise details of enrolment of pupils in

Primary and Upper Primary Schools in the State are presented in the Tables
here.
27
Table – 11
Enrolment – ALL - Primary and Upper Primary – 2008-2009
S. Primary - I - V Upper Primary - VI - VIII Total Enrolment I-VIII

Districts
No.
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
1 Chennai 192042 187645 379687 122059 119042 241101 314101 306687 620788
2 Coimbatore 198665 190819 389484 128745 120539 249284 327410 311358 638768
3 Cuddalore 118584 112902 231486 72752 67630 140382 191336 180532 371868
4 Dharmapuri 73640 64129 137769 47514 39183 86697 121154 103312 224466
5 Dindigul 96519 89280 185799 58323 52521 110844 154842 141801 296643
6 Erode 104311 96548 200859 70721 62649 133370 175032 159197 334229
7 Kancheepuram 151665 145333 296998 98165 91385 189550 249830 236718 486548
8 Kanyakumari 77243 74455 151698 46018 44131 90149 123261 118586 241847
9 Karur 43727 40780 84507 27347 25082 52429 71074 65862 136936
10 Krishnagiri 102008 93694 195702 52317 47687 100004 154325 141381 295706
11 Madurai 142087 130330 272417 82704 75759 158463 224791 206089 430880
12 Nagapattinam 74907 72060 146967 48313 45735 94048 123220 117795 241015
13 Namakkal 70697 62531 133228 47008 39356 86364 117705 101887 219592
14 Perambalur 61243 57545 118788 38014 35275 73289 99257 92820 192077
15 Pudukkottai 74275 71631 145906 44363 42729 87092 118638 114360 232998
16 Ramanathapuram 63985 60796 124781 36449 34540 70989 100434 95336 195770
17 Salem 158749 139134 297883 97652 82836 180488 256401 221970 478371
18 Sivagangai 57573 55060 112633 37181 35005 72186 94754 90065 184819
19 Thanjavur 107707 104256 211963 68680 63919 132599 176387 168175 344562
20 Theni 63040 55875 118915 36505 31679 68184 99545 87554 187099
21 The Nilgiris 32635 31053 63688 20416 19198 39614 53051 50251 103302
23 Thirunelveli 156645 148428 305073 89725 84038 173763 246370 232466 478836
24 Thiruvallur 152104 142961 295065 92691 85250 177941 244795 228211 473006
26 Thiruvarur 55721 53955 109676 36248 34747 70995 91969 88702 180671
27 Thoothukudi 81510 77518 159028 48586 45390 93976 130096 122908 253004
28 Vellore 185273 175689 360962 112128 104981 217109 297401 280670 578071
29 Villupuram 149726 146006 295732 85776 81205 166981 235502 227211 462713
30 Virudhunagar 95067 90383 185450 53339 50350 103689 148406 140733 289139
Tamilnadu 3165310 2983101 6148411 1938532 1791678 3730210 5103842 4774779 9878621
Source : DISE 2008-09
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Fig - 2
Gender Perspective in Enrolment
Primary Upper Primary
Boys 48% Boys

49% 51% 52%
Girls Girls
A total of 98,780,621 children have been enrolled in Primary and

Upper Primary sections, of whom 61,48,411 children have been enrolled in
Primary sections and 37,30,210 have been enrolled in Upper Primary
sections, with boys outnumbering girls by 3,29,063. In both Primary and
Upper Primary schools, the enrolment of boys and girls in terms of
percentage has been 51.67% and 48.33% respectively, which indicates the
prevailing positive gender parity in enrolment in the State.
1.7.2.2. Enrolment – SC
The District wise and Gender wise details of enrolment of SC children

in Primary and Upper Primary Schools are given in following Table
29
Table - 12
Enrolment – SC – 2008-2009
Primary Upper Primary Total

S. No. Districts I-V VI – VIII (I-VIII)
B G T B G T B G T
1 Chennai 45924 44054 89978 27738 27458 55196 73662 71512 145174
2 Coimbatore 40854 39543 80397 27620 26161 53781 68474 65704 134178
3 Cuddalore 42435 41255 83690 24055 23496 47551 66490 64751 131241
4 Dharmapuri 12306 11487 23793 8017 6851 14868 20323 18338 38661
5 Dindigul 23619 22108 45727 14271 13145 27416 37890 35253 73143
6 Erode 23059 22215 45274 15391 14001 29392 38450 36216 74666
7 Kancheepuram 47707 46168 93875 32951 30725 63676 80658 76893 157551
8 Kanyakumari 5019 4926 9945 3732 3916 7648 8751 8842 17593
9 Karur 10128 9293 19421 6329 5496 11825 16457 14789 31246
10 Krishnagiri 11222 13578 24800 8841 8208 17049 20063 21786 41849
11 Madurai 23663 22269 45932 13644 12503 26147 37307 34772 72079
12 Nagapattinam 28628 27566 56194 18703 17898 36601 47331 45464 92795
13 Namakkal 15750 14531 30281 10746 9504 20250 26496 24035 50531
14 Perambalur 18631 17746 36377 11294 10696 21990 29925 28442 58367
15 Pudukkottai 14706 14352 29058 8853 8638 17491 23559 22990 46549
16 Ramanathapuram 14481 13660 28141 8195 7725 15920 22676 21385 44061
17 Salem 30090 27173 57263 18457 16409 34866 48547 43582 92129
18 Sivagangai 11636 11156 22792 7515 7259 14774 19151 18415 37566
19 Thanjavur 26041 25078 51119 16867 15669 32536 42908 40747 83655
20 Theni 16294 14775 31069 8892 7881 16773 25186 22656 47842
21 The Nilgiris 13297 12508 25805 8115 8198 16313 21412 20706 42118
23 Thirunelveli 33944 32324 66268 18937 17513 36450 52881 49837 102718
24 Thiruvallur 43507 41586 85093 26955 25050 52005 70462 66636 137098
26 Thiruvarur 23186 22362 45548 15379 14586 29965 38565 36948 75513
27 Thoothukudi 19093 17806 36899 11125 10315 21440 30218 28121 58339
28 Vellore 45010 43266 88276 27408 26008 53416 72418 69274 141692
29 Villupuram 50680 49739 100419 28815 27175 55990 79495 76914 156409
30 Virudhunagar 24096 23162 47258 13183 12647 25830 37279 35809 73088
Tamil Nadu 766411 735053 1501464 474355 446136 920491 1240766 1181189 2421955
In both Primary and Upper Primary sections, 24,21,955 SC children

have been enrolled. In primary, the number of children enrolled are
15,01,464 who comprise 7,66,411 boys and 7,35,053 girls. In Upper
primary, 9,20,491 children have been enrolled who consist of 4,74,355 boys
and 4,46136 girls. In total enrolment, Boys outnumber girls by 59,577. In
both Primary and Upper Primary schools, the enrolment of boys and girls in
terms of percentage has been 51.23% and 48.77% respectively.
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1.7.2.3. Enrolment – ST
The following Table presents Districtwise and Genderwise enrolment

of ST children in Primary and Upper Primary Schools.
Table – 13
Enrolment – ST – 2008-2009
S. Primary (I-V) Upper Primary (VI – VIII) Total (I-VIII)
Districts
No. B G T B G T B G T
1 Chennai 1707 1555 3262 1951 1485 3436 3658 3040 6698
2 Coimbatore 4096 3880 7976 3050 2565 5615 7146 6445 13591
3 Cuddalore 1579 1567 3146 1079 706 1785 2658 2273 4931
4 Dharmapuri 3061 2836 5897 1841 1658 3499 4902 4494 9396
5 Dindigul 430 415 845 96 206 302 526 621 1147
6 Erode 1630 1543 3173 974 780 1754 2604 2323 4927
7 Kancheepuram 4044 4043 8087 1710 1583 3293 5754 5626 11380
8 Kanyakumari 515 498 1013 259 214 473 774 712 1486
9 Karur 47 41 88 37 47 84 84 88 172
10 Krishnagiri 1757 1696 3453 675 986 1661 2432 2682 5114
11 Madurai 377 334 711 195 183 378 572 517 1089
12 Nagapattinam 306 326 632 129 148 277 435 474 909
13 Namakkal 2913 2724 5637 1990 1637 3627 4903 4361 9264
14 Perambalur 1063 972 2035 479 447 926 1542 1419 2961
15 Pudukkottai 22 30 52 7 4 11 29 34 63
16 Ramanathapuram 399 337 736 187 212 399 586 549 1135
17 Salem 6967 6524 13491 3442 3030 6472 10409 9554 19963
18 Sivagangai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Thanjavur 357 334 691 480 474 954 837 808 1645
20 Theni 222 232 454 70 54 124 292 286 578
21 The Nilgiris 2250 2262 4512 1088 917 2005 3338 3179 6517
23 Thirunelveli 1029 1005 2034 747 714 1461 1776 1719 3495
24 Thiruvallur 4840 4737 9577 3077 2527 5604 7917 7264 15181
26 Thiruvarur 170 185 355 430 365 795 600 550 1150
27 Thoothukudi 646 550 1196 459 433 892 1105 983 2088
28 Vellore 5355 4829 10184 3092 2665 5757 8447 7494 15941
29 Villupuram 5534 5143 10677 2505 2306 4811 8039 7449 15488
30 Virudhunagar 271 205 476 85 78 163 356 283 639
Tamilnadu 60872 56419 117291 34382 29479 63861 95254 85898 181152
Source: DISE 2008
In Primary and Upper Primary sections, 1,81,152 ST children have

been enrolled. In primary, 1,17,291 children have been enrolled and they
consist of 60,872 boys and 56,419 girls. In Upper primary, the number of
children enrolled has been 63,861 consisting of 34,382 boys and 29,479
girls. In the case of enrolment of ST children also, boys outnumber girls by
9,356. In both Primary and Upper Primary schools, the enrolment of boys
and girls in terms of percentage has been 52.58% and 47.42% respectively.
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1.7.3. Enrolment – Primary & Upper Primary – Projection
The projections of enrolment at Primary and Upper Primary levels for
the years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 have been worked out on the basis of
DISE 2008 and the trend observed in the projected school-age population
(given in Table – and a) in the State and the same is provided in the Tables
below.
Table - 14
Enrolment – Primary 2009-2010 (Projection)
S. ALL SC ST
District
1 Chennai 192483 188715 381198 46024 44301 90325 1711 1564 3275
2 Coimbatore 199122 191907 391029 40948 39768 80716 4105 3902 8007
3 Cuddalore 118857 113546 232403 42533 41490 84023 1583 1576 3159
4 Dharmapuri 73809 64495 138304 12334 11552 23886 3068 2852 5920
5 Dindigul 96741 89789 186530 23673 22234 45907 431 417 848
6 Erode 104551 97098 201649 23112 22342 45454 1634 1552 3186
7 Kancheepuram 152014 146161 298175 47817 46431 94248 4053 4066 8119
8 Kanyakumari 77421 74879 152300 5031 4954 9985 516 501 1017
9 Karur 43828 41012 84840 10151 9346 19497 47 41 88
10 Krishnagiri 102243 94228 196471 11248 13655 24903 1761 1706 3467
11 Madurai 142414 131073 273487 23717 22396 46113 378 336 714
12 Nagapattinam 75079 72471 147550 28694 27723 56417 307 328 635
13 Namakkal 70860 62887 133747 15786 14614 30400 2920 2740 5660
14 Perambalur 61384 57873 119257 18674 17847 36521 1065 978 2043
15 Pudukkottai 74446 72039 146485 14740 14434 29174 22 30 52
16 Ramanathapuram 64132 61143 125275 14514 13738 28252 400 339 739
17 Salem 159114 139927 299041 30159 27328 57487 6983 6561 13544
18 Sivagangai 57705 55374 113079 11663 11220 22883 0 0 0
19 Thanjavur 107955 104850 212805 26101 25221 51322 358 336 694
20 Theni 63185 56193 119378 16331 14859 31190 223 233 456
21 The Nilgiris 32710 31230 63940 13328 12579 25907 2255 2275 4530
23 Thirunelveli 157005 149274 306279 34022 32508 66530 1031 1011 2042
24 Thiruvallur 152210 143776 295986 43607 41823 85430 4851 4764 9615
26 Thiruvarur 55849 54263 110112 23239 22489 45728 170 186 356
27 Thoothukudi 81697 77960 159657 19137 17907 37044 647 553 1200
28 Vellore 185699 176690 362389 45114 43513 88627 5367 4857 10224
29 Villpuram 150070 146838 296908 50797 50023 100820 5547 5172 10719
30 Virudhunagar 95286 90898 186184 24151 23294 47445 272 206 478
Tamil Nadu 3172346 3000104 6172450 765229 736476 1507406 61011 56741 117752
As can be seen from the Table, the State anticipates that during 2009-
2010 there will be 6172450 children who will possibly comprise 3172346
boys and 3000104 girls. As per projection, there will be 1507406 SC
children comprising 765229 boys and 736476 girls. The projected figures for
ST children in the same age group are 61,011 boys and 56741 girls.
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Table – 14 (contd….)
Enrolment – Upper Primary - 2009-2010 (Projection)
S. All SC ST
District
1 Chennai 122339 122242 244581 27832 27611 55443 1715 1573 3288
2 Coimbatore 129041 120720 249761 27684 26310 53994 3057 2580 5637
3 Cuddalore 72919 67731 140650 24110 23630 47740 1081 710 1791
4 Dharmapuri 47623 39242 86865 8035 6890 14925 1845 1667 3512
5 Dindigul 58457 52600 111057 14304 13220 27524 96 207 303
6 Erode 70884 62743 133627 15426 14081 29507 976 784 1760
7 Kancheepuram 98391 91522 189913 33027 30900 63927 1714 1592 3306
8 Kanyakumari 46124 44197 90321 3741 3938 7679 260 215 475
9 Karur 27410 25120 52530 6344 5527 11871 37 47 84
10 Krishnagiri 52437 47759 100196 8861 8255 17116 677 992 1669
11 Madurai 82894 75873 158767 13675 12574 26249 195 184 379
12 Nagapattinam 48424 45804 94228 18746 18000 36746 129 149 278
13 Namakkal 47116 39415 86531 10771 9558 20329 1995 1646 3641
14 Perambalur 38101 35328 73429 11320 10757 22077 480 450 930
15 Pudukkottai 44465 42793 87258 8873 8687 17560 7 4 11
16 Ramanathapuram 36533 34592 71125 8214 7769 15983 187 213 400
17 Salem 97877 82960 180837 18499 16503 35002 3450 3047 6497
18 Sivagangai 37267 35058 72325 7532 7300 14832 0 0 0
19 Thanjavur 68838 64015 132853 16906 15758 32664 481 477 958
20 Theni 36589 31727 68316 8912 7926 16838 70 54 124
21 The Nilgiris 20463 19227 39690 8134 8245 16379 1091 922 2013
23 Thirunelveli 89931 84164 174095 18981 17613 36594 749 718 1467
24 Thiruvallur 92904 85408 178312 27017 25193 52210 3084 2531 5615
26 Thiruvarur 36331 34799 71130 15414 14669 30083 431 367 798
27 Thoothukudi 48698 45458 94156 11151 10374 21525 460 435 895
28 Vellore 112386 105138 217524 27471 26156 53627 3099 2669 5768
29 Villpuram 85973 81327 167300 28881 27330 56211 2511 2319 4830
30 Virudhunagar 53462 50426 103888 13213 12719 25932 85 78 163
Tamil Nadu 1942989 1797420 3740409 475342 448622 924150 34219 29702 63921
The projected Table shows that the State expects that during 2009-
2010 there will be 37,40,409 children who will possibly comprise 1942989
boys and 1797420 girls. As per projection, there will be 924150 SC children
comprising 475342 boys and 448622 girls. The projected figures for ST
children in the same age group are 34219 boys and 29709 girls.
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Table – 15
Enrolment - Primary - 2010-2011 (Projection)
S. All SC ST
District
1 Chennai 192925 189790 382715 46129 44549 90678 1715 1572 3287
2 Coimbatore 199580 193001 392581 41042 39995 81037 4114 3924 8038
3 Cuddalore 119130 114193 233323 42631 41726 84357 1587 1585 3172
4 Dharmapuri 73979 64863 138842 12362 11618 23980 3075 2868 5943
5 Dindigul 96964 90301 187265 23727 22361 46088 432 419 851
6 Erode 104791 97651 202442 23165 22469 45634 1638 1561 3199
7 Kancheepuram 152364 146994 299358 47927 46696 94623 4062 4089 8151
8 Kanyakumari 77599 75306 152905 5043 4982 10025 517 504 1021
9 Karur 43929 41246 85175 10174 9399 19573 47 41 88
10 Krishnagiri 102478 94765 197243 11274 13733 25007 1765 1716 3481
11 Madurai 142742 131820 274562 23772 22524 46296 379 338 717
12 Nagapattinam 75252 72884 148136 28760 27881 56641 308 330 638
13 Namakkal 71023 63245 134268 15822 14697 30519 2927 2756 5683
14 Perambalur 61525 58203 119728 18717 17949 36666 1067 984 2051
15 Pudukkottai 74617 72450 147067 14774 14516 29290 22 30 52
16 Ramanathapuram 64280 61492 125772 14547 13816 28363 401 341 742
17 Salem 159480 140725 300205 30228 27484 57712 6999 6598 13597
18 Sivagangai 57838 55690 113528 11690 11284 22974 0 0 0
19 Thanjavur 108203 105448 213651 26161 25365 51526 359 338 697
20 Theni 63330 56513 119843 16369 14944 31313 224 234 458
21 The Nilgiris 32785 31408 64193 13359 12651 26010 2260 2288 4548
23 Thirunelveli 157366 150125 307491 34100 32693 66793 1033 1017 2050
24 Thiruvallur 152317 144596 296913 43707 42061 85768 4878 4791 9669
26 Thiruvarur 55977 54572 110549 23292 22617 45909 170 187 357
27 Thoothukudi 81885 78404 160289 19181 18009 37190 648 556 1204
28 Vellore 186126 177697 363823 45218 43761 88979 5379 4885 10264
29 Villpuram 150415 147675 298090 50914 50308 101222 5560 5201 10761
30 Virudhunagar 95505 91416 186921 24207 23427 47634 273 207 480
Tamil Nadu 3179398 3017205 6196603 769933 743447 1513380 61166 57062 118228
The projected figures show that during 2009-2010 there will be
6196603 children who will possibly comprise 3179398 boys and 30,17,205
girls. As per projection, there will be 15,13,380 SC children comprising
7,69,933 boys and 7,43,447 girls. The projected figures for ST children are
61166 boys and 57062 girls.
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Enrolment -Upper Primary -2010-2011 (Projection)
S. All SC ST
District
1 Chennai 122620 122425 245045 27896 27768 55664 1719 1582 3301
2 Coimbatore 129338 120901 250239 27748 26349 54097 3064 2584 5648
3 Cuddalore 73087 67833 140920 24165 23665 47830 1083 711 1794
4 Dharmapuri 47733 39301 87034 8053 6900 14953 1849 1670 3519
5 Dindigul 58591 52679 111270 14337 13240 27577 96 207 303
6 Erode 71047 62837 133884 15461 14102 29563 978 785 1763
7 Kancheepuram 98617 91659 190276 33103 30946 64049 1718 1594 3312
8 Kanyakumari 46230 44263 90493 3750 3944 7694 261 215 476
9 Karur 27473 25158 52631 6359 5535 11894 37 47 84
10 Krishnagiri 52558 47831 100389 8881 8267 17148 679 993 1672
11 Madurai 83085 75987 159072 13706 12593 26299 195 184 379
12 Nagapattinam 48535 45873 94408 18789 18027 36816 129 149 278
13 Namakkal 47224 39474 86698 10796 9572 20368 2000 1648 3648
14 Perambalur 38189 35381 73570 11346 10773 22119 481 451 932
15 Pudukkottai 44567 42857 87424 8893 8700 17593 7 4 11
16 Ramanathapuram 36617 34644 71261 8233 7781 16014 187 213 400
17 Salem 98102 83084 181186 18542 16528 35070 3458 3052 6510
18 Sivagangai 37353 35111 72464 7549 7311 14860 0 0 0
19 Thanjavur 68996 64111 133107 16945 15782 32727 482 478 960
20 Theni 36673 31775 68448 8932 7938 16870 70 54 124
21 The Nilgiris 20510 19256 39766 8153 8257 16410 1094 923 2017
23 Thirunelveli 90138 84290 174428 19025 17639 36664 751 719 1470
24 Thiruvallur 93118 85536 178654 27079 25231 52310 3091 2535 5626
26 Thiruvarur 36415 34851 71266 15449 14691 30140 432 368 800
27 Thoothukudi 48810 45526 94336 11177 10390 21567 461 436 897
28 Vellore 112644 105295 217939 27534 26195 53729 3106 2673 5779
29 Villpuram 86171 81449 167620 28947 27371 56318 2517 2322 4839
30 Virudhunagar 53585 50502 104087 13243 12738 25981 85 78 163
Tamil Nadu 1947458 1800116 3747574 476566 449461 926027 34296 29752 64048
The State anticipates that during 2010-2011 there will be 37,47,574
children who will possibly comprise 19,47,458 boys and 18,00,116 girls. As
per projection, there will be 9,26,027 SC children comprising, 4,76,566 boys
and 4,49,461 girls. The projected figures for ST children are 34,296 boys
and 29,752 girls.
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1.7.4. Teachers – Primary Schools
The District-wise details of teachers working in Primary Schools under various managements are given in the
following Table. Table 16
Teachers - Primary Schools – 2008 - 09
Govt and Local Body Private Aided Private Unaided Others Total Teachers
District
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Chennai 57 972 1029 68 1124 1192 98 3023 3121 0 0 0 223 5119 5342
Coimbatore 987 2860 3847 97 633 730 171 2607 2778 0 0 0 1255 6100 7355
Cuddalore 758 1568 2326 208 514 722 122 1264 1386 0 0 0 1088 3346 4434
Dharmapuri 910 1445 2355 11 61 72 113 734 847 7 1 8 1041 2241 3282
Dindigul 634 1651 2285 171 851 1022 71 885 956 0 0 0 876 3387 4263
Erode 863 2083 2946 97 552 649 84 1079 1163 1 31 32 1045 3745 4790
Kancheepuram 539 2154 2693 90 643 733 165 2272 2437 0 0 0 794 5069 5863
Kanyakumari 233 757 990 64 769 833 48 1300 1348 1 19 20 346 2845 3191
Karur 409 974 1383 30 197 227 19 487 506 1 16 17 459 1674 2133
Krishnagiri 1123 1790 2913 53 98 151 108 771 879 0 0 0 1284 2659 3943
Madurai 414 1611 2025 145 982 1127 132 2687 2819 0 13 13 691 5293 5984
Nagapattinam 628 943 1571 281 606 887 38 953 991 1 19 20 948 2521 3469
Namakkal 544 1251 1795 55 231 286 48 613 661 0 0 0 647 2095 2742
Perambalur 561 1035 1596 100 299 399 59 634 693 0 0 0 720 1968 2688
Pudukkottai 851 1449 2300 50 180 230 91 937 1028 0 8 8 992 2574 3566
Ramanathapuram 654 1178 1832 210 663 873 52 723 775 0 0 0 916 2564 3480
Salem 1106 2629 3735 64 690 754 145 1855 2000 2 51 53 1317 5225 6542
Sivagangai 484 1201 1685 97 395 492 43 683 726 0 0 0 624 2279 2903
Thanjavur 664 1930 2594 226 777 1003 75 1710 1785 0 0 0 965 4417 5382
Theni 274 715 989 140 714 854 45 461 506 0 15 15 459 1905 2364
The Nilgiris 240 384 624 43 305 348 26 465 491 0 0 0 309 1154 1463
Thiruchirappalli 530 1661 2191 149 867 1016 47 1791 1838 0 0 0 726 4319 5045
Thirunelveli 398 1197 1595 675 2517 3192 94 1863 1957 0 0 0 1167 5577 6744
Thiruvallur 611 1840 2451 102 501 603 172 2787 2959 13 145 158 898 5273 6171
Thiruvannamalai 1217 1878 3095 145 406 551 92 1158 1250 0 0 0 1454 3442 4896
Thiruvarur 510 1031 1541 98 257 355 49 944 993 0 0 0 657 2232 2889
Thoothukudi 180 884 1064 257 1685 1942 24 996 1020 0 0 0 461 3565 4026
Vellore 1229 2918 4147 333 906 1239 223 2859 3082 9 5 14 1794 6688 8482
Villpuram 1488 2151 3639 329 562 891 203 1230 1433 0 0 0 2020 3943 5963
Virudhunagar 458 1099 1557 307 1381 1688 59 1045 1104 0 0 0 824 3525 4349
Tamil Nadu 19554 45239 64793 4695 20366 25061 2716 40816 43532 35 323 358 27000 106744 133744
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Government of Tamil Nadu appoints only trained teachers and they
are recruited through Teachers’ Recruitment Board. There are 1,33,744
teachers serving in all primary schools under all categories of management,
namely Government, Aided and Private unaided. As many as 64,793 teachers
work in Government and local body schools, who consist of 19,554 male
teachers and 45,239 female teachers. In the Private aided sector, 25,061
teachers comprising 4,695 male teachers and 20,366 female teachers are
working.
At the primary level, it is significant to note that there is a greater

presence of women among teachers with their overall percentage as high as
79.81 and in respect of Government schools, the percentage of women
teachers is around 70.
Fig - 3
Teachers – Primary
64793
70000
60000
43532
50000
40000
25061
30000
20000
10000
0
Governm ent Private Aided Private Unaided
Schools
The District-wise details of teachers working in Middle, High and

Higher Secondary Schools under various managements are given in the
following Table.
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Table - 17
Teachers in Middle, High and Hr. Sec. Schools (Upper Primary Section) - 2008 - 09
Govt and Local Body Private Aided Private Unaided Others Total Teachers
District
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Chennai 219 2042 2261 683 2534 3217 998 8400 9398 36 202 238 1936 13178 15114
Coimbatore 1431 4294 5725 331 1089 1420 1510 6447 7957 34 43 77 3306 11873 15179
Cuddalore 1187 1789 2976 431 558 989 345 1261 1606 0 11 11 1963 3619 5582
Dharmapuri 2124 1865 3989 60 51 111 342 957 1299 1 0 1 2527 2873 5400
Dindigul 740 1553 2293 389 998 1387 234 1256 1490 0 0 0 1363 3807 5170
Erode 1125 2236 3361 141 358 499 664 2597 3261 21 64 85 1951 5255 7206
Kancheepuram 915 2763 3678 271 798 1069 483 3944 4427 39 89 128 1708 7594 9302
Kanyakumari 322 799 1121 286 1135 1421 165 2359 2524 0 0 0 773 4293 5066
Karur 552 817 1369 66 108 174 244 876 1120 0 8 8 862 1809 2671
Krishnagiri 1135 1576 2711 48 74 122 507 1248 1755 0 20 20 1690 2918 4608
Madurai 687 2148 2835 540 1819 2359 488 3264 3752 54 92 146 1769 7323 9092
Nagapattinam 1634 1408 3042 899 736 1635 185 775 960 0 0 0 2718 2919 5637
Namakkal 760 1395 2155 82 204 286 508 1741 2249 0 13 13 1350 3353 4703
Perambalur 855 1023 1878 154 243 397 202 587 789 0 0 0 1211 1853 3064
Pudukkottai 1045 1544 2589 161 318 479 179 621 800 0 0 0 1385 2483 3868
Ramanathapuram 719 1025 1744 447 520 967 165 816 981 0 0 0 1331 2361 3692
Salem 2544 3728 6272 419 692 1111 725 2720 3445 6 81 87 3694 7221 10915
Sivagangai 597 1147 1744 354 677 1031 99 635 734 0 10 10 1050 2469 3519
Thanjavur 1856 2560 4416 917 1306 2223 434 1802 2236 6 4 10 3213 5672 8885
Theni 350 803 1153 422 769 1191 198 794 992 0 0 0 970 2366 3336
The Nilgiris 297 504 801 54 270 324 205 780 985 0 0 0 556 1554 2110
Thiruchirappalli 730 1952 2682 642 1543 2185 449 1676 2125 0 0 0 1821 5171 6992
Thirunelveli 482 1250 1732 1377 2728 4105 329 1969 2298 11 12 23 2199 5959 8158
Thiruvallur 930 2475 3405 161 480 641 775 4868 5643 41 193 234 1907 8016 9923
Thiruvannamalai 1608 1839 3447 189 261 450 357 1174 1531 0 33 33 2154 3307 5461
Thiruvarur 856 1029 1885 349 459 808 115 625 740 0 0 0 1320 2113 3433
Thoothukudi 236 694 930 612 1859 2471 125 1293 1418 0 0 0 973 3846 4819
Vellore 1819 3012 4831 496 833 1329 618 2241 2859 14 28 42 2947 6114 9061
Villpuram 2169 2381 4550 430 393 823 478 1357 1835 0 89 89 3077 4220 7297
Virudhunagar 561 1245 1806 423 1036 1459 180 918 1098 2 19 21 1166 3218 4384
Tamil Nadu 30485 52896 83381 11834 24849 36683 12306 60001 72307 265 1011 1276 54890 138757 193647
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1.7.4.1. Teachers - Middle, High & Higher Secondary
In Tamil Nadu, there are 193647 teachers serving in upper primary

schools alone. About 83381 teachers are working in Government and Local
body schools, who consist of 30485 male and 52896 female teachers. In the
private aided sector, 36683 teachers comprising 11834 male and 24849
female teachers are working.
The percentage of female teachers among all the upper primary

teachers is nearly 72 and in respect of Government and Local body schools
the percentage of Female teachers is 63.
Fig - 4
Teachers – Upper Primary
83381
90000
72307
80000
70000
60000
50000 36683
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
Governm ent Private Aided Private Unaided
Schools
1.8. Educational Indicators
1.8.1 GER – Primary
The school-age Population data collected under Household Survey

2005 have been updated by updating EER (Elementary Education Register)
and the necessary reports have been generated. Based on the school age
population and enrollment, the GER and NER have been calculated.
The district-wise GER of primary stage is presented in the Table that

follows.
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Table - 18
GER – Primary (5-10 Age Group)
S. ALL SC ST
District
1 Chennai 101.18 102.09 101.63 101.71 101.63 101.67 101.19 101.30 101.24
2 Coimbatore 100.05 100.78 100.41 100.03 100.38 100.21 102.81 102.37 102.60
3 Cuddalore 101.13 100.21 100.68 100.10 100.10 100.10 102.60 101.95 102.28
4 Dharmapuri 101.54 101.84 101.68 100.29 102.03 101.12 100.07 100.18 100.12
5 Dindigul 100.02 100.05 100.03 100.19 100.14 100.16 102.14 103.49 102.80
6 Erode 100.19 100.24 100.22 101.76 100.02 100.90 103.10 119.06 110.29
7 Kancheepuram 102.88 102.13 102.51 100.97 100.04 100.51 100.57 106.37 103.39
8 Kanyakumari 100.29 100.25 100.27 100.26 100.74 100.50 102.59 101.43 102.01
9 Karur 100.06 101.49 100.74 100.26 100.28 100.27 102.17 102.50 102.33
10 Krishnagiri 101.22 100.10 100.68 100.26 101.65 101.02 101.86 101.50 101.68
11 Madurai 100.04 100.05 100.04 100.07 100.34 100.20 101.62 102.77 102.16
12 Nagapattinam 100.05 100.08 100.07 100.17 100.15 100.16 102.68 101.56 102.10
13 Namakkal 100.88 101.17 101.02 100.24 100.09 100.17 101.29 101.60 101.44
14 Perambalur 100.26 100.42 100.33 101.33 100.43 100.89 100.38 102.21 101.24
15 Pudukkottai 100.07 100.13 100.10 100.71 101.79 101.24 100.00 103.45 101.96
16 Ramanathapuram 100.08 100.07 100.08 102.26 101.86 102.07 102.57 102.43 102.51
17 Salem 101.68 103.13 102.36 100.34 100.13 100.24 100.03 104.74 102.25
18 Sivagangai 103.98 104.85 104.41 102.76 102.87 102.81 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 100.61 101.71 101.15 101.71 100.18 100.95 102.29 103.09 102.67
20 Theni 102.84 102.79 102.82 100.20 100.59 100.38 103.26 103.11 103.18
21 The Nilgiris 103.57 103.13 103.35 104.28 101.61 102.97 105.09 105.45 105.27
22 Thiruchirappalli 101.70 101.92 101.81 102.28 102.58 102.43 102.59 100.94 101.92
23 Thirunelveli 102.47 102.56 102.51 102.93 102.65 102.79 100.78 101.31 101.04
24 Thiruvallur 102.53 101.61 102.08 103.20 102.07 102.65 101.49 101.20 101.34
25 Thiruvannamalai 100.93 100.26 100.60 100.78 100.13 100.46 102.24 102.60 102.40
26 Thiruvarur 100.09 100.09 100.09 100.06 101.39 100.71 101.19 102.21 101.72
27 Thoothukudi 100.55 102.01 101.25 100.20 102.60 101.35 101.73 101.29 101.53
28 Vellore 100.69 100.58 100.64 101.03 102.59 101.79 100.36 101.34 100.82
29 Villpuram 100.03 100.52 100.27 100.63 102.35 101.48 100.33 100.80 100.56
30 Virudhunagar 102.30 102.47 102.38 101.80 101.95 101.87 102.26 102.50 102.37
Tamil Nadu 101.10 101.26 101.18 101.10 101.18 101.14 101.40 102.83 102.08
Source: EER & DISE 2008
The GER of primary is 101.18 and the GER of girls is 101.26. The
GER in all districts is above 100%.
The GER of SC and ST is 101.14 and 102.08 respectively. The GER of
SC and ST girls is 101.18 and 102.83 respectively.
The GER is more than 100% due to inclusion of over-aged and under-
aged children studying in I-V Std.
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1.8.2. GER – Upper Primary
The district -wise GER at upper primary level is presented in the Table
below:
Table - 19
GER – Upper Primary (11-13 age group)
ALL SC ST
S. No. Districts
B G T B G T B G T
1 Chennai 104.08 102.53 103.31 101.86 102.01 101.94 102.58 103.77 103.09
2 Coimbatore 101.21 101.91 101.55 103.32 103.37 103.34 109.91 103.72 106.99
3 Cuddalore 102.47 102.74 102.60 100.10 102.91 101.47 105.78 103.07 104.69
4 Dharmapuri 104.09 103.17 103.67 105.14 104.47 104.83 105.50 103.11 104.35
5 Dindigul 103.16 100.60 101.93 100.56 100.31 100.44 105.49 104.57 104.86
6 Erode 104.32 102.99 103.69 105.85 104.42 105.16 104.17 105.26 104.65
7 Kancheepuram 101.01 100.12 100.58 102.60 101.61 102.12 103.01 104.56 103.75
8 Kanyakumari 100.71 102.31 101.48 101.28 102.70 102.00 102.78 102.88 102.83
9 Karur 104.18 104.82 104.49 103.45 101.12 102.35 102.78 102.17 102.44
10 Krishnagiri 105.18 105.08 105.13 105.15 103.19 104.20 103.05 103.14 103.10
11 Madurai 104.40 104.46 104.43 104.20 101.77 103.02 105.41 104.57 105.00
12 Nagapattinam 100.36 102.48 101.38 101.62 102.87 102.23 104.88 104.96 104.92
13 Namakkal 102.77 103.29 103.00 102.10 101.42 101.78 104.19 104.07 104.13
14 Perambalur 103.35 103.49 103.42 102.41 102.78 102.59 105.27 105.92 105.59
15 Pudukkottai 101.05 101.46 101.25 101.67 102.02 101.84 100.00 100.00 100.00
16 Ramanathapuram 101.11 100.76 100.94 101.74 108.03 104.70 102.75 103.41 103.10
17 Salem 105.45 105.62 105.53 101.71 102.46 102.06 103.80 103.20 103.52
18 Sivagangai 102.13 103.98 103.02 100.20 104.34 102.19 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 104.45 104.42 104.44 103.68 100.85 102.30 104.12 104.18 104.15
20 Theni 103.65 104.33 103.96 102.14 102.83 102.46 104.48 105.88 105.08
21 The Nilgiris 104.62 103.54 104.09 102.94 105.40 104.16 104.21 106.13 105.08
23 Thirunelveli 103.04 103.46 103.24 101.91 101.70 101.81 104.48 104.23 104.36
24 Thiruvallur 101.85 102.43 102.13 101.13 101.33 101.22 101.95 103.69 102.73
26 Thiruvarur 102.94 103.70 103.31 103.30 104.02 103.65 104.12 104.58 104.33
27 Thoothukudi 103.26 102.46 102.87 103.57 102.85 103.22 102.23 102.36 102.29
28 Vellore 104.66 102.86 103.78 104.36 102.22 103.31 104.14 105.92 104.96
29 Villpuram 101.77 102.77 102.25 101.27 100.45 100.87 104.77 104.53 104.66
30 Virudhunagar 102.56 102.99 102.77 102.85 105.74 104.25 104.94 104.00 104.49
Tamil Nadu 103.04 102.96 103.00 102.51 102.57 102.54 104.31 103.96 104.15
Source: EER & DISE 2008
The GER at upper primary level is 103.04. The GER of girls & boys are
102.96 and 103.04 respectively.
Similarly, the GER of SC and ST are 102.54 and 104.15 respectively.

The GER of SC is slightly lower than the GER of ST. The GER of SC and ST
girls are 102.57 and 103.96 respectively.
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The GER of upper primary is higher than the GER of primary which
denotes that the number of over age children is in VI – VIII class. GER of
Primary and Upper Primary in all districts is greater than 100 in all districts
due to over aged children in I-V/VI-VIII Stds.
1.8.3. NER – Primary

The Districtwise, Social categorywise and genderwise NER at primary
level is given in the following Table.
Table - 20
NER –Primary (5-10 Age Group) 2008-09
S. ALL SC ST
Districts
1 Chennai 99.41 99.22 99.32 99.93 99.74 99.84 99.11 98.89 99.01
2 Coimbatore 99.52 99.39 99.46 99.50 99.72 99.61 99.40 99.55 99.47
3 Cuddalore 99.83 99.37 99.60 99.39 99.61 99.50 96.75 99.48 98.11
4 Dharmapuri 98.70 98.93 98.81 98.13 98.13 98.13 97.81 97.00 97.42
5 Dindigul 98.82 99.03 98.92 98.76 98.96 98.86 91.92 96.01 93.92
6 Erode 99.52 99.50 99.51 98.92 99.10 99.01 91.27 93.98 92.49
7 Kancheepuram 99.20 99.30 99.25 99.71 99.69 99.70 99.70 99.82 99.76
8 Kanyakumari 99.34 99.71 99.52 99.54 99.78 99.66 99.40 99.59 99.50
9 Karur 99.33 99.52 99.42 99.65 99.61 99.63 97.83 97.50 97.67
10 Krishnagiri 98.92 98.53 98.73 93.78 91.88 92.75 71.83 79.71 75.71
11 Madurai 99.61 99.67 99.64 99.46 99.32 99.39 93.80 94.15 93.97
12 Nagapattinam 99.26 99.56 99.41 99.56 99.45 99.51 96.64 96.88 96.77
13 Namakkal 99.44 99.65 99.54 99.36 99.39 99.37 99.03 99.10 99.06
14 Perambalur 99.65 99.82 99.73 99.51 99.46 99.49 98.77 99.05 98.91
15 Pudukkottai 99.44 99.74 99.59 99.83 99.78 99.80 95.45 86.21 90.20
16 Ramanathapuram 99.29 99.40 99.35 99.41 99.30 99.35 97.94 98.78 98.33
17 Salem 99.42 99.63 99.52 99.45 99.51 99.48 98.69 98.44 98.58
18 Sivagangai 99.42 99.56 99.49 99.01 99.36 99.18 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 98.70 99.55 99.11 97.87 98.23 98.05 92.55 96.91 94.65
20 Theni 99.66 99.55 99.61 99.55 99.49 99.52 98.14 96.89 97.50
21 The Nilgiris 99.90 99.65 99.78 98.61 99.52 99.06 97.80 96.46 97.13
23 Thirunelveli 99.57 99.64 99.60 99.55 99.46 99.51 98.92 99.40 99.16
24 Thiruvallur 99.41 99.52 99.46 98.76 98.77 98.76 97.11 97.65 97.38
26 Thiruvarur 99.15 99.18 99.16 99.12 99.38 99.25 94.05 95.03 94.56
27 Thoothukudi 99.90 99.71 99.81 99.71 99.82 99.76 98.74 99.26 98.98
28 Vellore 99.57 99.57 99.57 99.71 99.89 99.80 97.88 97.71 97.80
29 Villupuram 99.57 99.46 99.52 99.24 99.39 99.31 99.11 99.82 99.45
30 Virudhunagar 99.54 99.81 99.67 99.63 99.62 99.62 97.74 98.50 98.06
Tamilnadu 99.41 99.46 99.43 99.27 99.30 99.28 97.47 97.69 97.58
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Fig - 5
NER –PRIMARY
99.5
99
98.5
98
97.5
97
96.5
ALL SC ST
The State-level NER of All at Primary level is at 99.43 and it is almost

the same case with Boys and Girls as well. As for boys, 19 Districts record
NER above the state-level and in the remaining 11 Districts it is below 99.43.
In the case of girls, 19 Districts report NER above the state-level.
The gap in NER between All and SC is inconsiderable with 0.13 and
the gap in the case of ST with 1.85
As regards SC, there is no gap among NER of boys (99.27) and girls
(99.30). In the case of boys, 20 Districts report NER above the state-level
and the remaining 10 Districts exhibit NER below 99.27. As for girls, in 23
Districts, the NER is above the state-level and in the remaining 15 Districts
NER is below the state-level.
The Table reveals that in the case of ST, there is no gap in NER of
boys and girls. In 19 Districts, the NER of boys is higher than the state-level
and in the other Districts it is lower. In 15 Districts, the NER of girls is
higher than the state-level and in the remaining 15 Districts it is lower. The
Table indicates that there are no ST children in Sivagangai District as per
Census 2001.
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1.8.4. NER - Upper Primary
The following Table furnishes the District-wise, social category-wise
and gender-wise NER in upper primary schools.
Table - 21
NER –Upper Primary (11-13 age group) 2008-09
S. ALL SC ST
Districts
1 Chennai 98.82 98.74 98.78 99.32 99.34 99.33 99.16 99.02 99.10
2 Coimbatore 98.70 98.54 98.62 99.21 99.16 99.19 99.28 99.11 99.20
3 Cuddalore 99.31 99.38 99.34 99.23 99.27 99.25 98.33 98.54 98.42
4 Dharmapuri 97.40 97.21 97.31 99.04 98.92 98.98 98.97 99.19 99.08
5 Dindigul 97.67 97.84 97.75 98.76 98.26 98.52 93.41 96.45 95.49
6 Erode 99.68 99.59 99.64 98.79 98.81 98.80 86.31 93.93 89.68
7 Kancheepuram 99.34 99.26 99.30 99.81 99.49 99.66 99.28 99.41 99.34
8 Kanyakumari 99.02 99.49 99.25 99.10 99.37 99.24 94.84 98.08 96.30
9 Karur 99.14 99.13 99.14 99.26 98.82 99.06 97.22 97.83 97.56
10 Krishnagiri 97.33 97.97 97.64 97.01 96.42 96.72 77.56 76.15 76.72
11 Madurai 98.48 97.76 98.13 98.57 98.45 98.51 97.30 96.57 96.94
12 Nagapattinam 98.49 99.20 98.83 99.19 99.35 99.27 96.75 97.87 97.35
13 Namakkal 95.72 96.09 95.89 98.44 98.27 98.36 99.16 99.11 99.14
14 Perambalur 99.26 98.57 98.93 98.96 98.41 98.69 96.26 96.21 96.24
15 Pudukkottai 99.62 99.50 99.56 99.91 99.69 99.80 85.71 75.00 81.82
16 Ramanathapuram 97.89 98.86 98.36 99.11 98.71 98.92 98.90 99.02 98.97
17 Salem 98.77 98.17 98.50 99.41 99.23 99.33 95.72 97.14 96.39
18 Sivagangai 96.67 98.64 97.62 97.91 97.71 97.81 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 98.33 98.92 98.62 97.11 97.42 97.26 97.18 94.95 96.07
20 Theni 99.34 99.13 99.25 98.93 98.90 98.92 95.52 96.08 95.76
21 The Nilgiris 97.65 97.38 97.52 99.21 99.22 99.21 96.17 96.18 96.17
23 Thirunelveli 99.15 98.82 98.99 99.12 98.97 99.05 99.02 99.42 99.21
24 Thiruvallur 99.46 99.15 99.31 99.17 99.51 99.33 97.78 97.21 97.53
26 Thiruvarur 98.27 98.64 98.45 97.84 98.43 98.13 96.85 98.28 97.51
27 Thoothukudi 98.23 97.91 98.08 99.53 99.19 99.37 99.11 98.82 98.97
28 Vellore 99.54 99.54 99.54 99.26 99.34 99.30 95.45 95.23 95.35
29 Villupuram 98.62 98.56 98.59 98.24 97.79 98.02 98.83 99.09 98.96
30 Virudhunagar 98.23 98.15 98.19 98.91 98.84 98.87 92.59 96.00 94.23
Tamilnadu 98.67 98.67 98.67 98.96 98.88 98.92 96.93 97.05 96.99
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Fig - 6
NER – UPPER PRIMARY
98.92
99 98.67
98.5
98
97.5 96.99
97
96.5
96
ALL SC ST
The State-level NER of All at upper primary level is at 98.67 and it is

the same case with Boys and Girls as well. As for boys, 13 Districts record
NER above the state-level. In the case of girls, 11 Districts report NER above
the state-level. The NER of SC(98.92) is marginally higher than that of
ALL(98.67) and the gap between ALL and ST is 1.68.
As regards SC, there is no gap among NER of boys (98.96) and girls
(98.88). In the case of boys, 18 Districts report NER above the state-level.
As for girls, in 13 Districts, the NER is above the state-level and in the
remaining 17 Districts NER is below the state-level.
The Table reveals that in the case of ST, there is almost no gap in NER
of boys and girls. In 11 Districts, the NER of boys is higher than the state-
level and in the other Districts it is lower. In 17 Districts, the NER of girls is
higher than the state-level and in the remaining 13 Districts it is lower.
1.8.5. Completion, Repetition and Dropout Rates – Primary
Cohort Study has been conducted in all schools under all categories in
all districts. The cohort data have been computerized and key indicators
such as Completion Rate (CR), Repetition Rate (RR) and Dropout Rate (DR)
have been generated.
The District-wise and Gender-wise Completion Rate (CR), Repetition
Rate (RR) and Dropout Rate (DR) for Primary are furnished in the three
Tables that follow.
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Table – 22
Completion Rate –Primary 2008-09
S. ALL SC ST
Districts
No. Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
1 Chennai 96.61 96.69 96.65 95.88 96.15 96.01 99.60 98.91 99.25
2 Coimbatore 95.20 95.52 95.36 94.09 92.83 93.46 89.00 86.50 87.75
3 Cuddalore 94.33 94.84 94.58 93.31 93.84 93.57 89.55 87.36 88.45
4 Dharmapuri 93.59 94.91 94.25 89.98 90.53 90.25 89.16 88.11 88.63
5 Dindigul 93.96 93.60 93.78 90.85 90.06 90.45 86.90 87.82 87.36
6 Erode 94.71 93.07 93.89 90.72 89.75 90.23 89.13 89.12 89.12
7 Kancheepuram 94.44 94.68 94.56 92.48 92.73 92.60 86.45 86.85 86.65
8 Kanyakumari 97.11 98.01 97.56 91.12 91.43 91.27 90.06 89.31 89.68
9 karur 92.85 92.42 92.63 89.92 82.59 86.25 86.43 86.93 86.68
10 Krishnagiri 92.24 91.49 91.86 89.37 83.75 86.56 86.59 83.43 85.01
11 Madurai 96.14 95.85 95.99 95.57 95.67 95.62 97.21 97.30 97.25
12 Nagapattinam 92.52 92.82 92.68 91.76 91.75 91.75 87.44 85.26 86.35
13 Namakkal 93.48 91.82 92.65 85.72 94.25 89.98 85.50 84.40 84.95
14 Perambalur 92.01 92.12 92.06 90.44 90.86 90.65 89.99 87.97 88.98
15 Pudukottai 95.21 96.07 95.64 94.67 95.23 94.95 93.53 94.97 94.25
16 Ramanathapuram 93.87 93.91 93.89 89.90 90.19 90.04 87.48 87.65 87.56
17 Salem 92.40 92.72 92.56 89.84 88.66 89.25 85.78 85.51 85.64
18 Sivagangai 92.20 92.50 92.35 91.04 89.47 90.25 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 93.19 92.98 93.08 89.35 89.15 89.25 87.96 86.57 87.26
20 Theni 92.58 93.14 92.86 91.22 89.68 90.45 75.20 74.19 74.69
21 The Nilgiris 94.50 96.46 95.68 95.06 96.30 95.68 85.71 87.14 86.42
23 Thirunelveli 95.50 96.19 95.84 91.27 89.64 90.45 91.20 85.33 88.26
24 Thiruvallur 94.32 94.81 94.56 93.24 89.67 91.45 88.49 89.53 89.01
26 Thiruvarur 92.79 92.15 92.47 88.93 89.57 89.25 86.43 87.50 86.96
27 Thoothukudi 92.66 93.12 92.89 90.67 89.83 90.25 89.50 85.01 87.25
28 Vellore 91.40 91.96 91.68 89.11 89.47 89.29 87.03 84.35 85.69
29 Villupuram 92.98 93.65 93.31 90.35 90.55 90.45 89.93 88.66 89.29
30 Virudhunagar 92.75 93.22 92.98 91.38 89.90 90.79 89.96 89.90 89.93
Tamil Nadu 93.84 94.04 93.94 91.42 90.94 91.18 88.62 87.70 88.16
Source: Cohort Study 2008
The State-level Completion Rate (CR) of ALL at primary level is at

93.94%. The CR is above the State Level in 12 Districts. The CR is the
highest in Kanyakumari (97.56%). The State-level Completion Rate (CR) of
boys and girls are 93.84 and 94.04 respectively. The State-level Completion
Rate (CR) of SC is at 91.18%. The State-level Completion Rate (CR) of ST is
at 88.16 which is 3.02% lower than that of SC and 5.78% lower than that of
ALL.
Fig – 7
Completion Rate - Primary
93.94
95 91.18
88.16
90
85
80
All SC ST
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Table – 23
Repetition Rate – Primary 2008-09
S. ALL SC ST
Districts
1 Chennai 2.41 2.05 2.23 3.01 2.69 2.85 0.23 0.83 0.53
2 Coimbatore 3.09 2.95 3.02 3.95 5.12 4.53 9.37 11.24 10.30
3 Cuddalore 5.21 4.75 4.98 6.22 5.64 5.93 10.14 11.89 11.01
4 Dharmapuri 4.07 2.57 3.32 7.68 7.02 7.35 8.47 9.44 8.95
5 Dindigul 4.28 4.63 4.46 6.64 7.38 7.01 10.30 9.03 9.66
6 Erode 3.70 5.47 4.58 7.57 8.49 8.03 8.38 8.13 8.25
7 Kancheepuram 4.82 4.63 4.72 7.14 6.84 6.99 11.82 12.82 12.32
8 Kanyakumari 2.34 1.57 1.95 8.08 7.67 7.88 9.19 9.54 9.36
9 karur 5.56 6.25 5.90 9.12 16.48 12.80 11.24 11.49 11.36
10 Krishnagiri 6.05 6.96 6.50 9.00 14.56 11.78 11.62 14.64 13.13
11 Madurai 2.50 3.07 2.78 3.31 3.47 3.39 1.77 1.63 1.70
12 Nagapattinam 6.78 6.48 6.63 7.80 7.76 7.78 10.65 12.74 11.69
13 Namakkal 4.64 6.10 5.37 13.14 4.58 8.86 13.76 14.08 13.92
14 Perambalur 7.40 7.34 7.37 8.82 8.58 8.70 9.39 11.31 10.35
15 Pudukottai 3.81 2.74 3.27 3.98 3.67 3.82 5.58 3.98 4.78
16 Ramanathapuram 5.36 5.60 5.48 9.48 9.22 9.35 10.81 9.99 10.40
17 Salem 5.35 4.67 5.01 8.35 9.42 8.88 12.50 12.47 12.48
18 Sivagangai 6.78 6.68 6.73 8.12 9.64 8.88 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 5.87 5.60 5.73 9.53 9.69 9.61 11.33 12.64 11.98
20 Theni 6.04 4.88 5.46 7.81 9.30 8.56 23.87 24.54 24.20
21 The Nilgiris 3.58 2.24 2.91 3.94 2.56 3.25 11.74 9.90 10.82
23 Thirunelveli 4.10 3.46 3.78 8.20 9.78 8.99 8.02 14.10 11.06
24 Thiruvallur 3.99 3.65 3.82 5.79 9.01 7.40 10.56 9.32 9.94
26 Thiruvarur 6.58 7.24 6.91 10.34 9.60 9.97 12.74 11.63 12.18
27 Thoothukudi 6.09 5.76 5.93 8.33 9.13 8.73 9.62 13.96 11.79
28 Vellore 7.53 6.87 7.20 10.05 9.54 9.79 12.16 14.49 13.32
29 Villupuram 5.39 4.57 4.98 8.72 8.30 8.51 8.89 10.08 9.48
30 Virudhunagar 6.22 5.70 5.96 7.28 8.96 8.12 8.29 8.10 8.19
Tamil Nadu 4.94 4.73 4.84 7.48 7.91 7.69 10.04 10.81 10.43
The State-level Repetition Rate (RR) of All at primary level is at 4.84%.

The RR in 13 Districts is lower than the State Level. The lowest RR is
reported in Kanyakumari (1.95%) and the highest is in Perambalur (7.37%)
followed by Vellore (7.20%). The State-level RR of SC is at 7.69%. In 8
Districts, the RR is lower than the State level. The State-level RR of ST is at
10.43%. The RR is the highest in Theni (24.20%) and the lowest is in
Madurai (1.70%). In Sivagangai district it has been reported that there no ST
children.
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Fig - 8
Repitation Rate - Primary
12 10 .4 3
10
7. 6 9
8
6 4 .8 4
0
Al l SC ST
Table - 24
Dropout Rate – Primary – 2008-09
S. ALL SC ST
Districts
1 Chennai 0.98 1.26 1.12 1.12 1.17 1.14 0.17 0.27 0.22
2 Coimbatore 1.71 1.53 1.62 1.97 2.06 2.01 1.64 2.27 1.95
3 Cuddalore 0.46 0.41 0.44 0.48 0.53 0.50 0.32 0.76 0.54
4 Dharmapuri 2.34 2.52 2.43 2.35 2.45 2.40 2.38 2.46 2.42
5 Dindigul 1.76 1.77 1.76 2.52 2.57 2.54 2.81 3.16 2.98
6 Erode 1.60 1.47 1.53 1.72 1.77 1.74 2.50 2.76 2.63
7 Kancheepuram 0.74 0.69 0.72 0.39 0.44 0.41 1.73 0.33 1.03
8 Kanyakumari 0.55 0.42 0.49 0.80 0.90 0.85 0.76 1.16 0.96
9 karur 1.60 1.34 1.47 0.97 0.94 0.95 2.33 1.58 1.96
10 Krishnagiri 1.72 1.56 1.64 1.63 1.69 1.66 1.79 1.93 1.86
11 Madurai 1.37 1.09 1.23 1.12 0.86 0.99 1.03 1.07 1.05
12 Nagapattinam 0.70 0.67 0.69 0.45 0.50 0.47 1.92 2.01 1.96
13 Namakkal 1.88 2.08 1.98 1.15 1.17 1.16 0.74 1.52 1.13
14 Perambalur 0.59 0.54 0.57 0.75 0.56 0.65 0.62 0.72 0.67
15 Pudukottai 0.99 1.20 1.09 1.35 1.10 1.23 0.89 1.05 0.97
16 Ramanathapuram 0.77 0.49 0.63 0.62 0.60 0.61 1.72 2.37 2.04
17 Salem 2.25 2.61 2.43 1.82 1.93 1.87 1.73 2.03 1.88
18 Sivagangai 1.02 0.82 0.92 0.85 0.90 0.87 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 0.95 1.43 1.19 1.12 1.16 1.14 0.72 0.80 0.76
20 Theni 1.38 1.98 1.68 0.97 1.02 0.99 0.94 1.28 1.11
21 The Nilgiris 1.52 1.30 1.41 1.00 1.15 1.07 2.56 2.96 2.76
23 Thirunelveli 0.40 0.35 0.38 0.54 0.59 0.56 0.78 0.58 0.68
24 Thiruvallur 1.70 1.55 1.62 0.98 1.33 1.15 0.95 1.15 1.05
26 Thiruvarur 0.63 0.61 0.62 0.73 0.83 0.78 0.84 0.88 0.86
27 Thoothukudi 1.24 1.11 1.18 1.00 1.05 1.02 0.88 1.03 0.96
28 Vellore 1.07 1.17 1.12 0.85 1.00 0.92 0.81 1.16 0.99
29 Villupuram 1.63 1.78 1.71 0.93 1.15 1.04 1.19 1.27 1.23
30 Virudhunagar 1.04 1.09 1.06 1.04 1.14 1.09 1.76 2.01 1.88
Tamil Nadu 1.22 1.23 1.23 1.10 1.15 1.13 1.33 1.48 1.41
The State-level Dropout Rate (DR) of ALL is at 1.23%. The DR in 16

Districts is below the State level. The lowest DR is reported Thirunelveli
(0.38%) followed by Cuddalore (0.44%) and Kanyakumari (0.49%). The
State-level Dropout Rate (DR) of SC is 1.13%. The DR is lower than that of
the State in 21 Districts. The State-level Dropout Rate (DR) of ST is at
1.41%. 17 Districts report DR lower than that of DR at the State level.
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Fig - 9
Dropout Rate - Primary
1.41
1.5
1.23
1.13
0.5
0
All SC ST
1.8.6. Completion, Repetition and Dropout Rates – Upper Primary

The Districtwise Completion Rate (CR), Repetition Rate (RR) and
Dropout Rate (DR) for Upper Primary are furnished in the Table below.
Table - 25
Completion Rate –Upper Primary 2008-09
ALL SC ST
S. No. Districts
1 Chennai 97.64 98.38 98.01 95.10 96.33 95.71 96.99 97.21 97.10
2 Coimbatore 92.61 93.70 93.15 77.00 86.19 81.59 87.95 90.65 89.30
3 Cuddalore 92.07 93.02 92.54 87.85 89.49 88.67 95.16 96.60 95.88
4 Dharmapuri 91.82 92.11 91.96 82.61 88.24 85.42 86.37 91.77 89.07
5 Dindigul 91.77 92.35 92.06 83.57 85.48 84.52 87.74 89.70 88.72
6 Erode 91.29 92.07 91.68 90.00 89.70 89.85 83.91 79.09 81.50
7 Kancheepuram 92.13 92.82 92.47 89.91 90.44 90.17 82.79 81.14 81.96
8 Kanyakumari 94.31 97.68 95.99 90.08 94.47 92.27 93.30 94.52 93.91
9 Karur 90.37 90.80 90.58 89.36 89.17 89.26 91.21 92.83 92.02
10 Krishnagiri 90.48 90.02 90.25 87.79 87.59 87.69 88.53 84.28 86.41
11 Madurai 95.00 95.52 95.26 95.73 91.87 93.80 97.10 86.30 91.70
12 Nagapattinam 92.06 92.24 92.15 91.63 90.01 90.82 87.98 82.82 85.40
13 Namakkal 90.64 93.32 91.98 89.58 89.66 89.62 87.92 88.22 88.07
14 Perambalur 90.71 90.86 90.78 89.80 90.50 90.15 85.13 84.14 84.63
15 Pudukottai 91.06 92.07 91.56 90.64 91.56 91.10 81.40 89.78 85.59
16 Ramanathapuram 95.51 96.34 95.92 94.69 95.86 95.27 86.86 86.64 86.75
17 Salem 91.17 91.55 91.36 88.24 88.00 88.12 86.87 92.37 89.62
18 Sivagangai 90.30 90.78 90.54 82.99 87.53 85.26 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 91.85 94.07 92.96 88.99 91.41 90.20 86.15 87.18 86.66
20 Theni 90.18 90.77 90.47 89.47 89.67 89.57 83.93 81.53 82.73
21 The Nilgiris 94.62 96.71 95.66 92.05 95.81 93.93 91.88 92.91 92.40
23 Thirunelveli 91.82 93.55 92.68 90.75 90.74 90.74 92.20 90.84 91.52
24 Thiruvallur 91.92 92.80 92.36 91.61 90.54 91.07 88.31 87.51 87.91
26 Thiruvarur 90.52 90.79 90.65 89.77 90.03 89.90 86.03 86.63 86.33
27 Thoothukudi 91.37 94.68 93.02 89.69 91.90 90.79 96.87 95.80 96.33
28 Vellore 90.52 90.65 90.58 89.45 88.32 88.88 85.70 84.68 85.19
29 Villupuram 92.31 92.86 92.58 91.48 91.27 91.37 91.41 89.54 90.47
30 Virudhunagar 91.90 93.00 92.45 90.48 90.19 90.33 90.86 87.86 89.36
Tamil Nadu 92.21 93.18 92.70 89.64 90.66 90.15 89.25 88.90 89.07
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At upper primary level, the State-level Completion Rate (CR) of ALL is
at 92.70%. The CR is above the State level in 9 Districts. The CR is the
highest in Chennai (98.01%) and the lowest in Krishnagiri District (90.25%).
The State-level CR of SC is at 90.15% which is around 2.50% lower than
that of CR of All communities. The CR of SC is above the State-level in 15
Districts. The CR of SC is the highest in Trichy (97.98%) and the lowest
Coimbatore (81.59%). The CR of SC is at 90.15% and that of ST at 89.07%
with a negligible gap of 1.08%. The CR of ST is the lowest in Erode (81.50%).
Fig - 10
Completion Rate - Upper Primary

92.70
93.00
92.00
91.00 90.15
90.00 89.07
89.00
88.00
87.00
All SC ST
Table - 26
Repetition Rate – Upper Primary 2008-09
S. ALL SC ST
Districts
1 Chennai 0.65 0.10 0.38 2.97 1.74 2.36 1.60 1.64 1.62
2 Coimbatore 5.45 4.32 4.88 20.89 11.31 16.10 9.35 6.60 7.97
3 Cuddalore 6.19 5.07 5.63 10.19 8.56 9.38 2.66 2.93 2.79
4 Dharmapuri 5.30 4.98 5.14 14.48 8.81 11.65 10.20 5.03 7.62
5 Dindigul 6.29 5.27 5.78 14.28 12.21 13.25 9.68 7.76 8.72
6 Erode 6.82 5.69 6.26 8.01 8.03 8.02 13.60 18.51 16.06
7 Kancheepuram 6.53 6.13 6.33 8.56 8.51 8.53 15.44 16.43 15.93
8 Kanyakumari 4.44 1.49 2.96 8.25 4.01 6.13 4.93 4.88 4.90
9 karur 7.23 7.08 7.15 7.99 8.09 8.04 6.83 5.27 6.05
10 Krishnagiri 6.93 7.27 7.10 9.44 9.71 9.57 8.00 12.16 10.08
11 Madurai 3.19 2.83 3.01 2.29 6.17 4.23 0.63 12.88 6.76
12 Nagapattinam 6.25 6.08 6.16 6.52 7.43 6.97 9.89 14.88 12.38
13 Namakkal 7.06 4.07 5.57 7.87 7.82 7.85 9.33 9.40 9.37
14 Perambalur 7.58 7.55 7.56 8.08 7.09 7.58 12.21 13.34 12.77
15 Pudukottai 7.27 6.46 6.86 7.39 6.10 6.75 16.21 7.86 12.03
16 Ramanathapuram 3.46 2.82 3.14 4.41 3.66 4.03 12.38 12.38 12.38
17 Salem 6.07 5.77 5.92 8.98 9.62 9.30 10.33 5.13 7.73
18 Sivagangai 7.76 7.14 7.45 14.81 10.23 12.52 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 6.45 3.89 5.17 8.85 6.32 7.58 11.24 10.24 10.74
20 Theni 7.92 7.49 7.70 8.54 7.64 8.09 14.03 17.47 15.75
21 The Nilgiris 3.52 1.60 2.56 5.53 1.69 3.61 5.44 4.40 4.92
23 Thirunelveli 6.39 4.88 5.64 7.42 7.20 7.31 4.93 6.44 5.69
24 Thiruvallur 6.22 5.68 5.95 6.34 7.55 6.94 9.10 9.66 9.38
26 Thiruvarur 7.65 7.57 7.61 7.70 7.15 7.42 11.13 10.28 10.71
27 Thoothukudi 6.82 3.47 5.14 7.95 5.28 6.62 2.31 2.25 2.28
28 Vellore 6.98 7.40 7.19 7.97 8.97 8.47 11.59 12.48 12.03
29 Villupuram 5.52 4.85 5.18 5.99 6.58 6.28 5.85 7.70 6.77
30 Virudhunagar 6.17 5.05 5.61 7.38 7.04 7.21 6.78 9.61 8.19
Tamil Nadu 5.88 4.94 5.41 8.20 7.09 7.64 8.43 8.89 8.66
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The State-level Repetition Rate (RR) of ALL is at 5.41%. The RR in 19
Districts is above the State level. The lowest RR is reported in Chennai
(0.38%) and the highest is in Theni (7.70%). The State-level RR of SC is at
7.64% which is 2.23% higher than All category. The RR of SC is the highest
in Dindigul (13.25%) and the lowest in Thiruchirappalli (0.53%). The State-
level RR of ST is at 8.66%. The RR is the highest in Erode (16.06%) and the
lowest in Thiruchirappalli (0.10%).
Fig - 11
Repitation Rate - Primary
12
10.43
10
7.69
8
6 4.84
0
All SC ST
Table - 27
Dropout Rate – Upper Primary – 2008-09
S. ALL SC ST
Districts
1 Chennai 1.71 1.52 1.61 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.41 1.15 1.28
2 Coimbatore 1.95 1.99 1.97 2.12 2.51 2.32 2.71 2.76 2.73
3 Cuddalore 1.75 1.92 1.83 1.96 1.95 1.96 2.19 0.47 1.33
4 Dharmapuri 2.89 2.92 2.90 2.92 2.96 2.94 3.44 3.21 3.32
5 Dindigul 1.94 2.38 2.16 2.16 2.32 2.24 2.58 2.54 2.56
6 Erode 1.89 2.24 2.06 2.00 2.28 2.14 2.50 2.41 2.45
7 Kancheepuram 1.35 1.06 1.20 1.54 1.06 1.30 1.78 2.44 2.11
8 Kanyakumari 1.26 0.84 1.05 1.68 1.53 1.61 1.77 0.61 1.19
9 karur 2.41 2.13 2.27 2.66 2.75 2.71 1.96 1.90 1.93
10 Krishnagiri 2.59 2.71 2.65 2.77 2.70 2.74 3.47 3.57 3.52
11 Madurai 1.81 1.65 1.73 1.98 1.96 1.97 2.27 0.83 1.55
12 Nagapattinam 1.70 1.69 1.69 1.85 2.56 2.21 2.13 2.30 2.22
13 Namakkal 2.30 2.61 2.45 2.55 2.52 2.54 2.75 2.38 2.57
14 Perambalur 1.72 1.60 1.66 2.13 2.42 2.27 2.67 2.53 2.60
15 Pudukottai 1.68 1.48 1.58 1.97 2.34 2.16 2.40 2.36 2.38
16 Ramanathapuram 1.04 0.85 0.94 0.91 0.49 0.70 0.76 0.98 0.87
17 Salem 2.76 2.68 2.72 2.78 2.38 2.58 2.81 2.51 2.66
18 Sivagangai 1.94 2.08 2.01 2.21 2.25 2.23 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 1.70 2.04 1.87 2.17 2.28 2.22 2.61 2.58 2.60
20 Theni 1.91 1.75 1.83 1.99 2.69 2.34 2.04 1.00 1.52
21 The Nilgiris 1.87 1.70 1.78 2.43 2.51 2.47 2.69 2.69 2.69
23 Thirunelveli 1.79 1.57 1.68 1.84 2.07 1.95 2.88 2.73 2.80
24 Thiruvallur 1.86 1.52 1.69 2.06 1.92 1.99 2.59 2.83 2.71
26 Thiruvarur 1.84 1.65 1.74 2.54 2.83 2.68 2.85 3.10 2.97
27 Thoothukudi 1.82 1.86 1.84 2.37 2.83 2.60 0.83 1.96 1.39
28 Vellore 2.51 1.96 2.23 2.59 2.72 2.65 2.72 2.85 2.78
29 Villupuram 2.18 2.30 2.24 2.54 2.16 2.35 2.75 2.77 2.76
30 Virudhunagar 1.93 1.95 1.94 2.15 2.78 2.46 2.37 2.54 2.45
Tamil Nadu 1.91 1.88 1.90 2.16 2.25 2.20 2.32 2.22 2.27
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The Dropout Rate (DR) at the Upper Primary level of the State is at
1.90% for ALL category. The DR in 16 Districts is below the DR at the State
level. The lowest DR is observed in Ramanathapuram (0.94%) followed by
Kanyakumari (1.05%). The highest DR is recorded in Dharmapuri (2.90%).
The State-level DR of SC is at 2.20%. The DR of SC is lower than that of the
DR at State level in 10 Districts. The DR of SC is the highest in Dharmapuri
(2.94%) and the lowest in Ramanathapuram (0.70%). The State-level DR of
ST is 2.27%. There is no gap of DR between SC and ST. The DR of ST is the
highest in Dharmapuri (3.32%). In 12 Districts, the DR of ST is below the
DR at the State level.
Fig - 12
Dropout Rate - Upper Primary
2.27
2.30 2.20
2.20
2.10
2.00 1.90
1.90
1.80
1.70
All SC ST
1.8.7. Transition Rate – V – VI
The Transition Rate for V to VI is calculated based on the number of

children who passed the V grade from Primary Section and the number of
children who joined in VI grade in the Upper Primary Sections. To ensure
cent percent transition from V to VI, every child is tracked through Cohort
study and Elementary Education Register (EER). The data on every child is
maintained in VER which is updated every year. This exercise facilitates
tracking of the educational progression of every child.
The following Table furnishes the Districtwise and genderwise
Transition Rate of V to VI grade during the year 2008-09.
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Table - 28
Transition Rate – Std.V to Std.VI (2008-09)
S. All SC ST
Districts
1 Chennai 98.20 98.50 98.35 92.60 95.80 94.20 91.70 94.70 93.20
2 Coimbatore 99.92 99.90 99.91 99.30 99.90 99.60 99.95 99.95 99.95
3 Cuddalore 99.73 99.30 99.52 99.20 99.10 99.15 99.10 99.10 99.10
4 Dharmapuri 98.93 98.95 98.94 98.80 98.55 98.68 97.35 96.70 97.03
5 Dindigul 98.10 99.25 98.68 99.30 99.25 99.28 99.25 99.20 99.23
6 Erode 99.71 99.80 99.76 98.70 97.70 98.20 98.10 96.70 97.40
7 Kancheepuram 99.21 99.80 99.51 99.00 99.10 99.05 97.10 95.75 96.43
8 Kanyakumari 99.91 99.90 99.91 99.20 99.90 99.55 99.80 99.72 99.76
9 Karur 98.51 99.30 98.91 99.30 98.10 98.70 91.60 91.10 91.35
10 Krishnagiri 98.82 98.35 98.59 99.70 97.75 98.73 96.80 97.40 97.10
11 Madurai 99.33 99.75 99.54 99.60 99.65 99.63 99.60 99.54 99.57
12 Nagapattinam 98.67 98.90 98.79 99.50 98.40 98.95 97.80 98.90 98.35
13 Namakkal 98.69 98.30 98.50 98.30 97.10 97.70 99.30 99.20 99.25
14 Perambalur 99.22 99.20 99.21 98.95 98.75 98.85 96.70 96.10 96.40
15 Pudukkottai 99.20 99.35 99.28 98.90 97.95 98.43 98.85 98.60 98.73
16 Ramanathapuram 98.45 98.90 98.68 97.75 98.20 97.98 97.95 98.35 98.15
17 Salem 98.91 98.90 98.91 97.81 97.45 97.63 96.90 96.10 96.50
18 Sivagangai 99.51 99.30 99.41 98.71 98.85 98.78 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 98.41 98.70 98.56 98.65 98.60 98.63 98.85 96.90 97.88
20 Theni 98.85 98.70 98.78 98.55 98.55 98.55 98.55 98.70 98.63
21 The Nilgiris 99.10 99.45 99.28 98.82 99.15 98.99 98.00 98.15 98.08
23 Thirunelveli 99.20 99.50 99.35 98.55 98.92 98.74 98.90 98.40 98.65
24 Thiruvallur 99.80 99.85 99.83 99.75 99.60 99.68 98.72 95.10 96.91
26 Thiruvarur 98.45 98.90 98.68 98.95 98.15 98.55 96.90 96.70 96.80
27 Thoothukudi 98.75 99.10 98.93 97.90 98.20 98.05 95.95 94.80 95.38
28 Vellore 99.20 99.25 99.23 99.15 99.30 99.23 96.75 94.70 95.73
29 Villupuram 98.50 98.80 98.65 98.82 98.85 98.84 96.40 96.10 96.25
30 Virudhunagar 97.95 98.80 98.38 97.40 97.75 97.58 98.20 97.40 97.80
Tamilnadu 99.00 99.19 99.10 98.64 98.57 98.61 99.41 93.85 96.63
Source: EER 2008-09
The State-level Transition Rate (TR) of V to VI grade is at 99.10%. In

15 Districts, the TR is above the State level. The State TR for Boys and Girls
under All remains almost the same (around 99%).
The TR in the case of SC is 98.61%, which is just 0.51% lower than

TR of All. The TR is almost the same for both Boys and Girls. In 20 Districts,
the TR of Boys and Girls are above the State level. The TR is the highest
(99.76%) in Thiruchirappalli and the lowest is in Chennai (94.20%). The
Transition Rate of ST is at 96.63% and in 19 Districts the TR is above the
State level. The highest TR is reported in Coimbatore (99.95%) and the
lowest TR is reported in Karur (91.35%). The TR of ST girls is 93.85% and
that of boys is 99.41%.
The gap of TR between ALL and the SC category is 0.49 which is

negligible and the gap is a bit wider in the case of ST by 2.47%.
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1.8.8. Transition Rate – VIII to IX
The State considers that transition of every child from VIII to IX grade
is as important as transition from V grade to VI grade. For, the Secondary
Education starts at the end of eight years of Elementary Education. To
ensure near cent per cent transition from VIII to IX grade concerted efforts
are on among the Directorate of Elementary Education and School
Education. The following Table presents the District-wise, gender-wise and
social category wise TR of VIII to IX grade.
Table - 29
Transition Rate – Std. VIII to Std. IX (2008 – 09)
S. All SC ST
Districts
1 Chennai 97.10 97.10 97.10 94.80 95.10 94.95 90.50 90.50 90.50
2 Coimbatore 99.95 99.90 99.93 99.92 99.90 99.91 99.90 99.95 99.93
3 Cuddalore 99.10 99.10 99.10 98.10 97.80 97.95 95.10 94.80 94.95
4 Dharmapuri 99.60 99.45 99.53 99.20 99.05 99.13 99.10 98.80 98.95
5 Dindigul 97.90 97.62 97.76 97.55 97.25 97.40 97.70 97.30 97.50
6 Erode 96.85 96.55 96.70 96.50 96.75 96.63 97.20 98.00 97.60
7 Kancheepuram 97.45 97.62 97.54 97.60 97.95 97.78 97.35 97.15 97.25
8 Kanyakumari 99.80 99.92 99.86 98.80 98.90 98.85 99.00 98.50 98.75
9 Karur 96.30 96.85 96.58 96.80 96.90 96.85 90.90 90.90 90.90
10 Krishnagiri 97.60 98.20 97.90 98.20 97.95 98.08 90.40 90.20 90.30
11 Madurai 96.50 96.90 96.70 95.65 94.75 95.20 92.35 92.45 92.40
12 Nagapattinam 98.45 98.15 98.30 94.10 93.85 93.98 90.90 90.70 90.80
13 Namakkal 97.95 97.30 97.63 97.80 97.50 97.65 97.85 98.00 97.93
14 Perambalur 98.75 98.50 98.63 98.20 98.75 98.48 96.50 96.80 96.65
15 Pudukkottai 99.25 98.35 98.80 98.30 98.40 98.35 97.90 97.70 97.80
16 Ramanathapuram 98.35 97.90 98.13 97.30 96.90 97.10 97.85 97.50 97.68
17 Salem 98.20 97.80 98.00 97.25 96.15 96.70 96.50 96.75 96.63
18 Sivagangai 98.95 98.75 98.85 98.70 98.30 98.50 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Thanjavur 97.60 97.35 97.48 96.85 96.70 96.78 90.30 90.80 90.55
20 Theni 98.52 97.90 98.21 97.85 98.40 98.13 98.90 98.30 98.60
21 The Nilgiris 96.55 96.30 96.43 90.30 90.10 90.20 90.45 90.00 90.23
23 Thirunelveli 98.35 98.52 98.44 96.60 96.30 96.45 94.30 93.80 94.05
24 Thiruvallur 98.35 98.45 98.40 96.90 96.70 96.80 96.75 96.60 96.68
26 Thiruvarur 97.75 97.30 97.53 97.20 97.20 97.20 92.70 92.95 92.83
27 Thoothukudi 97.45 97.20 97.33 97.50 97.20 97.35 90.15 90.10 90.13
28 Vellore 98.50 97.80 98.15 96.60 96.70 96.65 97.90 98.00 97.95
29 Villupuram 98.40 98.15 98.28 98.75 98.30 98.53 94.90 94.50 94.70
30 Virudhunagar 96.95 96.70 96.83 96.90 96.70 96.80 94.10 93.00 93.55
Tamilnadu 98.09 97.89 97.99 97.12 97.04 97.08 91.76 91.67 91.71
Source: Cohort & EER 2008-09
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The State-level Transition Rate (TR) of VIII to IX grade is at 97.99%. In
16 Districts, the TR is above the State level. There is a very negligible gap of
0.20% between Boys and Girls. The TR in the case of SC is at 97.08%, which
is only marginally lower (0.91%) than TR of All. There is no tangible gap
between Boys and Girls. The TR is the highest in Dharmapuri (99.13%).
The Transition Rate of ST is at 91.71% and the TR in 21 Districts is

above the State level. The highest TR (99.93%) is reported in Coimbatore and
the lowest is in Thoothukudi (90.13%).
The gap of TR between ALL and SC is at 0.91% and in the case of ST

the gap is slightly wider (6.28%).
Fig - 13
Transition Rate - Std V - Std VI

100
99.1 98.61
98
96.63
96
94
92
90
All SC ST
Fig - 14
Transition Rate - Std VIII - IX
99 97.99
97.08
97
95
93 91.71
91
89
87
85
Al l SC ST
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1.8.9. Pupil’s Attendance Rate – Primary & Upper Primary
Thanks to the significant quality interventions under SSA, there has

been a significant improvement in attendance rate of children in Primary
and Upper primary schools. The Table below gives information on the same.
Table - 30
Pupils’ Attendance Rate – Primary & Upper Primary (2008-09)
S. Primary Upper Primary
Districts
No.
All SC ST All SC ST
1 Chennai 98.20 97.00 94.85 96.90 96.20 96.20
2 Coimbatore 96.50 97.00 95.40 96.50 96.30 96.20
3 Cuddalore 96.40 96.80 95.30 96.50 96.40 94.30
4 Dharmapuri 97.30 96.60 96.40 98.60 95.80 93.70
5 Dindigul 98.45 97.20 96.50 96.90 95.90 92.70
6 Erode 97.30 96.50 96.80 97.00 95.90 91.30
7 Kancheepuram 97.90 96.20 95.90 97.00 96.00 91.10
8 Kanyakumari 98.20 97.20 95.70 98.00 96.00 93.30
9 Karur 98.20 97.20 96.50 98.00 96.00 96.20
10 Krishnagiri 97.50 95.50 96.50 96.70 96.10 91.00
11 Madurai 97.30 96.80 96.60 95.10 96.30 96.20
12 Nagapattinam 97.20 96.50 96.60 97.70 95.80 96.40
13 Namakkal 98.90 96.80 97.50 98.10 98.00 98.10
14 Perambalur 98.45 96.58 97.60 98.25 95.00 94.90
15 Pudukkottai 97.80 96.70 97.80 98.30 95.20 92.30
16 Ramanathapuram 98.50 98.20 97.90 97.70 97.30 96.70
17 Salem 97.60 96.40 96.90 97.50 96.20 94.60
18 Sivagangai 98.20 98.10 97.10 97.60 98.10 97.20
19 Thanjavur 97.50 96.30 97.00 97.70 96.80 96.30
20 Theni 97.00 96.00 96.80 97.80 96.80 96.30
21 The Nilgiris 97.00 95.00 96.90 97.50 95.20 92.80
23 Thirunelveli 98.30 98.00 96.70 97.60 96.80 95.70
24 Thiruvallur 98.20 96.00 96.60 96.80 96.20 94.80
26 Thiruvarur 98.50 96.70 96.80 92.50 95.80 94.80
27 Thoothukudi 98.30 96.80 96.90 97.60 96.30 96.30
28 Vellore 98.00 96.30 96.60 97.50 96.20 94.50
29 Villupuram 97.30 96.10 96.80 98.80 97.20 94.80
30 Virudhunagar 97.50 96.50 96.70 97.60 96.90 94.70
Tamilnadu 97.80 96.66 96.64 97.27 96.32 94.61
Source: Monthly Review Report
1.8.10. Attendance Rate - Primary

The State Attendance Rate at primary level is at 97.80%. The AR of
ALL communities is above State-level in 14 Districts. All Districts register
AR above 96%. The AR is the highest (98.90%) in Namakkal District.
The State-level AR of SC children is at 96.66% which means that there

is only a marginal gap of 1.14% between ALL and SC categories. The AR of
SC in 13 Districts is above the State-level. Ramanathapuram has recorded
the highest (98.20%) and The Nilgiris has registered the lowest (95.00%).
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The State-level AR of ST children is at 96.64% which means there is a
marginal gap of 1.16% between ALL and ST categories. The AR of ST in 16
Districts is above the State-level. Ramanathapuram has recorded the
highest rate (97.90%) and Coimbatore has registered the lowest (95.40%).
There is only around 2.50% gap between the highest and the lowest rates.
1.8.11. Attendance Rate - Upper Primary
The State Attendance Rate (AR) at Upper primary level is at 97.27%.

In 18 Districts, the AR of ALL communities is above the State-level. The AR
is the highest (98.80%) in Villupuram and the lowest (92.50%) in
Thiruvarur.
The State-level AR of SC children is at 96.23% which shows a gap of

less than 1% between ALL and SC categories. The AR of SC in 10 Districts is
above the State-level. Sivagangai has recorded the highest rate (98.10) and
The Nilgiris and Pudukottai have registered the lowest (95.20%).
The State-level AR of ST child is at 94.61%. There is a gap of 2.66%

between ST and ALL categories. The AR of ST in 6 Districts is above the
State-level. Sivagangai has recorded the highest rate (97.20%) and
Kancheepuram has registered the lowest (91.10%).
Fig - 14
Attendance Rate – Primary & Upper Primary
Students Attendance Rate
99.00
97.80
98.00
97.27
97.00 96.66 96.64
96.32
96.00
95.00 94.61
94.00
93.00
All SC ST All SC ST
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1.9. Teachers’ Attendance Rate
The Teachers Attendance Rate has been worked out based on the data
available from the monthly reports of the AEEO’s. The following Table
presents the Teachers’ Attendance Rate for both Primary and Upper Primary
sections.
Table - 31
Teachers’ Attendance Rate – Primary & Upper Primary (2008-09)
S.
Districts Primary Upper Primary
No.
1 Chennai 93.50 92.00
2 Coimbatore 93.00 91.00
3 Cuddalore 92.10 91.50
4 Dharmapuri 91.40 90.60
5 Dindigul 92.00 91.60
6 Erode 92.70 91.50
7 Kancheepuram 92.10 91.50
8 Kanyakumari 92.20 91.80
9 Karur 92.40 91.70
10 Krishnagiri 91.80 90.20
11 Madurai 92.00 91.20
12 Nagapattinam 92.40 91.20
13 Namakkal 91.50 91.80
14 Perambalur 92.80 91.50
15 Pudukkottai 91.50 91.50
16 Ramanathapuram 91.40 91.00
17 Salem 91.60 90.60
18 Sivagangai 91.20 91.50
19 Thanjavur 92.70 91.80
20 Theni 91.80 91.60
21 The Nilgiris 90.80 91.00
22 Thiruchirappalli 91.90 91.70
23 Thirunelveli 92.50 91.30
24 Thiruvallur 92.30 91.50
25 Thiruvannamalai 91.10 91.70
26 Thiruvarur 91.80 91.30
27 Thoothukudi 92.00 92.90
28 Vellore 92.00 91.90
29 Villupuram 91.00 91.00
30 Virudhunagar 91.50 91.30
Tamilnadu 91.97 91.42
The TAR at Primary level is 91.97%. The TAR is above 90% in all the
districts. The highest TAR has been reported in Chennai district (93.50%).
The TAR at Upper Primary level is 91.42% which shows only 0.50%
difference between primary and upper primary levels. The TAR of Upper
Primary School Teachers is above 90% in all districts.
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1.9.1.. Pupil-Teacher Ratio
The PTR has been calculated taking into account the total number of
children enrolled and the total number of teachers in position in the
State/District.
The District-wise Pupil Teacher Ratio for Primary, Middle (Primary &
Upper Primary), High (Upper Primary) and Hr. Sec (Upper Primary) schools
as reported in DISE are given in the following Table.
Table - 31 a
Pupil-Teacher Ratio – 2008-09
Govt. & Local body
S.
Districts Middle (Primary & High Hr.Sec
No. Primary
Upper Primary) (Upper Primary) (Upper Primary)
1 Chennai 28.73 28.86 29.22 35.20
2 Coimbatore 25.45 34.59 33.23 36.46
3 Cuddalore 32.25 37.87 40.70 44.17
4 Dharmapuri 24.88 31.95 26.42 20.31
5 Dindigul 26.31 33.22 38.29 39.22
6 Erode 22.48 35.07 37.88 37.12
7 Kancheepuram 27.70 33.91 40.24 46.15
8 Kanyakumari 32.33 32.33 31.04 34.73
9 Karur 24.65 33.94 38.30 38.97
10 Krishnagiri 26.01 34.81 48.83 50.37
11 Madurai 25.87 31.72 30.35 36.88
12 Nagapattinam 25.93 33.34 27.00 15.96
13 Namakkal 26.83 35.11 34.27 37.29
14 Perambalur 31.38 35.62 46.89 42.55
15 Pudukkottai 28.31 34.54 36.68 41.38
16 Ramanathapuram 22.43 29.78 31.04 29.88
17 Salem 27.81 35.78 26.22 19.62
18 Sivagangai 21.02 29.83 30.30 35.05
19 Thanjavur 24.52 26.35 22.60 12.99
20 Theni 28.84 31.34 37.41 39.10
21 The Nilgiris 23.76 32.70 26.54 34.63
22 Thiruchirappalli 28.39 31.12 40.72 40.92
23 Thirunelveli 27.30 31.34 29.29 36.64
24 Thiruvallur 27.22 33.73 37.88 43.79
25 Thiruvannamalai 29.78 36.77 45.58 40.97
26 Thiruvarur 25.85 31.65 44.59 42.10
27 Thoothukudi 20.50 27.13 28.39 39.76
28 Vellore 28.67 37.46 38.98 39.97
29 Villpuram 31.02 38.03 46.54 46.36
30 Virudhunagar 26.63 33.45 35.06 41.06
Tamilnadu 26.97 33.82 35.15 33.07
At Primary level, the State-level PTR is at 26.97. Kanyakumari reports

the highest PTR (32.33) while Thoothukkudi records the lowest (20.50). As
for Middle schools (Primary & Upper Primary), the State-level PTR is at
33.82. Villupuram records the highest PTR (38.03) followed by Cuddalore
(37.87) and Vellore (37.46). At Upper Primary level in High schools, the
State-level PTR is at 35.15. In 8 districts the PTR is above 40. Krishnagiri
reports the highest PTR (48.83) while Thanjavur records the lowest (22.60).
At upper primary level in Higher Secondary schools, the State-level PTR is at
33.07. In 11 districts the PTR is above 40. Krishnagiri reports the highest
PTR (50.37) while Thanjavur records the lowest (12.99).
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Table - 32
District wise No.of Govt.& Local body Schools according to range of PTR and Additional Teachers Required
Range of PTR Requirement of Addl. Trs.
Total No.of Govt & Local body No. of schools No. of schools
Sl.
District Schools Primary Middle High School HSS required One required Two Total No. of
No Teacher Teachers Teachers
reqd.
P M HS HSS 50-80 >80 50-80 >80 50-80 >80 50-80 >80 50-80 >80
1 Chennai 144 114 48 51 9 5 4 0 3 1 7 0 23 6 35
2 Coimbatore 1222 449 107 107 23 1 38 2 11 3 24 2 96 8 112
3 Cuddalore 851 320 72 80 74 8 42 8 18 5 20 10 154 31 216
4 Dharmapuri 802 342 60 76 10 1 21 0 5 1 1 0 37 2 41
5 Dindigul 923 220 49 56 29 3 15 4 11 2 13 0 68 9 86
6 Erode 1227 346 68 88 15 1 34 8 17 1 13 1 79 11 101
7 Kancheepuram 837 332 99 93 28 2 31 1 20 9 34 6 113 18 149
8 Kannyakumari 288 106 73 52 23 0 9 0 3 0 4 0 39 0 39
9 Karur 572 132 41 34 31 4 12 1 11 1 10 1 64 7 78
10 Krishnagiri 1068 329 99 70 33 1 48 9 28 18 22 14 131 42 215
11 Madurai 753 262 70 67 17 1 20 0 2 1 13 1 52 3 58
12 Nagapattinam 529 222 60 49 5 0 12 1 7 1 1 0 25 2 29
13 Namakkal 665 176 44 77 31 1 14 4 5 2 9 1 59 8 75
14 Perambalur 547 197 77 61 40 2 20 1 25 11 20 3 105 17 139
15 Pudukkottai 1003 319 90 70 50 3 39 4 15 4 17 5 121 16 153
16 Ramanathapuram 741 193 39 45 5 0 2 1 4 0 4 0 15 1 17
17 Salem 1096 352 97 104 37 7 37 4 5 2 3 0 82 13 108
18 Sivagangai 728 243 55 46 4 0 11 0 1 2 3 0 19 2 23
19 Thanjavur 889 247 100 74 4 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 11 0 11
20 Theni 322 97 41 46 17 0 6 0 6 3 9 1 38 4 46
21 The Nilgiris 258 91 45 32 14 1 11 4 3 0 2 1 30 6 42
22 Thiruchirapalli 802 257 73 67 32 5 12 3 13 6 14 3 71 17 105
23 Thirunelveli 623 123 48 82 14 2 3 0 2 0 17 1 36 3 42
24 Thiruvallur 885 314 102 72 29 7 25 4 19 4 27 1 100 16 132
25 Thiruvannamalai 1252 372 136 95 85 16 58 7 52 12 29 3 224 38 300
26 Thiruvarur 587 203 52 52 5 0 4 1 15 7 16 2 40 10 60
27 Thoothukudi 494 121 23 37 4 0 2 0 3 0 6 0 15 0 15
28 Vellore 1409 454 146 129 46 10 63 11 31 11 26 10 166 42 250
29 Villupuram 1276 467 123 124 60 4 70 7 35 14 41 10 206 35 276
30 Virudhunagar 602 197 39 64 14 0 7 0 9 3 17 1 47 4 55
Tamil Nadu 23395 7597 2176 2100 788 85 672 85 383 124 423 77 2266 371 3008
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1.10. Pupil’s Achievement – Annual Examination Result
The data relating to annual Examination results of V Std. and
VIII Std. have been captured under DISE. The district wise and social
category wise details of results are provided in the three Tables that
follow.
The pass percentage of V Std children is 99.53 and in the case
of boys it is 99.58 and in the case of girls 99.47 which shows that
there is no gap in the pass percentage. The percentage of children
passed with more than 60% of marks in V std. is 71.39 and in respect
of boys and girls it is 69.00 and 73.77 respectively. The performance
of girls is marginally better than boys.
Similarly, the pass percentage of VIII Std children is 97.31 and
in the case of boys it is 96.84 and in the case of girls 97.78 which
shows that girls performance is marginally better than boys. The
percentage of children passed with more than 60% of marks in VIII
std. is 47.65 and in respect of boys and girls it is 44.74 and 50.55
respectively. In VIII Std also, the performance of girls is marginally
better than boys.
Table – 33
V Std. and VIII Std. Pass Percentage – ALL (2008-09)
V Std. VIII Std.
S. Passed with More Than Passed with more than
Districts Passed % Passed %
No. 60% Marks 60% Marks
1 Chennai 99.41 99.51 99.46 61.94 66.58 64.26 95.69 97.84 96.76 46.81 52.42 49.62
2 Coimbatore 99.72 98.94 99.33 66.63 73.48 70.06 99.62 97.92 98.77 44.88 51.87 48.38
3 Cuddalore 99.48 99.53 99.50 70.02 73.02 71.52 96.93 98.09 97.51 43.38 47.96 45.67
4 Dharmapuri 99.94 99.95 99.95 66.47 71.65 69.06 97.37 97.59 97.48 44.68 46.41 45.55
5 Dindigul 99.59 99.49 99.54 64.60 70.71 67.66 94.64 96.55 95.60 43.56 50.92 47.24
6 Erode 99.81 99.76 99.78 67.51 74.18 70.85 96.28 97.02 96.65 45.19 50.72 47.96
7 Kancheepuram 99.94 99.63 99.79 76.00 80.48 78.24 95.50 94.98 95.24 40.62 46.95 43.79
8 Kanyakumari 99.88 99.50 99.69 57.53 67.55 62.54 99.83 99.87 99.85 38.90 50.75 44.83
9 Karur 99.42 98.06 98.74 69.02 73.60 71.31 95.04 95.76 95.40 46.80 54.25 50.53
10 Krishnagiri 100.00 99.99 100.00 75.11 77.73 76.42 99.91 99.91 99.91 46.65 52.21 49.43
11 Madurai 99.47 99.60 99.53 70.05 72.98 71.52 97.31 98.29 97.80 51.53 53.26 52.40
12 Nagapattinam 98.86 98.73 98.79 79.24 81.87 80.56 91.21 95.08 93.15 48.00 54.33 51.17
13 Namakkal 99.75 99.72 99.74 76.42 80.66 78.54 98.72 99.39 99.06 49.50 58.09 53.80
14 Perambalur 99.91 99.95 99.93 63.45 66.50 64.98 97.74 98.29 98.02 40.54 42.21 41.38
15 Pudukkottai 98.73 99.79 99.26 71.44 75.03 73.24 99.78 99.56 99.67 41.64 48.15 44.90
16 Ramanathapuram 99.70 99.66 99.68 67.84 71.45 69.65 95.27 97.09 96.18 50.19 54.66 52.43
17 Salem 99.91 99.92 99.91 71.38 77.28 74.33 99.45 99.67 99.56 43.25 49.52 46.39
18 Sivagangai 99.66 99.72 99.69 66.75 71.64 69.20 96.39 97.38 96.88 44.50 50.90 47.70
19 Thanjavur 99.56 99.56 99.56 76.59 79.43 78.01 94.64 96.33 95.48 45.41 51.18 48.30
20 Theni 98.60 98.96 98.78 63.79 69.38 66.59 95.03 96.82 95.93 42.91 50.25 46.58
21 The Nilgiris 99.29 99.36 99.32 67.83 73.88 70.86 97.10 97.80 97.45 43.77 49.74 46.76
22 Thiruchirappalli 99.89 99.68 99.78 59.73 65.75 62.74 97.13 97.51 97.32 42.51 45.25 43.88
23 Thirunelveli 99.66 99.75 99.70 61.31 68.86 65.09 98.79 99.17 98.98 43.44 50.49 46.97
24 Thiruvallur 99.80 97.55 98.68 63.70 67.92 65.81 97.94 98.90 98.42 46.45 49.00 47.73
25 Thiruvannamalai 99.67 99.52 99.59 74.68 78.08 76.38 98.98 99.05 99.01 40.80 46.64 43.72
26 Thiruvarur 99.16 99.64 99.40 86.37 89.42 87.90 93.43 95.84 94.64 52.80 55.30 54.05
27 Thoothukudi 99.78 99.70 99.74 66.37 72.33 69.35 96.72 98.54 97.63 37.04 46.92 41.98
28 Vellore 99.47 99.54 99.50 70.26 75.37 72.82 97.32 99.19 98.25 43.40 47.68 45.54
29 Villpuram 99.91 99.69 99.80 68.23 71.11 69.67 96.08 96.97 96.53 46.69 51.31 49.00
30 Virudhunagar 99.59 99.71 99.65 69.82 75.21 72.52 95.33 97.08 96.21 46.48 57.05 51.77
Tamil Nadu 99.58 99.47 99.53 69.00 73.77 71.39 96.84 97.78 97.31 44.74 50.55 47.65
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Fig - 15
Pass Percentage - V Std & VIII Std
99.58 99.47
100
99.5
99
98.5 97.78
98
96.84 Boys
97.5
Girls
97
96.5
96
95.5
95
V Std VIII Std
1.10.1. Pass Percentage of SC Children
The pass percentage of SC children in V std. is 98.94 and in the

case of boys it is 98.86 and in the case of girls 99.01. The percentage
of children passed with more than 60% of marks in V std. is 71.96
and in respect of boys and girls it is 70.61 and 73.32 respectively.
The performance of girls is marginally better than boys.

show that girl’s performance is marginally better than boys. The
respectively. In VIII Std also, the performance of girls is marginally
better than boys.
The District wise SC pass percentage details are presented in

the table below.
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Table - 34
V Std. and VIII Std. Pass Percentage – SC (2008-09)
V Std. VIII Std.
S. Passed with More Passed with more
No. Than 60% Marks than 60% Marks
1 Chennai 98.05 98.23 98.14 59.54 62.76 61.15 93.63 96.94 95.29 41.16 42.79 41.98
2 Coimbatore 98.84 97.88 98.36 67.51 70.03 68.77 99.88 99.48 99.68 39.22 45.83 42.53
3 Cuddalore 99.63 98.72 99.17 70.79 73.89 72.34 95.09 97.85 96.47 42.87 40.93 41.90
4 Dharmapuri 99.67 99.53 99.60 68.45 69.44 68.95 97.27 97.20 97.24 44.41 48.73 46.57
5 Dindigul 99.35 99.04 99.20 65.24 71.11 68.18 93.20 94.06 93.63 42.89 49.51 46.20
6 Erode 100.00 99.81 99.90 69.71 75.54 72.63 94.11 94.95 94.53 43.79 41.88 42.84
7 Kancheepuram 99.24 99.42 99.33 77.59 81.41 79.50 93.51 96.00 94.76 33.88 40.70 37.29
8 Kanyakumari 98.86 98.99 98.92 70.49 73.53 72.01 99.64 99.62 99.63 32.45 40.59 36.52
9 Karur 96.68 96.70 96.69 72.41 73.08 72.75 91.19 92.14 91.67 39.26 47.17 43.22
10 Krishnagiri 99.31 99.06 99.19 77.35 77.61 77.48 98.98 99.08 99.03 52.84 48.87 50.86
11 Madurai 94.99 97.30 96.15 68.17 69.48 68.83 97.41 97.03 97.22 41.94 47.76 44.85
12 Nagapattinam 97.49 97.96 97.73 78.91 79.14 79.03 91.28 93.36 92.32 48.97 47.63 48.30
13 Namakkal 97.66 99.53 98.60 76.93 79.94 78.44 97.72 98.70 98.21 39.94 50.13 45.04
14 Perambalur 99.97 99.94 99.95 67.17 66.21 66.69 97.06 97.78 97.42 39.78 42.49 41.14
15 Pudukkottai 99.48 99.75 99.61 75.29 76.33 75.81 99.63 99.53 99.58 40.12 45.74 42.93
16 Ramanathapuram 99.50 99.21 99.36 71.80 71.93 71.87 95.01 97.12 96.06 50.10 55.02 52.56
17 Salem 99.47 99.37 99.42 69.54 76.65 73.10 99.57 98.40 98.99 36.66 42.65 39.66
18 Sivagangai 99.10 99.04 99.07 67.63 71.85 69.74 88.77 96.01 92.39 49.19 49.78 49.49
19 Thanjavur 99.21 99.19 99.20 81.49 84.07 82.78 92.51 94.10 93.31 41.55 46.03 43.79
20 Theni 97.58 98.09 97.84 66.06 66.84 66.45 93.19 96.01 94.60 40.33 43.25 41.79
21 The Nilgiris 98.49 98.97 98.73 66.60 71.83 69.22 95.36 96.87 96.12 35.15 42.96 39.06
23 Thirunelveli 99.55 99.72 99.63 63.60 68.47 66.04 98.64 99.18 98.91 43.00 45.96 44.48
24 Thiruvallur 99.68 99.75 99.72 64.51 66.35 65.43 96.90 98.38 97.64 40.10 41.76 40.93
26 Thiruvarur 98.59 99.27 98.93 86.95 89.67 88.31 91.09 94.61 92.85 49.08 47.65 48.37
27 Thoothukudi 98.74 99.08 98.91 69.38 72.80 71.09 96.22 98.67 97.44 38.37 40.85 39.61
28 Vellore 99.44 99.09 99.27 70.51 74.72 72.62 97.45 98.22 97.83 42.96 43.19 43.08
29 Villpuram 99.71 99.65 99.68 68.23 71.25 69.74 94.69 95.98 95.33 45.99 50.21 48.10
30 Virudhunagar 99.21 99.36 99.29 68.79 72.62 70.71 92.64 95.03 93.84 41.17 45.68 43.43
Tamil Nadu 98.86 99.01 98.94 70.61 73.32 71.96 95.54 96.95 96.25 41.72 45.34 43.53
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1.10.2. Pass Percentage of ST Children
The District wise ST pass percentage details are presented in
the table below.
Table – 35
V Std. and VIII Std. Pass Percentage – ST (2008-09)
V Std VIII Std
S. Passed with More Than 60% Passed with more than
No. Marks 60% Marks
1 Chennai 91.12 98.59 94.86 75.38 81.90 78.64 91.93 88.21 90.07 61.48 52.48 56.98
2 Coimbatore 94.24 93.17 93.70 82.50 80.93 81.72 99.04 59.80 79.42 44.52 48.46 46.49
3 Cuddalore 97.61 96.15 96.88 87.25 86.50 86.88 94.66 95.62 95.14 46.77 45.04 45.91
4 Dharmapuri 100.00 100.00 100.00 65.09 71.11 68.10 96.79 95.70 96.25 39.03 36.66 37.85
5 Dindigul 100.00 100.00 100.00 92.94 89.53 91.24 100.00 90.00 95.00 65.38 61.11 63.25
6 Erode 99.03 99.63 99.33 71.57 80.00 75.79 98.45 99.22 98.84 55.91 40.16 48.04
7 Kancheepuram 97.65 97.85 97.75 80.07 81.39 80.73 92.95 94.83 93.89 43.58 45.91 44.75
8 Kanyakumari 93.75 100.00 96.88 86.67 76.71 81.69 100.00 100.00 100.00 25.76 36.92 31.34
9 Karur 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 90.00 100.00 95.00 25.93 38.46 32.20
10 Krishnagiri 97.11 97.41 97.26 73.62 82.45 78.04 90.56 94.50 92.53 37.42 52.43 44.93
11 Madurai 93.97 95.58 94.77 72.48 83.33 77.91 92.45 100.00 96.23 61.90 56.60 59.25
12 Nagapattinam 68.63 97.22 82.92 80.00 88.57 84.29 100.00 95.35 97.68 83.87 65.85 74.86
13 Namakkal 98.68 98.78 98.73 79.77 82.64 81.21 99.19 99.42 99.31 46.61 47.36 46.99
14 Perambalur 100.00 100.00 100.00 85.52 83.54 84.53 97.35 94.78 96.07 38.18 45.87 42.03
15 Pudukkottai 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 50.00 33.33 41.67
16 Ramanathapuram 100.00 87.50 93.75 50.00 42.86 46.43 100.00 100.00 100.00 33.33 66.67 50.00
17 Salem 99.10 99.60 99.35 73.17 75.32 74.25 97.10 99.78 98.44 43.68 49.50 46.59
18 Sivagangai 0.00
19 Thanjavur 86.21 100.00 93.10 74.00 70.45 72.23 90.91 96.88 93.90 56.67 50.00 53.34
20 Theni 100.00 76.00 88.00 70.37 78.95 74.66 94.74 100.00 97.37 61.11 57.14 59.13
21 The Nilgiris 99.60 98.38 98.99 74.10 74.13 74.12 96.04 87.55 91.80 50.52 47.70 49.11
23 Thirunelveli 98.39 99.18 98.78 83.61 81.82 82.72 96.12 98.75 97.44 55.65 59.49 57.57
24 Thiruvallur 98.43 99.51 98.97 77.87 79.14 78.51 99.28 97.17 98.23 58.39 51.60 55.00
26 Thiruvarur 100.00 100.00 100.00 82.35 92.31 87.33 92.86 87.88 90.37 23.08 15.52 19.30
27 Thoothukudi 100.00 100.00 100.00 79.31 86.89 83.10 97.67 97.30 97.49 57.14 55.56 56.35
28 Vellore 98.55 99.72 99.14 80.44 81.19 80.82 97.31 99.53 98.42 56.68 55.02 55.85
29 Villpuram 99.42 98.77 99.09 79.56 79.93 79.75 97.24 96.56 96.90 62.56 67.20 64.88
30 Virudhunagar 100.00 100.00 100.00 87.04 89.66 88.35 86.67 90.00 88.34 38.46 55.56 47.01
Tamil Nadu 93.58 94.39 93.98 76.29 78.22 77.25 92.85 91.73 92.29 47.34 47.99 47.66
The pass percentage of ST children in V std. is 93.98 and in the
case of boys it is 93.58 and in the case of girls 94.39. It is remarkable
that 7 districts have achieved cent percent pass results. The
percentage of children passed with more than 60% of marks in V std.
is 77.25 and in respect of boys and girls it is 76.29 and 78.22
respectively. The performance of girls is marginally better than boys.
show that girl’s performance is marginally better than boys. The
respectively.
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1.10.3. Activity Based Learning (ABL)
Activity Based Learning is implemented in all the 37,564

primary schools across the State. As per the number of teachers and
children available in each school, different class combinations have
been allowed. The schools have been equipped with infrastructure
facilities to facilitate the new quality interventions. Television sets and
DVD players have been supplied to 32,529 primary schools. Around
36,000 schools have been equipped with ‘Simply English’ CDs, Hello
English CDs. ‘Learning corners’ have been established in these
schools with a set of 172 books. Around 24000 schools have been
supplied with ‘Self Learning Mathematics’ kit. The following Table
provides the district-wise details of the same.
Table - 36
District wise No. of Schools, ABL implementing Schools, Materials supplied and class combination
No. of Schools received Class Combination
Total ABL Class

Sl. Class 1 & 2,
District No.of Covered Simply Hello 1&2, Class 1
No TV & 172 Maths Class 3, Class
Schools Schools English English Class to 4,
DVD Books Kit Class 4, 1 to 5
CDs CDs 3&4, Class 5
Class 5
Class 5
1 Chennai 1504 454 346 346 346 454 258 162 99 148 42
2 Coimbatore 2869 1834 1733 1834 1834 1834 1701 535 455 417 428
3 Cuddalore 1926 1414 1318 1414 1414 1414 1414 489 306 206 413
4 Dharmapuri 1471 1155 427 1156 1156 1156 1167 308 215 124 507
5 Dindigul 1802 1402 1280 1402 1402 1402 480 436 256 275 429
6 Erode 2255 1699 1764 1699 1699 1830 528 359 296 171 872
7 Kancheepuram 2296 1355 1247 1355 1355 1355 1103 278 177 126 769
8 Kanniyakumari 1125 571 491 571 571 571 571 129 421 0 0
9 Karur 974 749 792 749 749 749 481 173 61 92 426
10 Krishnagiri 1821 1414 1282 1414 1414 1414 1815 7 1 10 1396
11 Madurai 2049 1240 1030 1237 1240 1240 1198 346 155 212 512
12 Nagapattinam 1389 1029 851 1032 1032 1032 962 354 213 191 271
13 Namakkal 1264 912 960 912 912 912 912 242 305 99 266
14 Perambalur 1164 846 844 845 848 843 846 374 148 233 91
15 Pudukkottai 1828 1406 1494 1406 1406 1406 480 378 246 127 654
16 Ramnad 1435 1135 985 1161 1161 1161 540 441 482 121 91
17 Selam 2235 1536 1640 1536 1536 1536 1650 415 251 278 588
18 Sivagangai 1484 1143 1143 1143 1143 1143 263 361 478 128 176
19 Thanjavur 1953 1379 1288 1380 1380 1380 647 338 199 135 640
20 Theni 865 626 616 628 628 628 480 160 81 201 176
21 The Nilgiris 712 455 372 455 455 455 455 163 184 69 39
22 Thiruchirappalli 1946 1338 1281 1337 1337 1337 869 315 145 304 555
23 Thirunelveli 2582 1813 843 1813 1813 1813 942 647 593 417 148
24 Thiruvallur 2341 1356 1405 1359 1359 1359 500 325 366 144 520
25 Thiruvannamalai 2283 1767 1387 1767 1767 1767 913 584 247 311 624
26 Thiruvarur 1195 889 933 889 889 889 889 148 188 55 496
27 Thoothukudi 1737 1348 786 1348 1348 1348 598 298 158 154 736
28 Vellore 3078 2072 929 1205 1205 1205 1059 475 354 260 983
29 Villupuram 2709 2022 2133 2021 2021 2021 788 655 275 343 749
30 Virudhunagar 1598 1205 929 1205 1205 1205 266 328 220 246 410
State 53890 37564 32529 36619 36625 36859 24775 10223 7575 5597 14007
Source:DISE 2008-09 & monthly progress report
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1.10.4. Achievement Test
The Achievement Test has been conducted in 5% of random sample of

Govt., and Local body schools for classes II in Tamil, English and Maths
subjects. The district-wise pass percentage is given in the Table below.
Table 37
ACHIEVEMENT TEST 2008 - CLASS II
PERCENTAGE OF PASS GRADING

Sl.No District
TAMIL ENGLISH MATHS T1 T2 T3
1 Chennai 94.85 75.26 96.88 35.26 40.26 24.48
2 Coimbatore 95.37 97.78 87.01 50.54 36.25 13.21
3 Cuddalore 96.57 90.13 83.26 47.16 37.63 15.21
4 Dharmapuri 28.61 20.44 26.70 49.59 40.87 9.54
5 Dindigul 94.00 100.00 97.45 50.85 42.34 6.81
6 Erode 96.58 98.53 95.38 50.49 41.50 8.01
7 Kancheepuram 91.89 81.77 75.58 32.43 47.75 19.82
8 Kanyakumari 97.14 100.00 97.14 63.32 32.60 4.08
9 Karur 99.28 97.06 94.07 43.38 46.12 10.50
10 Krishnagiri 76.61 87.20 77.91 37.02 46.88 16.10
11 Madurai 98.96 98.40 98.35 47.36 41.86 10.78
12 Nagapattinam 98.22 93.88 98.59 38.51 38.95 22.54
13 Namakkal 84.04 91.01 94.25 41.11 38.15 20.74
14 Perambalur 84.00 94.74 89.04 48.21 38.17 13.62
15 Pudukkottai 93.87 96.58 95.54 47.84 44.83 7.33
16 Ramanathapuram 44.49 41.63 40.41 56.33 41.63 2.04
17 Salem 87.19 83.60 87.20 25.68 51.54 22.78
18 Sivagangai 98.56 100.00 99.19 58.14 35.40 6.46
19 Thanjavur 94.85 92.38 94.63 47.43 40.86 11.70
20 Theni 93.83 97.33 97.30 49.57 42.61 7.83
21 The Nilgiris 98.31 100.00 98.28 57.23 37.57 5.20
23 Thirunelveli 91.12 80.77 89.25 85.43 13.17 1.40
24 Thiruvallur 89.61 89.96 89.49 47.94 37.13 14.93
26 Thiruvarur 98.47 94.21 90.08 46.08 43.57 10.34
27 Thoothukudi 99.46 97.71 96.07 59.28 36.48 4.23
28 Vellore 44.36 42.92 39.43 34.75 47.18 18.08
29 Villpuram 82.91 90.27 85.66 29.87 47.72 22.41
30 Virudhunagar 96.73 98.63 93.20 44.58 42.72 12.69
Tamil Nadu 87.96 87.51 86.47 46.98 40.76 12.27
Source : Achievement Test 2008 - 09
Note :
T1: Tamil Reading well T2: Tamil Reading with Errors T3: Tamil not Reading
The State-level pass percentages of class II children in Tamil, English

and Maths are 87.96, 87.51 and 86.47 respectively.
The pass percentage in Tamil is the lowest in Dharmapuri district

(28.61) followed by Vellore district (44.36) and Ramanathapuram (44.49) and
it is the highest in Thoothukudi district (99.46).
The State-level pass percentage of Std.II children in English language is

the lowest in Dharmapuri district (20.44). Four districts have recorded cent
percent result in English.
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Similarly the pass percentage in Maths is the lowest in Dharmapuri
district (26.70). The percentage is the highest in Sivagangai district (99.19).
The District wise and subject wise achievement test results
of IV std children are presented in the Table below.
Table 38
ACHIEVEMENT TEST 2008 - CLASS IV
Sl. PERCENTAGE OF PASS GRADING GRADING
District
No TAMIL ENGLISH MATHS T1 T2 T3 E1 E2 E3
1 Chennai 84.87 54.86 78.95 60.25 32.22 7.53 20.15 48.36 31.49
2 Coimbatore 89.71 86.94 87.43 63.31 29.93 6.75 22.02 39.26 38.73
3 Cuddalore 75.71 82.75 81.25 54.82 33.43 11.76 12.46 33.00 54.53
4 Dharmapuri 24.85 24.85 23.56 39.88 42.02 18.10 18.25 62.36 19.39
5 Dindigul 87.80 90.40 94.47 58.69 27.61 13.70 13.09 41.51 45.40
6 Erode 93.22 94.55 93.08 62.67 33.73 3.59 13.57 54.49 31.94
7 Kancheepuram 73.36 66.83 65.85 51.74 38.03 10.23 23.85 40.25 35.90
8 Kanyakumari 83.94 86.47 77.18 72.03 25.00 2.97 21.78 42.08 36.14
9 Karur 94.90 90.45 91.67 61.38 34.96 3.66 20.73 50.00 29.27
10 Krishnagiri 66.34 72.14 75.62 43.16 44.81 12.03 6.59 40.86 52.55
11 Madurai 87.02 97.07 92.61 63.15 32.63 4.22 9.60 47.02 43.38
12 Nagapattinam 93.75 81.77 90.50 55.07 34.60 10.33 10.14 37.68 52.17
13 Namakkal 87.83 83.00 82.24 56.48 38.27 5.25 13.89 47.22 38.89
14 Perambalur 84.21 81.33 88.74 57.89 34.87 7.24 17.54 45.18 37.28
15 Pudukkottai 86.87 90.29 78.77 59.26 33.89 6.85 14.26 53.33 32.41
16 Ramanathapuram 40.44 36.40 36.76 68.38 29.41 2.21 16.54 37.87 45.59
17 Salem 72.64 80.00 80.57 38.92 51.52 9.57 2.87 38.44 58.69
18 Sivagangai 86.43 92.68 95.04 58.59 32.81 8.59 24.22 50.26 25.52
19 Thanjavur 88.10 91.60 92.34 63.18 31.93 4.90 21.01 44.71 34.29
20 Theni 91.76 85.71 84.34 65.08 31.35 3.57 9.52 32.14 58.33
21 The Nilgiris 90.91 92.77 97.62 65.88 30.59 3.53 19.61 49.80 30.59
23 Thirunelveli 90.97 92.16 92.90 71.57 26.01 2.42 20.19 50.57 29.24
24 Thiruvallur 88.26 89.53 87.46 64.91 29.12 5.96 15.09 40.35 44.56
26 Thiruvarur 87.16 90.21 85.71 64.69 29.11 6.20 27.76 35.04 37.20
27 Thoothukudi 88.79 87.28 86.58 74.74 23.44 1.82 19.53 47.40 33.07
28 Vellore 29.79 28.18 27.71 50.92 42.03 7.04 16.99 65.25 17.76
29 Villpuram 66.04 74.41 77.18 56.25 36.18 7.57 7.46 38.27 54.28
30 Virudhunagar 92.17 91.82 91.88 68.41 28.30 3.30 20.05 52.20 27.75
Tamil Nadu 79.78 79.20 80.06 59.18 34.02 6.80 16.09 44.89 39.02
Source : Achievement Test 2008 - 09
Note Note :
T1: Tamil Reading well E1: English Reading well
T2: Tamil Reading with Errors E2: English Reading with Errors
T3: Tamil not Reading E3: English not Reading
The State-level pass percentages of class IV children in Tamil, English

and Maths are 77.74, 77.45 and 78.02 respectively.
As is the case with Class II results, the pass percentage in Tamil is the
lowest in Dharmapuri district (24.85) and it is the highest in Karur district
(94.90).
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In English (24.85) and Maths (23.56) subjects also Dharmapuri records
the lowest pass percentage when compared to other districts. In English,
Madurai has recorded the highest pass percentage (97.07) and in
Mathamatics subjects The Nilgiris out performed other districts with 97.62%.
1.10.5. Remedial Teaching - Low Performing Children

The Table given below gives information on low performing children in
I–V Stds and VI–VIII Stds. The target and achievement in the year 2008-09
and proposal for the ensuing year (2009-10) are as follows.
Table - 39
District wise No. of Low Performing Children covered (Remedial Teaching) in 2008-09 and Proposal for 2009-10
Achievement in
Proposal for 2009-10
2008-09
No. of Low Performing

Enrolment in Std. I -V Govt., & Aided Enrolment in Std. VI - VIII Govt., &
Children in Std. I-VIII
Children in Std. I-VIII

Remedial Teaching
Low Performing
Schools Aided Schools

Children given
S.
District
Children
Children
Target
No
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
1 Chennai 20822 5600 59910 61639 121549 9238 61561 65573 127134 9917 19155
2 Coimbatore 34900 16089 102550 103658 206208 17445 89086 86297 175383 15434 32879
3 Cuddalore 23208 10212 77289 81069 158358 12684 57599 57441 115040 9548 22232
4 Dharmapuri 15651 8886 49532 46903 96435 7995 39825 33959 73784 6508 14503
5 Dindigul 21782 7575 75296 72287 147583 12426 51957 47500 99457 8453 20879
6 Erode 21048 9893 67970 67706 135676 11261 51637 48973 100610 8662 19923
7 Kancheepuram 24773 11454 76545 79775 156320 11880 68797 67668 136465 10781 22661
8 Kanyakumari 11291 3850 42439 44444 86883 5395 36445 36520 72965 5180 10575
9 Karur 8442 4350 29825 29635 59460 4751 20755 20567 41322 3327 8078
10 Krishnagiri 19972 10655 58668 59036 117704 10452 40538 38897 79435 7228 17680
11 Madurai 22541 7902 86743 84835 171578 12045 64219 62942 127161 9092 21137
12 Nagapattinam 14436 6651 56840 56561 113401 7665 43152 41519 84671 5978 13643
13 Namakkal 12831 6701 43202 42321 85523 6918 32687 30181 62868 5124 12042
14 Perambalur 13874 6493 47671 47900 95571 8028 31215 31042 62257 5273 13301
15 Pudukkottai 17106 8454 56348 57678 114026 9533 38813 38768 77581 6827 16360
16 Ramanad 14487 5057 49642 48894 98536 8011 32397 31340 63737 5577 13588
17 Salem 31834 14647 100523 94726 195249 17085 76077 67488 143565 12777 29862
18 Sivagangai 11866 4644 41102 41093 82195 6033 31602 30943 62545 5535 11568
19 Thanjavur 20315 8293 71231 73899 145130 10609 57321 56233 113554 9209 19818
20 Theni 12804 3614 48948 45400 94348 7416 32783 28859 61642 5024 12440
21 The Nilgiris 5678 2206 17605 18091 35696 2938 14184 14183 28367 2369 5307
22 Thiruchirappalli 22413 8825 79766 79464 159230 11512 63275 60506 123781 10039 21551
23 Thirunelveli 26898 5296 117100 116611 233711 14771 76252 73899 150151 11261 26032
24 Thiruvallur 22204 10384 65941 69356 135297 10905 56811 57440 114251 9369 20274
25 Thiruvannamalai 23278 11963 80741 81856 162597 13137 53490 51964 105454 9122 22259
26 Thiruvarur 12902 5748 40491 40663 81154 6630 32038 31537 63575 5569 12199
27 Thoothukudi 15377 2753 60694 59163 119857 8606 41993 39507 81500 6194 14800
28 Vellore 38816 16859 119099 120257 239356 21088 90658 87272 177930 15747 36835
29 Villpuram 32106 15645 110650 116256 226906 18607 72701 70958 143659 12067 30674
30 Virudhunagar 17482 5482 76587 75023 151610 10083 48576 46413 94989 6981 17064
Tamil Nadu 591137 246181 2010948 2016199 4027147 315147 1508444 1456389 2964833 244172 559319
Source : DISE 2008
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During the current year, 2,46,181 children of I-VIII Stds have
been covered under Remedial teaching. The inputs given under
remedial teaching are workbooks in Tamil and Mathematics which
have been developed and used for the low performing children to
enable them to improve their basic language reading and numeric
skills.
The number of low performing children in Stds I-V and VI-VIII of
Govt., and Aided schools have been identified. As many as 5,59,319
children are to be covered under remedial teaching in 2009-10. They
consist of 3,15,147 in primary sections and 2,44,172 children in
upper primary classes.
1.10.6. Learning Enhancement

During the current year, under Learning Enhancement
Programme workbooks for Tamil, English (Simply English) and
Mathematics, Additional Learning Material in Tamil have been provided
to the schools and children identified. The target of 2,90,785 children
have been completely covered.
In the coming year, it is proposed to cover 3,87,805 children in
35268 schools under Learning Enhancement Programme.
Table- 40
Intervention of Learning Enhancement of children in Government Schools Achievement in
2008-09 and Proposal for 2009-10
Achievement in 2008 - 09 Proposal for 2009-10

S. No. of
District No. of Schools No. of children No. of children to
No. Schools to be
covered covered be covered
covered
1 Chennai 360 1600 357 5355
2 Coimbatore 1888 20750 1885 20735
3 Cuddalore 1318 11000 1323 14553
4 Dharmapuri 1284 14000 1280 17920
5 Dindigul 1249 9990 1248 12480
6 Erode 1727 13500 1729 15561
7 Kancheepuram 1351 12500 1361 16332
8 Kanyakumari 522 0 519 4152
9 Karur 779 3200 779 7011
10 Krishnagiri 1563 17883 1566 17226
11 Madurai 1145 11000 1152 13824
12 Nagapattinam 863 7000 860 11180
13 Namakkal 960 7500 962 11544
14 Perambalur 876 7000 882 10584
15 Pudukkottai 1481 10900 1482 14820
16 Ramanathapuram 1039 5000 1018 9162
17 Salem 1653 21987 1649 21437
18 Sivagangai 1049 5000 1072 10720
19 Thanjavur 1308 9900 1310 13100
20 Theni 428 1500 506 7084
21 The Nilgiris 505 0 426 2982
22 Thiruchirappalli 1196 10500 1199 11990
23 Thirunelveli 879 5800 876 11388
24 Thiruvallur 1368 13749 1373 13730
25 Thiruvannamalai 1847 13500 1855 18550
26 Thiruvarur 893 8000 894 10728
27 Thoothukudi 677 700 675 7425
28 Vellore 2135 21326 2138 23518
29 Villpuram 1982 18000 1990 21890
30 Virudhunagar 898 8000 902 10824
Tamil Nadu 35223 290785 35268 387805
Source : Achievement Test 2008
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1.11. Educational Development Index
Educational Development Index has been worked out based on

12 parameters. Viz. School Access, NER, Enrolment Gap, Completion
Rate, Repetition Rate, Dropout Rate, Attendance Rate, Transition
Rate, Pupil Teacher Ratio, Exam Result, Achievement Test, Student
Classroom Ratio and ABL achievement.
The District wise EDI for primary, upper primary and Composite
is presented in the Table below.
Table - 41
Educational Development Index (EDI) – Primary and Upper Primary
Composite
S. Upper Mean Mean
District Primary Rank Rank (Primary & Rank Mean
No Primary Difference Deviation
Upperprimary)
1 Chennai 0.6250 12 0.7442 1 0.6813 2 0.57 -0.1121 -0.1969

2 Coimbatore 0.6458 9 0.5814 8 0.6154 6 0.57 -0.0462 -0.0811
3 Cuddalore 0.6458 9 0.5349 10 0.5934 11 0.57 -0.0242 -0.0425
4 Dharmapuri 0.4167 30 0.4884 20 0.4505 28 0.57 0.1187 0.2085
5 Dindigul 0.5417 21 0.4419 28 0.4945 25 0.57 0.0747 0.1313
6 Erode 0.6042 15 0.4651 27 0.5385 20 0.57 0.0308 0.0541
7 Kancheepuram 0.6250 12 0.4884 20 0.5604 15 0.57 0.0088 0.0154
8 Kanyakumari 0.7917 1 0.7442 1 0.7692 1 0.57 -0.2000 -0.3514
9 Karur 0.5417 21 0.5349 10 0.5385 20 0.57 0.0308 0.0541
10 Krishnagiri 0.4375 28 0.4186 29 0.4286 30 0.57 0.1407 0.2471
11 Madurai 0.6667 7 0.4884 20 0.5824 12 0.57 -0.0132 -0.0232
12 Nagapattinam 0.6667 7 0.6279 4 0.6484 5 0.57 -0.0791 -0.1390
13 Namakkal 0.4792 26 0.4186 29 0.4505 28 0.57 0.1187 0.2085
14 Perambalur 0.5833 18 0.4884 20 0.5385 20 0.57 0.0308 0.0541
15 Pudukkottai 0.6875 4 0.6279 4 0.6593 4 0.57 -0.0901 -0.1583
16 Ramanathapuram 0.5208 24 0.6279 4 0.5714 14 0.57 -0.0022 -0.0039
17 Salem 0.4375 28 0.5349 10 0.4835 27 0.57 0.0857 0.1506
18 Sivagangai 0.6458 9 0.5116 15 0.5824 12 0.57 -0.0132 -0.0232
19 Thanjavur 0.6250 12 0.4884 20 0.5604 15 0.57 0.0088 0.0154
20 Theni 0.4792 26 0.5116 15 0.4945 25 0.57 0.0747 0.1313
21 The Nilgiris 0.7083 2 0.4884 20 0.6044 8 0.57 -0.0352 -0.0618
22 Thiruchirappalli 0.6042 15 0.6279 4 0.6154 6 0.57 -0.0462 -0.0811
23 Thirunelveli 0.6875 4 0.6512 3 0.6703 3 0.57 -0.1011 -0.1776
24 Thiruvallur 0.6042 15 0.5116 15 0.5604 15 0.57 0.0088 0.0154
25 Thiruvannamalai 0.7083 2 0.4884 20 0.6044 8 0.57 -0.0352 -0.0618
26 Thiruvarur 0.6875 4 0.5116 15 0.6044 8 0.57 -0.0352 -0.0618
27 Thoothukudi 0.5833 18 0.5116 15 0.5495 19 0.57 0.0198 0.0347
28 Vellore 0.5000 25 0.5581 9 0.5275 24 0.57 0.0418 0.0734
29 Villupuram 0.5417 21 0.5349 10 0.5385 20 0.57 0.0308 0.0541
30 Virudhunagar 0.5833 18 0.5349 10 0.5604 15 0.57 0.0088 0.0154
0.5692
Source: DISE-2008, COHORT-2008, EER-2008
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1.11.1. School Access - Primary
Tamil Nadu has already ensured cent percent primary school
access to all habitations as per norms. However, there are 498
habitations which still remain unserved because of not fulfilling
norms.
Table - 42
Habitations and Access - Primary – 2008
No. of Habitations
Habitations Habitations
Total No.
S. covered by without Eligible for Not eligible for
District of
No. Primary Primary primary primary
habitations
School schools school as school as per
per norms norms
1 Chennai 1166 1166 0 0 0
2 Coimbatore 3187 3148 39 9 30
3 Cuddalore 2667 2652 15 0 15
4 Dharmapuri 2381 2323 58 12 46
5 Dindigul 3599 3590 9 0 9
6 Erode 5513 5492 21 9 12
7 Kancheepuram 3721 3709 12 7 5
8 Kanyakumari 2195 2189 6 0 6
9 Karur 2086 2082 4 0 4
10 Krishnagiri 2892 2840 52 0 52
11 Madurai 1752 1737 15 9 6
12 Nagapattinam 2045 2032 13 0 13
13 Namakkal 2455 2442 13 1 12
14 Perambalur 1085 1071 14 0 14
15 Pudukkottai 3557 3533 24 0 24
16 Ramanathapuram 2120 2109 11 3 8
17 Salem 6490 6467 23 16 7
18 Sivagangai 2432 2425 7 2 5
19 Thanjavur 2084 2072 12 2 10
20 Theni 756 746 10 2 8
21 The Nilgiris 1202 1196 6 3 3
22 Thiruchirappalli 2178 2166 12 8 4
23 Thirunelveli 2982 2970 12 0 12
24 Thiruvallur 3539 3528 11 3 8
25 Thiruvannamalai 3167 3139 28 6 22
26 Thiruvarur 1655 1645 10 1 9
27 Thoothukudi 1467 1455 12 0 12
28 Vellore 4893 4870 23 0 23
29 Villpuram 2830 2810 20 4 16
30 Virudhunagar 2497 2486 11 8 3
Tamilnadu 80593 80090 503 105 398
Source: School Mapping & DISE 2008
1.11.2. School Access –Upper Primary

Though all the eligible habitations are provided upper primary
school access as per norms, there are deserving primary schools
fulfilling the norms to be upgraded into upper primary schools for
providing additional Upper Primary school access to SC and ST
habitations and minority concentrated habitations to achieve near
universal enrolment.
The following Table provides the details of district wise Primary
schools upgraded and teachers appointed during 2008-09.
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Table – 43
Habitations - Upper Primary -2008
Source : School Mapping & DISE 2008
No. of No. of eligible After Upgradation
No. of Primary No. of UPS
Habitation schoolless No. of Govt. No. of Govt. & No. of Govt.
habitations and eligible as No. of Govt.
S. Total s having habitations for & Aided Aided schools & Aided Gap
District without UPS Upper per norms & Aided
No. habitations UPS UPS as per Schools with Upper Primary schools with in
facility in 3 Primary proposed for Schools with
facility in 3 distance and Primary class Class upper UPS
KM area ratio 2009-10 primary class
KM area population norms primary class
1 Chennai 1166 1166 0 0 484 443 1.09 0 484 443 1.09
2 Coimbatore 3187 3162 25 16 1837 769 2.39 16 1846 785 2.35
3 Cuddalore 2667 2627 40 29 1417 583 2.43 29 1417 612 2.32
4 Dharmapuri 2381 2315 66 44 1156 487 2.37 44 1168 531 2.20
5 Dindigul 3599 3555 44 28 1403 450 3.12 28 1403 478 2.94
6 Erode 5513 5423 90 60 1701 555 3.06 60 1710 615 2.78
7 Kancheepuram 3721 3666 55 25 1355 640 2.12 25 1362 665 2.05
8 Kanyakumari 2195 2169 26 16 570 409 1.39 16 570 425 1.34
9 Karur 2086 2033 53 40 752 228 3.30 40 752 268 2.81
10 Krishnagiri 2892 2845 47 44 1414 509 2.78 44 1414 553 2.56
11 Madurai 1752 1722 30 28 1257 556 2.26 28 1266 584 2.17
12 Nagapattinam 2045 2015 30 11 1032 439 2.35 11 1032 450 2.29
13 Namakkal 2455 2435 20 6 917 331 2.77 6 918 337 2.72
14 Perambalur 1085 1050 35 16 847 383 2.21 16 847 399 2.12
15 Pudukkottai 3557 3532 25 13 1408 533 2.64 13 1408 546 2.58
16 Ramanathapuram 2120 2105 15 9 1134 362 3.13 9 1137 371 3.06
17 Salem 6490 6420 70 41 1542 607 2.54 41 1558 648 2.40
18 Sivagangai 2432 2400 32 29 1148 461 2.49 29 1150 490 2.35
19 Thanjavur 2084 2059 25 15 1379 542 2.54 15 1381 557 2.48
20 Theni 756 738 18 14 628 292 2.15 14 630 306 2.06
21 The Nilgiris 1202 1191 11 9 457 208 2.20 9 460 217 2.12
22 Thiruchirappalli 2178 2142 36 30 1343 582 2.31 30 1351 612 2.21
23 Thirunelveli 2982 2956 26 20 1883 686 2.74 20 1883 706 2.67
24 Thiruvallur 3539 3503 36 32 1358 548 2.48 32 1361 580 2.35
25 Thiruvannamalai 3167 3108 59 56 1767 653 2.71 56 1773 709 2.50
26 Thiruvarur 1655 1615 40 36 889 362 2.46 36 890 398 2.24
27 Thoothukudi 1467 1447 20 8 1351 482 2.80 8 1351 490 2.76
28 Vellore 4893 4807 86 80 2132 850 2.51 80 2132 930 2.29
29 Villpuram 2830 2765 65 51 2023 813 2.49 51 2027 864 2.35
30 Virudhunagar 2497 2472 25 25 1208 450 2.68 25 1216 475 2.56
Tamilnadu 80593 79443 1150 831 37792 15213 2.48 831 37897 16044 2.36
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Table - 44
New Schools opened and Teachers posted - 2008-2009
S. New Schools opened New Teachers appointed
Districts
No. Primary Upper Primary Primary Upper Primary
1 Chennai 0 0 0 0
2 Coimbatore 0 58 0 80
3 Cuddalore 0 40 0 77
4 Dharmapuri 0 43 0 105
5 Dindigul 0 32 0 55
6 Erode 0 62 0 94
7 Kancheepuram 0 55 0 80
8 Kanyakumari 0 3 0 6
9 Karur 0 13 0 20
10 Krishnagiri 0 41 0 69
11 Madurai 0 29 0 52
12 Nagapattinam 0 26 0 41
13 Namakkal 0 17 0 31
14 Perambalur 0 35 0 55
15 Pudukkottai 0 25 0 40
16 Ramanathapuram 0 22 0 32
17 Salem 0 57 0 105
18 Sivagangai 0 73 0 85
19 Thanjavur 0 25 0 31
20 Theni 0 15 0 18
21 The Nilgiris 0 5 0 8
23 Thirunelveli 0 16 0 27
24 Thiruvallur 0 27 0 50
26 Thiruvarur 0 39 0 51
27 Thoothukkudi 0 15 0 23
28 Vellore 0 67 0 87
29 Villupuram 0 39 0 56
30 Virudhunagar 0 43 0 84
Tamil Nadu 0 1005 0 1577
Source : DISE 2008 & Monthly Progress Report
The target of upgrading 1005 primary schools into upper primary schools has
been achieved. Also, the sanctioned posts of teachers (1577) who include 1005
teachers for the new upper primary schools, 338 teachers for the schools opened in
the previous year and 234 teachers for the schools opened in the year before last
year, have been filled.
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1.12. Grants
School grant has also been utilized for purchasing Television sets and DVD
players (one set for each school) to enable the children to learn through CDs. All
the 1005 newly upgraded upper primary schools have been covered under Teaching
Learning Equipment (TLE) grant. TLM grant has been used for printing ABL cards
used by children of I – IV Stds in primary schools. The district-wise coverage of
schools through different grants is given below.
Table – 45
Release of Grants - School grant, Maintenance grant,
TLE and TLM Grants for 2008-09
Achievement 2008-2009
No. of schools No. of Teachers
S. Maintenance Grant
District
No. School Grant Primary Upper Primary TLE TLM
<3 >3 <3 >3
P UP class class class class P UP P UP
1 Chennai 433 429 37 114 27 182 0 0 2270 5439
2 Coimbatore 1797 727 832 445 83 528 0 57 4807 6662
3 Cuddalore 1413 548 433 450 92 339 0 40 3198 3882
4 Dharmapuri 1169 451 481 362 42 399 0 40 2512 3974
5 Dindigul 1398 416 337 68 13 281 0 32 3442 3561
6 Erode 1699 493 959 320 36 406 0 62 3681 3505
7 Kancheepuram 1350 577 547 338 37 429 0 55 3484 4520
8 Kanyakumari 537 402 89 204 19 210 0 0 1858 2493
9 Karur 755 215 387 174 8 177 0 13 1621 1387
10 Krishnagiri 1344 457 726 377 33 427 0 40 3125 2927
11 Madurai 1230 502 528 235 17 329 0 29 3138 4967
12 Nagapattinam 1030 428 307 249 25 282 0 25 2554 4706
13 Namakkal 724 304 410 267 22 258 0 17 2208 2308
14 Perambalur 843 347 290 287 34 265 0 35 2092 2107
15 Pudukkottai 1407 501 695 319 42 412 0 25 2546 3021
16 Ramanathapuram 1155 346 665 112 27 232 0 22 2836 3028
17 Salem 1530 540 662 482 20 472 0 57 4782 7041
18 Sivagangai 1115 374 492 332 18 243 0 30 2223 2502
19 Thanjavur 1347 522 520 362 15 370 0 25 3625 6447
20 Theni 622 277 162 174 19 15 0 15 1864 2324
21 The Nilgiris 455 209 157 108 68 95 0 5 1026 1145
23 Thirunelveli 1879 627 393 234 47 190 0 15 4778 5821
24 Thiruvallur 1346 509 650 255 49 409 0 25 3268 4051
26 Thiruvarur 886 317 381 243 5 262 0 39 2004 2992
27 Thoothukkudi 1071 454 424 86 45 120 0 15 3070 3246
28 Vellore 2052 780 732 744 157 502 0 67 5496 6250
29 Villupuram 2023 772 789 519 99 575 0 39 4555 5204
30 Virudhunagar 986 406 499 143 25 205 0 25 3316 3108
Tamil Nadu 36700 14078 14762 8952 1210 9444 0 907 92545 117109
Source : Monthly Review Report
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The district-wise number of schools to be provided with school grant,
Maintenance grant, TLE and number teachers to be covered under TLM is
presented in the Table below.
Table – 45(Contd…)
Grants proposed for 2009 - 10
Grants proposed for 2009-10

No. of
No. of schools
S. Teachers
Districts School Grant Maintenance grant TLE TLM
No.
P UP P UP P UP
<3 class >3 class <3 class >3 class
1 Chennai 473 443 39 105 18 195 0 0 2221 5478
2 Coimbatore 1839 769 774 448 90 573 9 16 4577 7145
3 Cuddalore 1418 583 410 441 91 381 0 29 3048 3965
4 Dharmapuri 1157 445 483 319 37 441 12 44 2427 4100
5 Dindigul 1400 418 439 484 14 311 0 28 3307 3680
6 Erode 1702 555 918 309 80 422 9 60 3595 3860
7 Kancheepuram 1358 640 489 348 26 498 7 25 3426 4747
8 Kanyakumari 560 409 89 184 19 195 0 16 1823 2542
9 Karur 755 228 375 197 6 201 0 40 1610 1543
10 Krishnagiri 1414 509 700 368 40 458 0 44 3064 2833
11 Madurai 1247 530 528 225 62 337 9 28 3152 5194
12 Nagapattinam 1036 428 309 220 33 298 0 11 2458 4677
13 Namakkal 917 331 417 248 17 280 1 6 2081 2441
14 Perambalur 847 380 266 281 23 312 0 16 1995 2275
15 Pudukkottai 1409 526 683 320 45 434 0 13 2530 3068
16 Ramanathapuram 1134 362 624 117 38 239 3 9 2705 2711
17 Salem 1541 607 637 459 26 527 16 41 4489 7383
18 Sivagangai 1146 461 465 263 60 284 2 29 2177 2775
19 Thanjavur 1384 542 371 518 27 394 2 15 3597 6639
20 Theni 622 292 184 138 25 159 2 14 1843 2344
21 The Nilgiris 455 208 155 103 51 117 3 9 972 1125
23 Thirunelveli 1879 686 367 256 35 218 0 20 4787 5837
24 Thiruvallur 1347 545 584 301 22 466 3 32 3054 4046
26 Thiruvarur 892 360 367 220 49 258 1 36 1896 2693
27 Thoothukudi 1340 485 435 59 46 135 0 8 3006 3401
28 Vellore 2134 850 846 563 151 578 0 80 5386 6160
29 Villpuram 2026 813 792 484 84 630 4 51 4530 5373
30 Virudhunagar 1213 450 426 176 60 240 8 25 3245 3265
Tamil Nadu 37755 15090 14388 8992 1359 10497 105 831 89854 120064
Source: Progress Reports
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1.13. VEC, BRC & CRC
Village Education Committee (VEC)
There are 43,656 VECs/PTAs functioning in schools in all the

Districts. VECs function in Primary and Middle Schools and PTAs are
in place in high and Higher Secondary Schools. In urban areas, WECs
are functioning. The Panchayat President is the Chairperson in rural
areas and Ward Members/Councilors hold the position in Municipal
and Corporation limits. The Headmaster of the school is the member-
secretary. VECs are represented by a wide spectrum of the community
with 20 members. The members include PTA president, Self Help
Group members, Parents, Ward Member or Elected Representatives,
ECCE/ICDS organizer, NGOs, Village Administrative Officer, Health
Worker, Women ward member, SC ward member, parents of the
disabled children and youth club members.
Block Resource Centre (BRC)
Block Resource Centres have been established in all 385 rural

blocks and in 16 urban municipal/Corporation areas. The number of
resource persons working in the BRCs is 1896 against the sanctioned
strength of 1912.
Cluster Resource Centre (CRC)
Cluster Resource Centres has been established at the rate of

one CRC per 10 to 15 schools. About 4088 CRCs are functioning with
4088 Resource Persons.
The District-wise details of VECs, CRCs, BRCs and Resource

Persons posted are provided in the table given here.
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Table - 46
Block Resource Centres (BRCs) and Cluster Resource Centres (CRCs) with Resource Persons (RPs) 2008 - 09
No. of
meetings/
No.of BRCs/URCs No. of RPs No.of CRCs No. of RPs
No. of trainings
S. Name of the
VECs/ conducted
No. District
WEC
In In BRC/
Rural Urban Total Sanctioned Rural Urban Total Sanctioned CRC
position position URC
1 Chennai 710 0 10 10 10 0 0 110 110 110 110 120 1100

2 Coimbatore 2123 19 1 20 67 66 135 64 199 199 199 240 1990
3 Cuddalore 1613 13 0 13 48 48 167 5 172 172 172 156 1720
4 Dharmapuri 1299 8 0 8 18 18 100 0 100 100 100 96 1000
5 Dindigul 1572 14 0 14 84 84 140 23 163 163 163 168 1630
6 Erode 1893 20 0 20 120 120 142 0 142 142 142 240 1420
7 Kancheepuram 1604 13 1 14 79 78 143 29 172 172 172 168 1720
8 Kanyakumari 802 9 0 9 21 21 89 0 89 89 89 108 890
9 Karur 841 8 0 8 48 48 75 0 75 75 75 96 750
10 Krishnagiri 1591 10 0 10 57 56 121 0 121 121 121 120 1210
11 Madurai 1465 13 1 14 79 79 132 33 165 165 165 168 1650
12 Nagapattinam 1183 11 0 11 66 66 100 0 100 100 100 132 1000
13 Namakkal 1052 15 0 15 67 67 83 0 83 83 83 180 830
14 Perambalur 1007 10 0 10 31 31 107 0 107 107 107 120 1070
15 Pudukottai 1594 13 0 13 23 23 145 0 145 145 145 156 1450
16 Ramanathapuram 1266 11 0 11 32 32 124 0 124 124 124 132 1240
17 Salem 1778 20 1 21 87 86 164 10 174 174 174 252 1740
18 Sivagangai 1306 12 0 12 72 72 109 0 109 109 109 144 1090
19 Thanjavur 1608 14 0 14 43 43 121 44 165 165 165 168 1650
20 Theni 744 8 0 8 20 20 80 0 80 80 80 96 800
21 The Nilgiris 563 4 0 4 24 23 45 0 45 45 45 48 450
22 Thiruchirapalli 1564 14 1 15 77 76 154 29 183 183 183 180 1830
23 Thirunelveli 2150 19 1 20 105 105 176 16 192 192 192 240 1920
24 Thiruvallur 1569 14 0 14 84 84 133 0 133 133 133 168 1330
25 Thiruvannamalai 2033 18 0 18 108 108 167 0 167 167 167 216 1670
26 Thiruvarur 1018 10 0 10 55 55 95 0 95 95 95 120 950
27 Thoothukudi 1525 12 0 12 72 72 88 20 108 108 108 144 1080
28 Vellore 2466 20 0 20 120 120 182 20 202 202 202 240 2020
29 Villupuram 2318 22 0 22 129 129 234 0 234 234 234 264 2340
30 Virudhunagar 1399 11 0 11 66 66 134 0 134 134 134 132 1340
Tamilnadu 43656 385 16 401 1912 1896 3685 403 4088 4088 4088 4812 40880
Source: DISE 2008 & District Review Reports
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1.14. In-Service Training
The quality of teaching-learning processes in schools is of

paramount importance under SSA. The State’s focus has been
entirely on quality in the last two years. Capacity building of the
teachers through in-service teacher training in consonance with the
newly-introduced classroom methodologies (ABL & ALM) in the State
has resulted in quality classroom transactions in all schools. There
has been a complete transformation in the classroom processes with
children actively participating in their own learning and the teachers
effectively playing the role of facilitators.
The training programmes to be conducted in 2008-09 have been

meticulously planned. All the training programmes are arranged on a
cascade mode. First, State-level training is arranged for Key Resource
Persons (KRPs) from the Districts. Then, the BRTEs are trained by the
KRPs at the District-level which is followed up by training to teachers
at the Block and cluster levels. The services of external resource
persons have been utilized in most of the training programmes in
capacity building of KRPs.
Primary Level:
‘Simply English’ training
Training on ABL
ABL Enrichment training - Puppetry, songs, games & Arts
Language skills development training ( ‘Pillai Tamil’)
Homework Strategies for ABL activities
School sanitation and personal hygiene
Simple experiments in Science concepts
Reinforcement training on Use of Maths SLM Kit
Computer training
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Upper Primary Level:
Simple experiments in Science concepts
New approach in Maths
ALM Reinforcement training
School sanitation and personal hygiene
‘English around us’
Strategies of homework and projects for Children in ALM
classes
Content enrichment in all subjects
Child development
Computer training
To facilitate monitoring of the implementation of in-service

training programmes, the target to be achieved in teacher training has
been worked out in terms of teacher training days. Thus, the target
number of training days to be achieved in 2008-2009 for every District
has been fixed.
The implementation of in-service teacher training programmes

is one of the important components, the progress of which is closely
monitored in the monthly review meetings. The following Table
presents the achievement by the Districts in terms of teacher training
days against the target fixed for every District. The proposal for the
year 2009-10 is also furnished in the Table below.
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Table – 47
In-service Training – Target & Achievement 2008-2009 and
Target proposed for 2009-2010
Achievement
Target - 2008 - 09 2008 - 09 Proposed- 2009 - 10
No. of No. of teacher No. of teacher No. of No. of Teachers
S.No. District Teachers training days training days Teachers Trg. Days
1 Chennai 7709 154180 154180 7699 153980
2 Coimbatore 11469 229380 229380 11722 234440
3 Cuddalore 7080 141600 141600 7013 140260
4 Dharmapuri 6486 129720 129720 6527 130540
5 Dindigul 7003 140060 140060 6987 139740
6 Erode 7186 143720 143720 7455 149100
7 Kancheepuram 8004 160080 160080 8173 163460
8 Kanyakumari 4351 87020 87020 4365 87300
9 Karur 3008 60160 60160 3153 63060
10 Krishnagiri 6052 121040 121040 5897 117940
11 Madurai 8105 162100 162100 8346 166920
12 Nagapattinam 7260 145200 145200 7135 142700
13 Namakkal 4516 90320 90320 4522 90440
14 Perambalur 4199 83980 83980 4270 85400
15 Pudukkottai 5567 111340 111340 5598 111960
16 Ramanathapuram 5864 117280 117280 5416 108320
17 Salem 11823 236460 236460 11872 237440
18 Sivagangai 4725 94500 94500 4952 99040
19 Thanjavur 10072 201440 201440 10236 204720
20 Theni 4188 83760 83760 4187 83740
21 The Nilgiris 2171 43420 43420 2097 41940
23 Thirunelveli 10599 211980 211980 10624 212480
24 Thiruvallur 7319 146380 146380 7100 142000
26 Thiruvarur 4996 99920 99920 4589 91780
27 Thoothukudi 6316 126320 126320 6407 128140
28 Vellore 11746 234920 234920 11546 230920
29 Villpuram 9759 195180 195180 9903 198060
30 Virudhunagar 6424 128480 128480 6510 130200
Tamil Nadu 209654 4193080 4193080 209918 4198360
Source: Monthly Review Reports
The target of in-service training days for primary and upper

primary teachers has been completely achieved in 2008-09. In the
coming year, it is proposed to cover 41,98,360 teacher training days
for 2,09,918 teachers.
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1.15. Intervention for Out-of-School Children
Alternative and Innovative Education is the strategy followed to

ensure elementary education for all the out of school children in the
age group of 6-14. The Out-of-School Children are either never
enrolled or dropouts from schools. As per the House Hold Survey 2001
there were 5.74 lakhs out of school children in the State. During 2005
another household survey was conducted. Through various
interventions for Out of School Children under AIE component, the
no. of OOSC has been considerably reduced. 66896 is the OOSC
target for 2009-10.
The district wise details of target number of out of school

children and achievement during 2008-09 is given in the Table below.
Table- 48
Enrolment of Out of School Children 2008-2009
NCLP Total
Bridge
Bridge Spl. / children Children
S. Summer Course Direct
Districts Target course Residential INDUS Covered Uncovered %
No Camp Non- Enrolment
Residential for MR / 2008- 2008-09
Rersidential
KGBV 2009
1 Chennai 4578 655 683 0 0 2162 500 4000 578 87.37%

2 Coimbatore 4842 943 1248 780 0 674 1000 4645 197 95.93%
3 Cuddalore 1721 335 980 45 0 239 100 1699 22 98.72%
4 Dharmapuri 3888 757 602 354 0 541 200 2454 1434 63.12%
5 Dindigul 4938 961 1749 580 75 687 600 4652 286 86.11%
6 Erode 1635 118 235 30 0 235 250 868 767 74.86%
7 Kancheepuram 3104 604 663 352 0 432 950 3001 103 96.68%
8 Kanyakumari 770 150 147 0 0 443 0 740 30 96.10%
9 Karur 616 22 462 53 0 21 50 608 8 98.70%
10 Krishnagiri 7883 535 949 393 0 1097 800 3774 4109 49.78%
11 Madurai 4788 932 1357 273 0 666 0 3228 1560 67.42%
12 Nagapattinam 1376 268 685 220 0 191 0 1364 12 99.13%
13 Namakkal 4573 890 848 265 0 636 1000 3639 934 79.58%
14 Perambalur 1402 273 377 33 50 195 0 928 474 66.19%
15 Pudukkottai 405 67 223 51 0 52 0 393 12 97.04%
16 Ramanathapuram 1487 289 528 321 24 207 0 1369 118 92.06%
17 Salem 3976 324 395 403 0 553 800 2475 1501 82.87%
18 Sivagangai 1737 338 554 111 0 242 50 1295 442 74.55%
19 Thanjavur 6560 610 1296 91 0 2202 0 4199 2361 62.48%
21 Theni 638 124 67 140 0 89 100 520 118 95.77%
20 The Nilgiris 1357 264 297 165 0 189 0 915 442 36.18%
22 Thiruchirappalli 2682 303 949 108 0 202 1000 2562 120 95.53%
23 Thirunelveli 3051 594 896 56 0 425 700 2671 380 87.55%
24 Thiruvallur 2749 535 995 121 0 383 600 2634 115 95.82%
25 Thiruvanamalai 3270 218 1369 369 0 422 700 3078 192 94.13%
26 Thiruvarur 1789 348 374 240 0 249 0 1211 578 67.69%
27 Thoothukudi 2014 392 395 98 0 209 900 1994 20 99.01%
28 Vellore 2326 503 241 94 0 369 900 2107 219 90.58%
29 Villupuram 3769 734 1231 403 0 524 750 3642 127 83.55%
30 Virudhunagar 2490 325 290 335 0 106 1350 2406 84 96.63%
Tamil Nadu 86414 13413 21085 6484 149 14642 13300 69073 17341 79.93%
Source : Monthly Review Reports
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Of the target of 86,414 children, around 69,071 children have
been enrolled through various interventions as outlined in the Table.
This works out to nearly 80% of achievement in the current year.
1.15.1. Specific Interventions for OOSC

The fresh dropouts (less than two months) have been enrolled
directly in the formal school through special enrolment drive by
involving self-help groups, NGOs, Welfare Organisations etc.
Through awareness campaign the parent of the out of school
children are motivated to their wards in formal schools or AIE
centres.
Short term back to school camps/summer camps were
organized for the dropouts (less than three months) and
mainstreamed them in formal schools.
The never enrolled children, urban deprived children, nomadic
children, tribal children, migrant children and child labour
and the dropout children more than two year period are enrolled
in non-residential bridge course and residential bridge course.
Spl. RBCs are also run for Muslim minority children.
All the out of school children enrolled in AIE centres are given
photo identity card with all information relating to the child.
All the children mainstreamed in the formal school are being
given special care and attention to improve their learning
capacity. Further parents are oriented periodically to continue
the studies of their children.
Providing quality education in AIE centres is the continued
effort of the state SSA through ABL, ALM Methodology and
provision of Maths Kits.
For providing education to Migratory children from one state to
other, inter-state monitoring committee is constituted.
Child tracking and monitoring system is operationalized at BRC
level to monitor the retention of the mainstreamed children
including directly enrolled children in the formal schools. Based
on the periodical visit report of the BRTE / CRTE, remedial
teaching is given to the needy children. Child tracking of
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mainstreamed children continued for a minimum period of one
year.
It is observed that the children mainstreamed in formal school
again dropped out due to various reasons relating to class room
environment and external environment. Therefore it is planned
to run these centres throughout the year and enable the
children to appear for VIII Std. annual examination as private
candidate instead of mainstreaming them in schools.
All the children mainstreamed in the formal school were given
certificate of competence, Transfer Certificates. Instructions also
were given to all Government school HMs to admit the children
based on the Certificates during the academic year without any
restriction as per G.O.No.165.
1.15.2. Planning for 2009-10

Updated Elementary Education Register is the source for
identification of out-of-school children in the State. The number of
out-of-school children in the State is 27,340 in the age group of 5-10.
39,556 are in the age group of 11-14. The total number of out of
school children is 66,896.
The number of out-of-school children community wise and

gender wise details are presented in the table below.
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Table - 49
Enrolment and Out of School Children (5-10 age group) - 2008-2009
Enrolment (5-10 age group)
S.
District All SC ST Minority
No.
1 Chennai 188671 182377 371048 45119 43236 88355 1672 1518 3190 19086 16017 35103
2 Coimbatore 197597 188182 385779 40636 39282 79918 3960 3773 7733 12429 12344 24773
3 Cuddalore 117056 111956 229012 42132 41051 83183 1489 1529 3018 5079 5278 10357
4 Dharmapuri 71580 62294 133874 12042 11047 23089 2992 2746 5738 1771 1787 3558
5 Dindigul 95358 88372 183730 23283 21847 45130 387 385 772 4719 4573 9292
6 Erode 103615 95836 199451 22415 22011 44426 1443 1218 2661 4863 5508 10371
7 Kancheepuram 146247 141307 287554 47110 46008 93118 4009 3794 7803 9293 8781 18074
8 Kanyakumari 76508 74054 150562 4983 4879 9862 499 489 988 3107 3181 6288
9 karur 43410 39988 83398 10067 9231 19298 45 39 84 1941 1855 3796
10 Krishnagiri 99685 92220 191905 10497 12272 22769 1239 1332 2571 15744 15161 30905
11 Madurai 141478 129836 271314 23518 22042 45560 348 306 654 6827 6708 13535
12 Nagapattinam 74315 71682 145997 28452 27374 55826 288 311 599 4128 6153 10281
13 Namakkal 69692 61592 131284 15611 14429 30040 2848 2657 5505 1265 1296 2561
14 Perambalur 60874 57201 118075 18297 17575 35872 1046 942 1988 1864 2059 3923
15 Pudukottai 73812 71350 145162 14577 14069 28646 21 25 46 6103 5927 12030
16 Ramanathapuram 63478 60392 123870 14077 13316 27393 381 325 706 8016 9635 17651
17 Salem 155222 134407 289629 29823 27005 56828 6874 6132 13006 3794 3659 7453
18 Sivagangai 55045 52281 107326 11212 10776 21988 0 0 0 3244 3076 6320
19 Thanjavur 105664 102034 207698 25059 24589 49648 323 314 637 8414 8324 16738
20 Theni 61091 54114 115205 16189 14613 30802 211 218 429 2023 2311 4334
21 The Nilgiris 31478 30008 61486 12574 12251 24825 2094 2069 4163 3107 3306 6413
22 Thiruchirapalli 115364 109368 224732 24203 23161 47364 2302 1583 3885 8052 7875 15927
23 Tirunelveli 152209 144205 296414 32831 31319 64150 1010 986 1996 13059 13759 26818
24 Thiruvallur 147483 140009 287492 41633 40242 81875 4631 4571 9202 12877 12886 25763
25 Thiruvannamalai 104512 99480 203992 26204 25427 51631 6672 5677 12349 3941 4074 8015
26 Thiruvarur 55199 53461 108660 22968 21919 44887 158 172 330 3652 4362 8014
27 Thoothukudi 80986 75777 156763 18999 17323 36322 627 539 1166 3530 3910 7440
28 Vellore 183222 173923 357145 44421 42129 86550 5223 4656 9879 22035 22883 44918
29 Villupuram 149041 144471 293512 49979 48300 98279 5467 5093 10560 6206 6131 12337
30 Virudhunagar 92500 88035 180535 23582 22633 46215 259 197 456 2382 2183 4565
Tamilnadu 3112392 2930212 6042604 752493 721356 1473849 58518 53596 112114 202551 205002 407553
Source: EER & DISE 2008-09
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Enrolment and Out of School Children (5-10 age group) – 2009 - 10
Out of School Children (5-10 age group) Target
All SC ST Minority
S.
Child pop
Child pop
Child pop
% of OSC
% of OSC
% of OSC
District
% of osc
to Child
No.
to Mnt
to ST
toSC
pop
1 Chennai 753 773 1526 0.41 112 108 220 0.25 12 12 24 0.74 92 74 166 0.55
2 Coimbatore 765 714 1479 0.38 110 117 227 0.28 33 36 69 0.89 28 31 59 0.31
3 Cuddalore 321 351 672 0.29 153 126 279 0.33 45 9 54 1.76 43 46 89 0.97
4 Dharmapuri 465 391 856 0.63 101 71 172 0.73 126 66 192 3.26 36 29 65 2.14
5 Dindigul 946 778 1724 0.93 233 171 404 0.88 34 19 53 6.45 13 16 29 0.36
6 Erode 409 367 776 0.39 178 130 308 0.69 130 149 279 9.70 30 34 64 0.79
7 Kancheepuram 647 645 1292 0.45 99 106 205 0.22 8 7 15 0.19 32 41 73 0.50
8 Kanyakumari 132 86 218 0.14 10 14 24 0.24 5 6 11 1.11 6 4 10 0.18
9 karur 117 91 208 0.25 17 23 40 0.21 0 0 0 0.00 9 4 13 0.39
10 Krishnagiri 2176 721 2897 1.49 348 306 654 2.66 148 134 282 8.30 473 37 510 1.90
11 Madurai 502 447 949 0.35 103 96 199 0.43 16 18 34 4.89 25 14 39 0.33
12 Nagapattinam 293 247 540 0.37 219 185 404 0.72 2 1 3 0.48 47 74 121 1.37
13 Namakkal 398 377 775 0.59 155 123 278 0.92 53 29 82 1.48 18 30 48 2.21
14 Perambalur 322 269 591 0.50 84 72 156 0.43 13 8 21 1.04 4 10 14 0.42
15 Pudukottai 81 68 149 0.10 8 8 16 0.06 3 2 5 9.80 25 15 40 0.38
16 Ramanathapuram 268 239 507 0.41 116 111 227 0.82 14 12 26 3.62 42 61 103 0.66
17 Salem 735 637 1372 0.47 204 138 342 0.60 128 141 269 2.04 8 4 12 0.18
18 Sivagangai 224 227 451 0.42 107 102 209 0.94 0 0 0 0.00 19 19 38 0.68
19 Thanjavur 1181 973 2154 1.03 429 325 754 1.49 37 15 52 7.73 172 131 303 2.03
20 Theni 124 120 244 0.21 53 42 95 0.31 2 0 2 0.45 0 0 0 0.00
21 The Nilgiris 180 152 332 0.54 136 75 211 0.84 36 50 86 2.01 30 20 50 0.90
22 Thiruchirapalli 713 760 1473 0.65 112 96 208 0.44 9 10 19 0.49 7 18 25 0.18
23 Tirunelveli 454 398 852 0.29 158 157 315 0.49 43 34 77 3.83 52 45 97 0.41
24 Thiruvallur 554 494 1048 0.36 194 187 381 0.46 100 79 179 1.89 80 64 144 0.63
25 Thiruvannamalai 530 510 1040 0.51 84 51 135 0.26 255 267 522 4.14 25 25 50 0.72
26 Thiruvarur 246 255 501 0.46 143 144 287 0.63 8 10 18 5.16 34 53 87 1.20
27 Thoothukudi 91 89 180 0.11 35 37 72 0.20 0 5 5 0.42 3 3 6 0.09
28 Vellore 461 470 931 0.26 69 90 159 0.18 82 101 183 1.81 91 134 225 0.57
29 Villupuram 623 509 1132 0.38 273 195 468 0.47 90 68 158 1.49 6 6 12 0.11
30 Virudhunagar 237 234 471 0.26 64 54 118 0.25 2 4 6 1.29 30 24 54 1.19
Tamilnadu 14948 12392 27340 0.45 4107 3460 7567 0.51 1434 1292 2726 2.37 1480 1066 2546 0.72
Source: EER & DISE 2008 - 09
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Enrolment (11-13 age group)
S.
District All SC ST Minority
No.
1 Chennai 115894 114638 230532 27046 26738 53784 1886 1417 3303 11060 8727 19787
2 Coimbatore 125551 116551 242102 26522 25095 51617 2755 2451 5206 4521 4657 9178
3 Cuddalore 70508 65413 135921 23847 22664 46511 1003 675 1678 2731 2643 5374
4 Dharmapuri 44462 36918 81380 7552 6487 14039 1727 1595 3322 898 869 1767
5 Dindigul 55217 51078 106295 14016 12877 26893 85 190 275 2150 2189 4339
6 Erode 67580 60580 128160 14365 13248 27613 807 696 1503 2295 2821 5116
7 Kancheepuram 96548 90598 187146 32054 30085 62139 1648 1505 3153 4035 3893 7928
8 Kanyakumari 45248 42915 88163 3652 3789 7441 239 204 443 1563 1533 3096
9 karur 26023 23721 49744 6073 5371 11444 35 45 80 855 894 1749
10 Krishnagiri 48414 44458 92872 8157 7669 15826 508 728 1236 11642 9202 20844
11 Madurai 78008 70901 148909 12907 12096 25003 180 169 349 3186 3128 6314
12 Nagapattinam 47415 44274 91689 18256 17286 35542 119 138 257 2277 2731 5008
13 Namakkal 43783 36614 80397 10361 9209 19570 1894 1559 3453 522 600 1122
14 Perambalur 36512 33595 70107 10913 10242 21155 438 406 844 965 950 1915
15 Pudukottai 43733 41901 85634 8700 8441 17141 6 3 9 2913 2736 5649
16 Ramanathapuram 35288 33888 69176 7983 7059 15042 180 203 383 4065 4643 8708
17 Salem 91465 76998 168463 18039 15892 33931 3174 2852 6026 1930 1831 3761
18 Sivagangai 35194 33206 68400 7343 6798 14141 0 0 0 1586 1509 3095
19 Thanjavur 64656 60554 125210 15798 15136 30934 448 432 880 4234 3908 8142
20 Theni 34989 30101 65090 8613 7580 16193 64 49 113 1003 1141 2144
21 The Nilgiris 19056 18056 37112 7821 7717 15538 1004 831 1835 1538 1760 3298
22 Thiruchirapalli 72572 67385 139957 15666 15108 30774 1772 1064 2836 3976 4115 8091
23 Tirunelveli 86335 80272 166607 18418 17044 35462 708 681 1389 6720 6621 13341
24 Thiruvallur 90516 82514 173030 26434 24600 51034 2951 2369 5320 6148 6270 12418
26 Thiruvarur 34604 33052 67656 14565 13802 28367 400 343 743 1860 1953 3813
27 Thoothukudi 46221 43378 89599 10692 9948 20640 445 418 863 1740 1852 3592
28 Vellore 106639 101594 208233 26070 25275 51345 2834 2396 5230 8314 8775 17089
29 Villupuram 83124 77879 161003 27953 26455 54408 2363 2186 4549 3100 3014 6114
30 Virudhunagar 51090 47986 99076 12678 11821 24499 75 72 147 1188 1167 2355
Tamilnadu 1856371 1716990 3573361 457926 430107 888033 31950 27520 59470 100854 97947 198801
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Out of School Children (11-13 age group)
All SC ST Muslim Minority
S. No. District % of % of OSC
% of OSC % of OSC
OSC to to
B G T to Child B G T B G T to ST B G T
SC Child Minority
pop Child pop
pop Child pop
1 Chennai 1225 1288 2513 1.08 150 148 298 0.55 13 12 25 0.75 196 179 375 1.86
2 Coimbatore 1399 1395 2794 1.14 234 248 482 0.93 39 36 75 1.43 65 104 169 1.80
3 Cuddalore 395 331 726 0.53 152 128 280 0.60 8 8 16 0.94 18 19 37 0.69
4 Dharmapuri 643 629 1272 1.52 151 151 302 2.13 79 88 167 4.98 11 9 20 1.11
5 Dindigul 931 905 1836 1.69 171 160 331 1.21 11 7 18 6.25 56 65 121 2.69
6 Erode 421 383 804 0.63 177 151 328 1.17 93 81 174 10.38 18 22 40 0.78
7 Kancheepuram 680 674 1354 0.72 105 96 201 0.32 10 10 20 0.63 20 37 57 0.70
8 Kanyakumari 251 208 459 0.52 24 18 42 0.56 10 17 27 5.87 19 13 32 1.03
9 karur 214 182 396 0.79 49 70 119 1.03 0 0 0 0.00 4 9 13 0.74
10 Krishnagiri 1783 1054 2837 2.98 309 243 552 3.37 78 60 138 8.57 128 40 168 6.19
11 Madurai 1445 1155 2600 1.71 409 379 788 3.10 10 10 20 5.56 28 35 63 0.98
12 Nagapattinam 483 337 820 0.88 241 160 401 1.12 1 1 2 0.76 82 67 149 3.03
13 Namakkal 1478 1343 2821 3.36 163 138 301 1.51 59 51 110 3.16 2 7 9 0.86
14 Perambalur 394 341 735 1.04 146 181 327 1.53 20 25 45 5.13 2 5 7 0.37
15 Pudukottai 125 125 250 0.29 13 19 32 0.19 1 1 2 18.18 12 13 25 0.45
16 Ramanathapuram 483 380 863 1.23 222 209 431 2.83 24 34 58 14.99 245 185 430 4.89
17 Salem 900 696 1596 0.93 143 124 267 0.78 171 121 292 4.67 7 6 13 0.35
18 Sivagangai 422 413 835 1.19 147 146 293 2.03 0 0 0 0.00 18 16 34 1.08
19 Thanjavur 1341 949 2290 1.80 404 356 760 2.39 7 9 16 1.75 47 42 89 1.06
20 Theni 136 80 216 0.33 42 24 66 0.40 5 5 10 8.47 8 6 14 0.64
21 The Nilgiris 138 98 236 0.62 48 30 78 0.50 44 46 90 4.72 2 1 3 0.09
22 Thiruchirapalli 567 591 1158 0.82 52 71 123 0.40 6 5 11 0.38 3 5 8 0.10
23 Tirunelveli 825 737 1562 0.93 284 255 539 1.51 45 36 81 5.79 32 27 59 0.44
24 Thiruvallur 345 378 723 0.41 104 114 218 0.42 67 79 146 2.68 23 31 54 0.34
25 Thiruvannamalai 621 633 1254 1.07 129 143 272 0.89 226 221 447 10.58 13 13 26 0.74
26 Thiruvarur 552 508 1060 1.54 319 307 626 2.17 10 17 27 3.54 54 75 129 3.21
27 Thoothukudi 517 330 847 0.93 87 62 149 0.72 1 5 6 0.69 17 11 28 0.76
28 Vellore 528 377 905 0.43 120 88 208 0.40 104 80 184 3.35 74 67 141 0.82
29 Villupuram 1195 1241 2436 1.49 503 486 989 1.78 166 142 308 6.70 5 4 9 0.16
30 Virudhunagar 681 677 1358 1.35 109 103 212 0.86 8 8 16 10.26 16 11 27 1.15
Tamilnadu 21118 18438 39556 1.09 5207 4808 10015 1.12 1316 1215 2531 4.13 1225 1124 2349 1.27
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1.15.3. Out of School Children (Never Enrolled & Dropout)
The number of never enrolled children in 5-10 age group is 4873

of which 1698 are girls and the number of never enrolled in 11-14 age
group is 3639 of which 1523 are girls.
The number of dropout children in 5-10 age group is 22,427 of

which 10,694 are girls and the number in 11-14 age group is 35,917.
Among them 16,915 are girls. The number of dropout children is
higher than the number of never enrolled children.
The total number of out of school children in 6-14 age group is

66,896 of which 30,830 are girls.
The number of out of school children is high in Krishnagiri

(5734) and the number is least in Theni (460) and Karur (606) district.
Details of district wise out-of-school children are presented

below.
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Table – 50
District wise Out of School Children 2009-2010
Dropout Never enrolled
Sl. All All
District
No 5-10 Age Group 11-13 Age Group 5-10 Age Group 11-13 Age Group
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
1 Chennai 679 700 1379 1108 1163 2271 74 73 147 117 125 242
2 Coimbatore 700 642 1342 1321 1321 2642 65 72 137 78 74 152
3 Cuddalore 311 337 648 373 327 700 10 14 24 22 4 26
4 Dharmapuri 394 336 730 603 594 1197 71 55 126 40 35 75
5 Dindigul 750 661 1411 810 785 1595 196 117 313 121 120 241
6 Erode 395 351 746 411 371 782 14 16 30 10 12 22
7 Kancheepuram 642 641 1283 677 673 1350 5 4 9 3 1 4
8 Kanniyakumari 121 75 196 250 205 455 11 11 22 1 3 4
9 Karur 117 91 208 214 182 396 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Krishnagiri 532 481 1013 919 588 1507 1644 240 1884 864 466 1330
11 Madurai 453 408 861 1405 1127 2532 49 39 88 40 28 68
12 Nagapattinam 273 229 502 471 328 799 20 18 38 12 9 21
13 Namakkal 392 302 694 1393 1342 2735 6 75 81 85 1 86
14 Perambalur 315 252 567 384 339 723 7 17 24 10 2 12
15 Pudukkottai 78 62 140 122 118 240 3 6 9 3 7 10
16 Ramanthapuram 268 239 507 483 380 863 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Salem 573 493 1066 808 609 1417 162 144 306 92 87 179
18 Sivagangai 215 210 425 379 355 734 9 17 26 43 58 101
19 Thanjavur 965 780 1745 1175 807 1982 216 193 409 166 142 308
20 Theni 180 108 288 106 98 204 0 44 44 32 0 32
21 The Nilgiris 124 120 244 136 80 216 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Thiruchirappalli 546 568 1114 480 490 970 167 192 359 87 101 188
26 Thirunelveli 408 339 747 786 700 1486 46 59 105 39 37 76
22 Thiruvallur 493 464 957 320 331 651 61 30 91 25 47 72
23 Thiuvarur 246 253 499 551 508 1059 0 2 2 1 0 1
24 Thoothukudi 60 48 108 498 321 819 31 41 72 19 9 28
28 Vellore 450 459 909 525 372 897 11 11 22 3 5 8
29 Villupuran 366 337 703 1026 1113 2139 257 172 429 169 128 297
30 Viridhunagar 197 198 395 647 655 1302 40 36 76 34 22 56
Tamil Nadu 11773 10694 22467 19002 16915 35917 3175 1698 4873 2116 1523 3639
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Table – 50 (Cont…)
District wise Out of School Children
Out Of School children
Sl. All
District 5-10 Age Group 11-13 Age Group 5-13 Age Group
No
1 Chennai 753 773 1526 1225 1288 2513 1978 2061 4039
2 Coimbatore 765 714 1479 1399 1395 2794 2164 2109 4273
3 Cuddalore 321 351 672 395 331 726 716 682 1398
4 Dharmapuri 465 391 856 643 629 1272 1108 1020 2128
5 Dindigul 946 778 1724 931 905 1836 1877 1683 3560
6 Erode 409 367 776 421 383 804 830 750 1580
7 Kancheepuram 647 645 1292 680 674 1354 1327 1319 2646
8 Kanniyakumari 132 86 218 251 208 459 383 294 677
9 Karur 117 91 208 214 182 396 331 273 604
10 Krishnagiri 2176 721 2897 1783 1054 2837 3959 1775 5734
11 Madurai 502 447 949 1445 1155 2600 1947 1602 3549
12 Nagapattinam 293 247 540 483 337 820 776 584 1360
13 Namakkal 398 377 775 1478 1343 2821 1876 1720 3596
14 Perambalur 322 269 591 394 341 735 716 610 1326
15 Pudukkottai 81 68 149 125 125 250 206 193 399
16 Ramanthapuram 268 239 507 483 380 863 751 619 1370
17 Salem 735 637 1372 900 696 1596 1635 1333 2968
18 Sivagangai 224 227 451 422 413 835 646 640 1286
19 Thanjavur 1181 973 2154 1341 949 2290 2522 1922 4444
20 Theni 180 152 332 138 98 236 318 250 568
21 The Nilgiris 124 120 244 136 80 216 260 200 460
26 Thirunelveli 454 398 852 825 737 1562 1279 1135 2414
22 Thiruvallur 554 494 1048 345 378 723 899 872 1771
23 Thiuvarur 246 255 501 552 508 1060 798 763 1561
24 Thoothukudi 91 89 180 517 330 847 608 419 1027
28 Vellore 461 470 931 528 377 905 989 847 1836
29 Villupuran 623 509 1132 1195 1241 2436 1818 1750 3568
30 Viridhunagar 237 234 471 681 677 1358 918 911 1829
Tamil Nadu 14948 12392 27340 21118 18438 39556 36066 30830 66896
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1.15.4. Out of School Children by Reason
EER is the source to identify the Out of school children with
reasons.
Table - 51
Out of school children with reasons - 2009-2010
No. of out of School Children with reason
Compulsion
Household
Migration
No. of out of
Interest
Earning
Lack of
Lack of
Failure
S.
Access
Work
District school
No.
children
1 Chennai 4039 810 0 667 402 1999 161

2 Coimbatore 4273 754 193 715 314 2127 170
3 Cuddalore 1398 262 59 219 75 730 53
4 Dharmapuri 2128 426 95 357 106 1058 86
5 Dindigul 3560 731 165 565 183 1771 145
6 Erode 1580 316 71 265 79 786 63
7 Kancheepuram 2646 530 119 444 132 1315 106
8 Kanyakumari 677 169 0 112 34 336 26
9 Karur 604 121 27 101 30 300 25
10 Krishnagiri 5734 847 258 960 287 3153 229
11 Madurai 3549 710 0 595 477 1625 142
12 Nagapattinam 1360 272 0 228 68 738 54
13 Namakkal 3596 619 162 603 280 1789 143
14 Perambalur 1326 266 59 223 66 659 53
15 Pudukkottai 399 82 19 62 21 199 16
16 Ramanathapuram 1370 274 62 229 69 681 55
17 Salem 2968 494 133 497 248 1477 119
18 Sivagangai 1286 258 58 216 64 639 51
19 Thanjavur 4444 789 0 744 322 2411 178
20 Theni 460 92 21 77 23 230 17
21 The Nilgiris 568 114 25 95 28 283 23
22 Thiruchirappalli 2631 526 119 441 132 1309 104
23 Thirunelveli 2414 483 0 404 121 1310 96
24 Thiruvallur 1771 354 80 297 89 881 70
25 Thiruvannamalai 2294 459 104 384 115 1141 91
26 Thiruvarur 1561 312 70 262 78 777 62
27 Thoothukudi 1027 206 46 172 51 511 41
28 Vellore 1836 367 83 308 92 913 73
29 Villpuram 3568 514 160 598 378 1775 143
30 Virudhunagar 1829 366 0 306 91 992 74
Tamilnadu 66896 12523 2188 11146 4455 33915 2669
Source: EER 2008
The major reason for out of school in all districts is earning

compulsion (33,915) and household work (11,146). The strategy is
evolved to enroll all the out of school children in AIE based on the
reasons.
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1.15.5. Strategies to enroll out of school children
The coverage of out of school children under different strategies

during 2009-10 is presented in the table below.
Table – 52
District-wise No. of out of school children to be covered under different
Strategies for 2009-10
No. of No. of Out of School Children to be covered under different strategies 2009 - 10
Out of Residential Camp for Mentally Others
S. NRBC RBC
District school Summer
Challenged
(KGBV
No. children Camp
No. of children No. of children No. of children
&
Continuin
Identified Continuing New Total Continuing New Total
g
New Total NCLP)
1 Chennai 4039 1014 577 1097 1674 0 519 519 0 0 0 832
2 Coimbatore 4273 843 610 1161 1771 305 549 854 0 30 30 775
3 Cuddalore 1398 285 181 455 636 45 242 287 0 40 40 150
4 Dharmapuri 2128 135 304 578 882 152 173 325 0 0 0 786
5 Dindigul 3560 645 521 992 1513 261 369 630 75 25 100 672
6 Erode 1580 218 226 429 655 30 203 233 0 0 0 474
7 Kancheepuram 2646 532 378 619 997 189 240 429 0 0 0 688
8 Kanyakumari 677 261 97 184 281 0 135 135 0 0 0 0
9 Karur 604 23 136 314 450 23 58 81 0 0 0 50
10 Krishnagiri 5734 1172 819 1258 2077 309 736 1045 0 0 0 1440
11 Madurai 3549 1357 507 964 1471 253 468 721 0 0 0 0
12 Nagapattinam 1360 444 231 438 669 87 160 247 0 0 0 0
13 Namakkal 3596 735 513 977 1490 257 262 519 0 0 0 852
14 Perambalur 1326 462 189 360 549 30 225 255 50 10 60 0
15 Pudukkottai 399 105 59 112 171 29 94 123 0 0 0 0
16 Ramanad 1370 385 239 433 672 72 181 253 24 36 60 0
17 Salem 2968 607 300 606 906 212 281 493 0 0 0 962
18 Sivagangai 1286 262 184 482 666 92 166 258 0 0 0 100
19 Thanjavur 4444 1135 634 2064 2698 90 521 611 0 0 0 0
20 Theni 460 25 65 125 190 33 131 164 0 0 0 81
21 The Nilgiris 568 217 81 154 235 41 75 116 0 0 0 0
23 Thirunelveli 2414 494 345 656 1001 50 309 359 0 0 0 560
24 Thiruvallur 1771 362 253 381 634 100 128 228 0 0 0 547
26 Thiruvarur 1561 490 283 525 808 95 168 263 0 0 0 0
27 Thoothukudi 1027 207 147 279 426 73 132 205 0 0 0 189
28 Vellore 1836 375 262 499 761 90 177 267 0 0 0 433
29 Villpuram 3568 526 509 969 1478 255 459 714 0 0 0 850
30 Virudhunagar 1829 373 261 297 558 131 335 466 0 0 0 432
Tamil Nadu 66896 14495 9614 18746 28360 3568 7829 11397 149 141 290 12354
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1.16. Inclusive Education
Inclusive education for CWSN is implemented through NGOs in all
the districts. 40 NGOs who are already experienced in this field have
been chosen to implement this programme.
The District-wise details of children with special needs and

NGOs, assistive devices and beneficiaries under various interventions
during 2008-2009 are presented in the Table below.
Table - 53
Inclusive Education - Achievement 2008-2009
No. of Beneficiaries in Day care
No. of Schools provided Ramp

No. of Children in Home based
Brail Books
No. of disabled
No. of camps conducted
No.of Disabled Children
Beneficiaries
No. of Day care centres

No. of NGOs involved
children
functioning
Districts
Assistive devices
centres
S. No.
Surgery done
care
Supplied
B G T
1 Chennai 2 5668 20 683 6 319 10 88 19 0 0 0

2 Coimbatore 1 3617 44 375 72 828 7 83 19 4 4 8
3 Cuddalore 1 3639 28 571 0 315 14 127 19 16 5 21
4 Dharmapuri 1 2638 16 396 0 379 8 108 19 9 7 16
5 Dindigul 2 4003 32 909 91 470 16 179 19 10 7 17
6 Erode 1 2786 40 1211 42 649 8 133 19 16 0 16
7 Kancheepuram 2 4088 28 125 12 604 14 181 19 7 3 10
8 Kanyakumari 1 2855 18 224 0 276 9 63 19 1 4 5
9 Karur 1 1817 16 135 5 374 4 40 19 20 10 30
10 Krishnagiri 1 5275 20 149 36 772 10 152 19 2 7 9
11 Madurai 2 3917 30 1012 92 541 15 157 19 0 0 0
12 Nagapattinam 1 3032 22 141 0 613 11 119 19 1 1 2
13 Namakkal 2 2536 30 641 93 985 4 40 19 10 2 12
14 Perambalur 1 2726 20 295 0 515 10 57 19 3 1 4
15 Pudukkottai 1 6963 26 2522 0 169 13 38 19 0 0 0
16 Ramanathapuram 1 2200 22 624 24 261 11 132 19 0 0 0
17 Salem 2 5905 42 487 61 684 21 232 19 4 1 5
18 Sivagangai 1 2166 24 535 0 410 12 106 19 22 11 33
19 Thanjavur 1 5344 30 303 43 555 10 125 19 4 2 6
20 Theni 1 1888 16 783 15 91 8 46 19 2 0 2
21 The Nilgiris 1 1471 8 125 2 109 4 45 19 2 0 2
23 Thirunelveli 3 5756 42 993 75 999 18 64 19 6 10 16
24 Thiruvallur 1 3776 28 1050 0 732 14 144 19 8 6 14
26 Thiruvarur 1 3320 20 112 18 598 5 53 19 0 1 1
27 Thoothukkudi 1 3527 26 378 7 703 13 119 18 8 9 17
28 Vellore 2 4886 44 384 0 1178 22 149 18 14 20 34
29 Villupuram 2 6186 44 1709 0 924 22 260 18 6 5 11
30 Virudhunagar 1 4277 22 649 0 616 11 107 18 5 8 13
Tamilnadu 40 116339 826 19400 703 17083 352 3819 566 195 134 329
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During the current year, the target of 1,16,339 disabled
children have been covered. Around 826 camps have been conducted.
Assistive devices have been provided to 19,400 children. Home based
care and training has been given to 17,083 severely disabled children.
3819 have benefited through 352 day care centres. Ramp facilities
have been provided to 566 schools. Surgeries have been done 703
needy children.
1.16.1. Target 2009-2010

The districtwise details of disabled children by type and by age
group are provided in the Table below.
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Table – 54
Number of disabled children in School and Out of Schools by Type 2009-10
Age Group 5 to 10
VI HI ORT MC Multiple In Speech Others Grand Total (5-10)
S.
No District B G T B G T B G T B G T B G T B G T B G T B G Total
1 Chennai 129 117 246 133 138 271 110 90 200 185 145 330 50 56 106 166 89 255 122 89 211 895 724 1619
2 Coimbatore 90 74 164 124 118 242 262 157 419 196 128 324 93 61 154 149 104 253 62 41 103 976 683 1659
3 Cuddalore 80 71 151 87 58 145 181 113 294 223 164 387 104 77 181 171 165 336 47 44 91 893 692 1585
4 Dharmapuri 56 30 86 107 51 158 149 84 233 121 79 200 96 46 142 155 89 244 24 14 38 708 393 1101
5 Dindigul 81 71 152 64 46 110 172 97 269 196 143 339 96 56 152 117 91 208 169 159 328 895 663 1558
6 Erode 58 60 118 93 75 168 180 109 289 272 143 415 55 53 108 114 68 182 66 61 127 838 569 1407
7 Kancheepuram 92 74 166 99 83 182 329 255 584 379 343 722 94 62 156 144 107 251 49 34 83 1186 958 2144
8 Kanyakumari 47 42 89 77 61 138 126 72 198 132 89 221 65 50 115 60 38 98 38 26 64 545 378 923
9 Karur 36 22 58 29 28 57 65 37 102 88 77 165 22 26 48 84 49 133 22 14 36 346 253 599
10 Krishnagiri 93 73 166 38 29 67 180 102 282 177 130 307 88 64 152 139 89 228 40 28 68 755 515 1270
11 Madurai 116 109 225 187 123 310 163 94 257 261 186 447 82 60 142 136 83 219 118 103 221 1063 758 1821
12 Nagapattinam 63 42 105 61 46 107 158 82 240 161 114 275 102 58 160 119 90 209 37 36 73 701 468 1169
13 Namakkal 70 43 113 31 21 52 129 77 206 137 75 212 41 34 75 103 66 169 114 170 284 625 486 1111
14 Perambalur 51 34 85 31 17 48 141 74 215 161 120 281 75 50 125 101 76 177 39 32 71 599 403 1002
15 Pudukkottai 120 121 241 75 74 149 207 111 318 234 170 404 69 51 120 172 89 261 46 36 82 923 652 1575
16 Ramanadhapuram 62 51 113 46 33 79 118 83 201 148 114 262 68 58 126 88 68 156 91 84 175 621 491 1112
17 Salem 129 71 200 114 62 176 303 132 435 387 241 628 99 56 155 162 103 265 67 39 106 1261 704 1965
18 Sivagangai 39 30 69 97 59 156 106 64 170 109 88 197 68 58 126 83 45 128 91 62 153 593 406 999
19 Thanjavur 75 54 129 110 79 189 179 102 281 188 150 338 99 58 157 104 90 194 52 33 85 807 566 1373
20 Theni 51 31 82 49 33 82 111 47 158 143 83 226 54 29 83 72 54 126 17 8 25 497 285 782
21 The Nilgiris 45 26 71 28 20 48 33 27 60 53 24 77 32 25 57 30 25 55 15 10 25 236 157 393
22 Thiruchirapalli 97 103 200 99 71 170 203 109 312 224 168 392 119 85 204 180 107 287 80 70 150 1002 713 1715
23 Tirunelveli 136 89 225 154 110 264 296 196 492 290 227 517 92 57 149 150 97 247 78 45 123 1196 821 2017
24 Thiruvallur 95 79 174 95 61 156 137 88 225 176 145 321 72 48 120 155 112 267 53 34 87 783 567 1350
25 Thiruvanamalai 54 57 111 96 71 167 214 127 341 365 230 595 147 122 269 243 184 427 48 48 96 1167 839 2006
26 Thiruvarur 46 35 81 30 17 47 134 64 198 134 107 241 71 49 120 128 86 214 43 31 74 586 389 975
27 Thoothukkudi 36 32 68 47 42 89 199 81 280 191 145 336 48 47 95 60 56 116 53 45 98 634 448 1082
28 Vellore 105 75 180 144 106 250 228 149 377 262 188 450 119 93 212 224 154 378 72 63 135 1154 828 1982
29 Vilupuram 124 106 230 144 109 253 332 215 547 389 288 677 101 92 193 252 195 447 114 78 192 1456 1083 2539
30 Virudhunagar 65 60 125 105 73 178 196 112 308 240 144 384 67 56 123 93 66 159 74 59 133 840 570 1410
Tamil Nadu 2341 1882 4223 2594 1914 4508 5341 3150 8491 6222 4448 10670 2388 1737 4125 3954 2735 6689 1941 1596 3537 24781 17462 42243
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Number of disabled children in School and Out of Schools by Type 2009 – 10
Age Group 11 to 13 in School
In Out of
Total
S. VI HI ORT MC Multiple Inspeech Others Total (11-13) School School
District Disabled
No. Total Total
Children
B G T B G T B G T B G T B G T B G T B G T B G T 5-13 5-13
1 Chennai 189 237 426 151 130 281 82 65 147 60 46 106 30 17 47 103 42 145 44 39 83 659 576 1235 2854 2521 5375
2 Coimbatore 110 67 177 106 92 198 151 97 248 93 52 145 31 24 55 68 54 122 27 32 59 586 418 1004 2663 1904 4567
3 Cuddalore 137 144 281 122 88 210 110 70 180 115 68 183 36 29 65 112 60 172 30 20 50 662 479 1141 2726 1216 3942
4 Dharmapuri 138 59 197 132 47 179 134 48 182 55 39 94 28 19 47 83 47 130 27 11 38 597 270 867 1968 804 2772
5 Dindigul 101 66 167 43 44 87 79 61 140 57 43 100 31 13 44 98 33 131 556 564 1120 965 824 1789 3347 1224 4571
6 Erode 66 30 96 69 55 124 142 58 200 58 49 107 31 23 54 52 29 81 47 25 72 465 269 734 2141 2287 4428
7 Kancheepuram 110 98 208 66 53 119 205 140 345 199 190 389 39 26 65 96 53 149 41 23 64 756 583 1339 3483 819 4302
8 Kanyakumari 45 29 74 57 31 88 71 52 123 100 59 159 30 15 45 34 32 66 28 20 48 365 238 603 1526 1428 2954
9 Karur 48 29 77 41 40 81 37 31 68 26 26 52 14 10 24 29 22 51 19 9 28 214 167 381 980 867 1847
10 Krishnagiri 81 76 157 37 15 52 121 44 165 74 38 112 34 18 52 44 22 66 22 17 39 413 230 643 1913 1920 3833
11 Madurai 216 140 356 154 111 265 141 94 235 92 59 151 42 26 68 61 38 99 57 69 126 763 537 1300 3121 1299 4420
12 Nagapattinam 65 52 117 71 40 111 125 73 198 80 51 131 31 30 61 62 35 97 38 31 69 472 312 784 1953 1403 3356
13 Namakkal 120 52 172 76 36 112 97 50 147 59 43 102 18 19 37 76 34 110 31 83 114 477 317 794 1905 2396 4301
14 Perambalur 65 47 112 24 14 38 81 46 127 80 43 123 39 29 68 44 31 75 29 19 48 362 229 591 1593 1505 3098
15 Pudukkottai 314 277 591 115 106 221 149 158 307 165 149 314 112 147 259 135 128 263 68 61 129 1058 1026 2084 3659 1191 4850
16 Ramnad 106 70 176 34 24 58 73 43 116 58 41 99 19 16 35 44 25 69 74 68 142 408 287 695 1807 975 2782
17 Salem 179 115 294 118 66 184 210 92 302 171 100 271 47 41 88 105 61 166 38 16 54 868 491 1359 3324 2596 5920
18 Sivagangai 32 27 59 65 43 108 80 56 136 52 32 84 23 19 42 43 31 74 20 41 61 315 249 564 1563 1248 2811
19 Thanjavur 115 68 183 70 62 132 152 68 220 81 44 125 46 24 70 58 47 105 27 22 49 549 335 884 2257 2313 4570
20 Theni 52 47 99 26 17 43 53 39 92 42 26 68 18 7 25 29 18 47 12 10 22 232 164 396 1178 576 1754
21 The Nilgiris 23 32 55 17 18 35 21 13 34 36 16 52 9 4 13 13 8 21 8 6 14 127 97 224 617 650 1267
22 Thiruchirapalli 147 225 372 91 56 147 136 82 218 124 74 198 55 33 88 107 53 160 30 36 66 690 559 1249 2964 2148 5112
23 Tirunelveli 161 201 362 116 97 213 181 135 316 148 118 266 77 49 126 63 38 101 46 55 101 792 693 1485 3502 1419 4921
24 Thiruvallur 165 97 262 65 58 123 88 76 164 71 69 140 24 32 56 90 47 137 36 22 58 539 401 940 2290 1762 4052
25 Thiruvanamalai 66 55 121 71 57 128 89 64 153 106 73 179 38 22 60 85 56 141 24 19 43 479 346 825 2831 1840 4671
26 Thiruvarur 59 42 101 28 21 49 89 59 148 86 56 142 34 21 55 62 43 105 25 13 38 383 255 638 1613 1229 2842
27 Thoothukkudi 44 40 84 30 12 42 97 48 145 83 52 135 25 14 39 42 17 59 49 23 72 370 206 576 1658 1426 3084
28 Vellore 133 129 262 121 103 224 150 74 224 97 59 156 43 33 76 108 71 179 41 43 84 693 512 1205 3187 2937 6124
29 Vilupuram 224 222 446 137 106 243 287 159 446 189 119 308 47 29 76 198 103 301 69 44 113 1151 782 1933 4472 1685 6157
30 Virudhunagar 47 48 95 48 39 87 110 72 182 68 28 96 21 12 33 47 27 74 38 30 68 379 256 635 2045 1423 3468
Tamil Nadu 3358 2821 6179 2301 1681 3982 3541 2167 5708 2725 1862 4587 1072 801 1873 2191 1305 3496 1601 1471 3072 16789 12108 28897 71140 47011 118151
Source : DISE 2008 – 09 & EER 2008
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In the age group 5-10, there are 42,243 differently abled
children in the state of whom 4223 children are visually impaired,
4508, are hearing impaired, 8491 orthopaedically impaired, 10670 are
mentally challenged, 4125 are multiple impaired, 6689 are in speech
disability and 3537 come under other types of disablity.
Similarly the number of disabled children in 11-13 age group is

28897. Among them, 6179 are visually impaired children, 3982 are
hearing impaired, 5708 are orthopaedically impaired, 4587 are
mentally challenged, 1873 are multiple impaired, 3496 are in speech
disability and 3072 come under other types of disablity.
Among the total 1,18,151 disabled children in 5-13 age group,

47011 still remain out of school and 71,140 are in school.
It has been planned to support all the disabled children

including children out of school under SSA through different
strategies in the ensuing year.
The proposed District-wise coverage of CWSN for the year

2009 - 10 is given in the following Table.
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Table - 55
Children with Special Needs (CWSN) - Target 2009 – 2010
No. of CWSN Proposed to cover through No. of

schools
S. No. of CWSN
District proposed to
No. identified
Schools DCC AIE HBE be made
barrier free
1 Chennai 5375 2854 300 300 1921 40

2 Coimbatore 4567 2663 660 660 584 22
3 Cuddalore 3942 2726 420 420 376 11
4 Dharmapuri 2772 1968 240 240 324 30
5 Dindigul 4571 3347 480 480 264 15
6 Erode 4428 2141 600 251 1436 20
7 Kancheepuram 4302 3483 420 250 149 15
8 Kanyakumari 2954 1526 270 270 888 15
9 Karur 1847 980 240 240 387 8
10 Krishnagiri 3833 1913 300 300 1320 30
11 Madurai 4420 3121 450 450 399 15
12 Nagapattinam 3356 1953 330 330 743 11
13 Namakkal 4301 1905 450 450 1496 30
14 Perambalur 3098 1593 300 300 905 30
15 Pudukkottai 4850 3659 390 390 411 30
16 Ramanathapuram 2782 1807 120 50 805 15
17 Salem 5920 3324 630 630 1336 15
18 Sivagangai 2811 1563 360 360 528 12
19 Thanjavur 4570 2257 450 450 1413 30
20 Theni 1754 1178 240 190 146 6
21 The Nilgiris 1267 617 120 120 410 8
22 Thiruchirappalli 5112 2964 480 480 1188 32
23 Thirunelveli 4921 3502 630 630 159 17
24 Thiruvallur 4052 2290 420 420 922 15
25 Thiruvannamalai 4671 2831 540 540 760 15
26 Thiruvarur 2842 1613 300 300 629 18
27 Thoothukudi 3084 1658 390 390 646 14
28 Vellore 6124 3187 660 660 1617 22
29 Villpuram 6157 4472 660 660 365 22
30 Virudhunagar 3468 2045 330 330 763 15
Tamilnadu 118151 71140 12180 11541 23290 578
Source: EER 2008
It is planned to organise medical camps at all blocks to identify the

children in need of assistive devices, surgery by involving Doctors, NGO’s,
Teachers and Parents. All the Disabled children are to be supported
through different interventions under Inclusive Education.
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1.17. Civil Works
Information relating to Infrastructure such as classrooms, toilets,

drinking water, furniture, play ground, compound wall etc are collected
under DISE. Provision of adequate infrastructure is planned to improve
the physical environment of schools to attract children and retain them in
schools.
1.17.1 Infrastructure Status in Primary School
Of the 23,395 Govt and Local body primary schools, 198 schools
do not have own buildings and 3392 schools require major repairs for
classrooms.
The availability of infrastructure in primary schools is presented
in the Table below.
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Table- 56
School Infrastructure Status – Primary
No. of
No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of
Total No. of No. of schools No. of No. of schools
S. No.of schools schools with PS with schools with schools schools schools with
District Pucca repairable with schools with with kitchen for
No. Schools without own major repair HM Drinking with Toilet with Girls Boundary
Classrooms class rooms access play ground mid day meal
building class rooms room water facility facility toilet wall
ramp
1 Chennai 144 4 7 981 101 116 144 121 93 45 122 82 124
2 Coimbatore 1222 0 160 3567 1031 674 1222 923 687 712 548 951 1051
3 Cuddalore 851 12 153 2389 738 88 851 522 405 696 185 449 749
4 Dharmapuri 802 9 104 2296 439 228 802 637 424 377 223 695 715
5 Dindigul 923 2 84 2541 805 456 923 667 446 431 140 686 834
6 Erode 1227 7 124 2964 732 325 1227 754 818 621 312 1054 1132
7 Kancheepuram 837 1 123 2268 647 345 837 724 409 393 194 520 701
8 Kanyakumari 288 9 61 989 247 243 288 168 223 154 124 180 255
9 Karur 572 5 71 897 447 74 572 311 405 337 136 403 477
10 Krishnagiri 1068 3 167 2712 689 156 1068 851 378 682 277 705 961
11 Madurai 753 2 109 1449 607 125 753 514 251 327 114 396 661
12 Nagapattinam 529 15 118 1384 358 326 529 379 245 206 146 314 460
13 Namakkal 665 0 96 1405 545 108 665 467 255 415 137 414 575
14 Perambalur 547 4 94 1416 472 63 547 335 229 322 149 378 491
15 Pudukkottai 1003 4 163 1896 698 112 1003 829 328 337 98 815 852
16 Ramanathapuram 741 1 82 1239 555 238 741 539 208 490 99 624 654
17 Salem 1096 25 145 2632 791 159 1096 683 406 616 197 833 938
18 Sivagangai 728 1 107 1488 557 199 728 528 250 263 76 535 632
19 Thanjavur 889 0 161 3238 913 267 889 669 421 435 132 578 791
20 Theni 322 0 36 854 183 94 322 230 186 190 93 209 276
21 The Nilgiris 258 18 26 596 291 209 258 194 167 60 21 131 236
22 Thiruchirappalli 802 6 102 1770 550 175 802 613 421 450 153 544 706
23 Thirunelveli 623 14 83 1699 326 210 623 481 347 373 132 490 573
24 Thiruvallur 885 13 128 1961 699 80 885 589 236 539 171 511 711
26 Thiruvarur 587 0 81 1536 424 172 587 473 396 339 102 411 520
27 Thoothukudi 494 3 55 994 248 107 494 404 241 458 96 399 448
28 Vellore 1409 30 229 3533 958 106 1409 959 617 297 386 765 1174
29 Villpuram 1276 6 243 3046 907 513 1276 748 400 973 206 753 1110
30 Virudhunagar 602 2 78 1365 330 95 602 411 348 263 57 461 499
Tamilnadu 23395 198 3392 58072 17036 6272 23395 16605 10529 12251 5071 15949 20393
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1.17.2 Infrastructure status in upper primary schools
The number of Govt and Local body schools with Upper primary
classes is 11,873. Of these schools, around 83 schools have reported
that they do not have buildings. The number of schools with major
repair classrooms is 13770. The number of schools with HM’s room is
8328.
The District-wise details of schools with infrastructure

availability are furnished in the Table below.
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Table - 57
School Infrastructure Status - Upper Primary
No. of No. of schools No. of No. of No. of
Total No. No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of
Total No. schools having UPS schools schools
S. of Pucca repairable schools with schools schools schools schools with
District of without classrooms in with with with
No. Class class Drinking with Toilet with Girls with play kitchen for
schools own dilapidated HM access Boundary
rooms rooms water facility facility toilet ground mid day meal
building condition room ramp wall
1 Chennai 213 8 18 2453 234 192 154 145 190 99 182 132 178
2 Coimbatore 663 0 129 4151 876 598 623 401 551 462 341 517 563
3 Cuddalore 472 2 99 2457 489 313 407 269 332 387 149 293 399
4 Dharmapuri 478 0 100 3444 469 121 421 330 395 352 165 419 438
5 Dindigul 325 1 56 2485 492 203 269 192 230 239 63 260 284
6 Erode 502 4 85 3245 506 186 476 217 448 389 199 398 463
7 Kancheepuram 524 0 114 3804 592 193 466 427 428 366 149 399 439
8 Kanyakumari 231 3 58 1395 343 220 210 114 217 148 120 163 217
9 Karur 207 0 46 1088 277 129 198 100 172 170 73 138 173
10 Krishnagiri 498 0 131 3393 596 383 498 300 347 357 127 360 446
11 Madurai 399 3 103 2120 524 211 338 224 263 285 103 255 350
12 Nagapattinam 331 3 80 1912 360 217 293 210 246 234 115 224 301
13 Namakkal 297 0 43 1920 231 198 266 169 228 249 100 227 246
14 Perambalur 335 6 56 1652 461 208 297 182 206 261 101 272 294
15 Pudukkottai 479 7 111 2570 655 399 423 295 335 291 108 394 408
16 Ramanathapuram 277 0 46 1525 345 167 197 170 200 249 52 245 231
17 Salem 553 14 164 4592 712 479 497 270 373 451 146 437 465
18 Sivagangai 344 0 65 2009 409 244 344 215 196 217 48 263 297
19 Thanjavur 421 0 108 2956 543 421 388 271 306 292 102 291 374
21 Theni 184 0 22 1129 124 114 164 111 163 131 64 123 168
20 The Nilgiris 168 2 26 800 213 150 154 97 144 72 20 122 159
22 Thiruchirappalli 397 7 108 2690 526 434 377 240 304 327 120 292 338
23 Thirunelveli 253 4 35 1845 219 199 221 142 206 211 100 194 229
24 Thiruvallur 488 10 126 3626 790 116 427 278 336 412 138 343 402
26 Thiruvarur 307 0 81 1611 353 184 293 192 260 234 96 227 289
27 Thoothukudi 181 1 32 859 162 171 163 111 135 172 64 148 162
28 Vellore 729 6 164 3770 707 492 605 406 456 295 256 452 629
29 Villpuram 714 1 171 4068 706 651 548 409 358 617 145 515 618
30 Virudhunagar 300 1 38 1599 288 281 260 169 244 215 69 231 236
Tamilnadu 11873 83 2532 74699 13770 8328 10497 7013 8599 8624 3693 8732 10321
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1.17.3. Civil Works –
Target & Achievement in 2008-09
The target and achievement of civil works relating to upper primary schools
(2008-2009) and additional classrooms of 2007-2008 and 2008-09 are presented in the
Table below.
Table - 58
Progress in Civil Works – 2008-2009
Additional Classroom Additional Classroom Upper primary building
S.
District 2007-08 2008 – 09 2008 - 09
No
Target Achievement Target Achievement Target Achievement
1 Chennai 0 0 122 122 0 0
2 Coimbatore 450 450 315 315 57 57
3 Cuddalore 115 115 0 0 40 40
4 Dharmapuri 67 67 13 13 40 40
5 Dindigul 136 136 16 16 44 32
6 Erode 162 162 46 46 64 62
7 Kancheepuram 138 138 0 0 55 55
8 Kanyakumari 53 53 59 59 0 0
9 Karur 86 86 15 15 20 13
10 Krishnagiri 353 353 330 330 40 40
11 Madurai 130 130 49 49 30 29
12 Nagapattinam 93 93 0 0 25 25
13 Namakkal 119 119 0 0 20 17
14 Perambalur 85 85 0 0 35 35
15 Pudukkottai 105 105 70 70 25 25
16 Ramanathapuram 91 91 0 0 24 22
17 Salem 191 191 305 305 70 57
18 Sivagangai 131 131 0 0 30 30
19 Thanjavur 119 119 31 31 25 25
20 Theni 68 68 15 15 15 15
21 The Nilgiris 25 25 0 0 5 5
23 Thirunelveli 163 163 0 0 15 15
24 Thiruvallur 75 75 229 229 25 25
26 Thiruvarur 87 87 0 0 41 39
27 Thoothukudi 112 112 51 51 20 15
28 Vellore 56 56 449 449 79 67
29 Villupuram 57 57 0 0 78 39
30 Virudhunagar 172 172 71 71 25 25
Tamil Nadu 3662 3662 2408 2408 1005 907
The additional classrooms of 2007-2008 shown in the Table have been
sanctioned only in 2008-2009 as allocation under spillover category in addition to
the AWP&B sanction for 2008-2009. As far as additional classrooms are
concerned, all works have been started and they are in various stages of progress in
all districts. Of the 1005 upper primary buildings sanctioned in the current year,
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907 buildings alone have been started. The remaining 98 buildings could not be
started as the PAB-approved middle schools (upgradation of primary into upper
primary) and State Government orders for District-wise upgradation of primary into
upper primary schools vary. The construction of buildings have been started only
for the schools approved by PAB. The civil works grant and school grant of the 98
buildings could not be spent.
1.17.4. Civil Works Requirments

The District-wise infrastructural requirements are presented the Table below.
Table 59
Civil Works – Requirements
Requirements
S. No. of Compound
Districts Kitchen Girls Water Electrif Bore Major
No Class Wall Toilet Bala Ramps
Shed Toilets Supply ication Well Repairs
rooms (Meters)
1 Chennai 0 740 12 42 30 41 0 213 8 41 27

2 Coimbatore 322 163592 186 571 356 301 254 711 254 72 277
3 Cuddalore 0 29500 0 200 0 125 250 240 100 240 280
4 Dharmapuri 221 79430 33 150 0 51 160 551 200 160 16
5 Dindigul 160 24107 42 68 60 60 40 578 20 45 70
6 Erode 600 114423 197 464 435 314 0 719 118 0 84
7 Kancheepuram 170 84341 221 210 515 177 280 602 243 108 483
8 Kanyakumari 44 16200 0 47 32 44 388 217 10 99 52
9 Karur 212 13283 62 367 241 73 109 272 158 16 96
10 Krishnagiri 865 109519 139 372 0 206 76 527 15 101 0
11 Madurai 178 22038 141 414 638 323 300 540 499 311 180
12 Nagapattinam 498 31857 75 765 110 126 20 420 100 30 10
13 Namakkal 144 25178 192 953 441 108 167 298 295 295 391
14 Perambalur 513 30367 100 289 0 179 84 299 108 0 70
15 Pudukkottai 390 127871 129 208 223 239 92 854 109 92 140
16 Ramanathapuram 173 70467 36 156 0 203 253 279 249 187 78
17 Salem 180 48690 0 224 263 362 335 582 167 84 0
18 Sivagangai 100 40307 125 25 0 21 592 263 30 0
19 Thanjavur 298 25802 331 98 6 43 150 583 250 186 30
20 Theni 106 52617 43 139 0 94 106 294 25 16 100
21 The Nilgiris 34 16800 0 120 0 58 37 185 1 0 17
22 Tiruchirappalli 258 21981 15 139 0 128 45 422 10 0 0
23 Thirunelveli 180 46207 40 90 90 100 216 321 136 39 111
24 Thiruvallur 46 51266 260 367 300 319 70 45 242 325 0
25 Tiruvannamalai 125 141519 0 191 0 717 90 422 170 180 36
26 Thiruvarur 294 30258 50 459 123 263 168 292 277 119 112
27 Thoothukkudi 24 8481 4 94 117 62 0 965 316 0 48
28 Vellore 1306 89990 249 142 115 249 22 1546 493 0 251
29 Villupuram 589 80017 451 1291 1327 864 458 400 447 0 10
30 Virudhunagar 250 40000 0 247 299 80 165 424 215 0 0
Total 8280 1636848 3133 8902 5721 5930 4335 14393 5498 2776 2969
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It has been estimated that there is need for 8280 classrooms in
all districts. Also 8902 units of common toilets, 5721 units girls
toilets and 5930 units of water facilities are required.
1.17.5. Furniture
Similarly, the schools that are in need of furniture for students

and number of students in need of furniture are also presented in the
Table below.
Table 59 a
Information on Govt. Upper Primary Schools without Furniture
Students
No. of UP studying Eligible Balance of
Total No. of Furniture
Schools 6,7& 8 Balance students students
S. no. of students provided
District sanctioned classes of UP for whom for whom
No UP in all UP in
under SSA in SSA School furniture is Furniture
Schools Schools 2008-09
since 2001 UP provided Eligible
School
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Chennai 213 51183 6 422 207 50761 0 50761
2 Coimbatore 663 130238 284 17046 379 113192 0 113192
3 Cuddalore 472 77059 176 10162 296 66897 0 66897
4 Dharmapuri 478 70504 289 17465 189 53039 0 53039
5 Dindigul 325 51936 108 5841 217 46095 0 46095
6 Erode 502 78867 193 10368 309 68499 0 68499
7 Kancheepuram 524 97595 176 9590 348 88005 0 88005
8 Kanyakumari 231 27199 9 481 222 26718 2800 23918
9 Karur 207 33390 62 3603 145 29787 0 29787
10 Krishnagiri 498 73955 249 15306 249 58649 0 58649
11 Madurai 399 57999 155 9424 244 48575 0 48575
12 Nagapattinam 331 51984 136 8102 195 43882 0 43882
13 Namakkal 297 53701 136 8590 161 45111 0 45111
14 Perambalur 335 48113 131 7372 204 40741 0 40741
15 Pudukkottai 479 61033 194 12321 285 48712 0 48712
16 Ramanathapuram 277 33384 96 5617 181 27767 0 27767
17 Salem 553 114125 250 14595 303 99530 0 99530
18 Sivagangai 344 33909 172 8734 172 25175 0 25175
19 Thanjavur 421 63126 122 7299 299 55827 0 55827
20 Theni 184 27304 54 3100 130 24204 4800 19404
21 The Nilgiris 168 16727 31 1915 137 14812 12000 2812
22 Thiruchirappalli 397 61702 104 5669 293 56033 0 56033
23 Thirunelveli 253 44326 55 3006 198 41320 0 41320
24 Thiruvallur 488 86501 176 10945 312 75556 0 75556
25 Thiruvannamalai 603 88717 213 12522 390 76195 0 76195
26 Thiruvarur 307 44281 128 6922 179 37359 0 37359
27 Thoothukudi 181 18801 38 1909 143 16892 0 16892
28 Vellore 729 126697 220 12240 509 114457 0 114457
29 Villpuram 714 115666 280 17723 434 97943 0 97943
30 Virudhunagar 300 42066 124 6263 176 35803 0 35803
Tamilnadu 11873 1882088 4367 254552 7506 1627536 19600 1607936
Source : DISE 2008
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1.18. Research, Evaluation and Monitoring (REM)
During 2008-09, 4010 Action Research Studies and 30 impact

studies were planned. All the studies have been completed. Based on
the studies, issues have been identified and appropriate strategies
have been developed for 2008-09. It is also proposed to undertake
4010 studies in the ensuing year.
Table - 60
Research, Evaluation and Monitoring – Target, Achievement and Proposal
No. of studies planned in No. of studies completed
No. of studies proposed for 2009-10
2008-09 in 2008-09
Action
Evaluation & impact
Evaluation & impact

Other studies (GIS)
Other studies (GIS)

Action Research
Action Research
Research,Achievement Test, Evaluation & impact
S. Cohort, Trg. Impact, Child studies,All surveys
Districts studies
studies
No. Tracking, School by involving
Grading,Teachers Independent
attendance,Pupils attendance Agencies @1 per
and Pupils achievement @ 10 District
per Block
1 Chennai 100 1 100 1 _ 100 1
2 Coimbatore 200 1 _ 200 1 _ 200 1
3 Cuddalore 130 1 _ 130 1 _ 130 1
4 Dharmapuri 80 1 _ 80 1 _ 80 1
5 Dindigul 140 1 _ 140 1 _ 140 1
6 Erode 200 1 _ 200 1 _ 200 1
7 Kancheepuram 140 1 _ 140 1 _ 140 1
8 Kanyakumari 90 1 _ 90 1 _ 90 1
9 Karur 80 1 _ 80 1 _ 80 1
10 Krishnagiri 100 1 _ 100 1 _ 100 1
11 Madurai 140 1 _ 140 1 _ 140 1
12 Nagapattinam 110 1 _ 110 1 _ 110 1
13 Namakkal 150 1 _ 150 1 _ 150 1
14 Perambalur 100 1 _ 100 1 _ 100 1
15 Pudukkottai 130 1 _ 130 1 _ 130 1
16 Ramanathapuram 110 1 _ 110 1 _ 110 1
17 Salem 210 1 _ 210 1 _ 210 1
18 Sivagangai 120 1 _ 120 1 _ 120 1
19 Thanjavur 140 1 _ 140 1 _ 140 1
20 Theni 80 1 _ 80 1 _ 80 1
21 The Nilgiris 40 1 _ 40 1 _ 40 1
22 Thiruchirappalli 150 1 _ 150 1 _ 150 1
23 Thirunelveli 200 1 _ 200 1 _ 200 1
24 Thiruvallur 140 1 _ 140 1 _ 140 1
25 Thiruvannamalai 180 1 _ 180 1 _ 180 1
26 Thiruvarur 100 1 _ 100 1 _ 100 1
27 Thoothukkudi 120 1 _ 120 1 _ 120 1
28 Vellore 200 1 _ 200 1 _ 200 1
29 Villupuram 220 1 _ 220 1 _ 220 1
30 Virudhunagar 110 1 _ 110 1 _ 110 1
Tamil Nadu 4010 30 - 4010 30 - 4010 30
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1.18.1. Monitoring
SSA envisages community based monitoring system. The

Educational Management Information System (EMIS) incorporates
provision for correlation of school level data with community bound
information.
All Schools send monthly reports relating to enrolment,
attendance of teachers, pupils, noon meal beneficiary particulars,
grants received, utilized, other incentives received, community
contribution pupils performance etc. to the block officer and block
consolidation sent to the district officer and district consolidation sent
to the State Directorate. The periodic reporting system also ensure
feedback system.
Panchayat Raj instition formed standing committee/sub
committee which is the nodal body for all matters relating to
elementary education. The VEC is linked with the nodal body in
implementing the SSA programme and also to monitor the progress at
grass root level.
The village, block and district committees are involved
monitoring of SSA programme. The State implementing societies,
representatives from NUPEA, NCERT, NCTE are also undertaking
periodic monitoring.
During 2009-10, IIT, Chennai is going to be involved in
monitoring. Joint Review Mission of SSA is also taking periodicial
review.
1.19. Management
SSA Mission is being implemented in Tamil Nadu since 2001-

2002 to achieve the objectives through the following Management
structure
The SSA Mission is being implemented by the State society,
namely, Tamil Nadu State Mission of Education for All (TANSMEA)
is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act. The
Society has a General Council and an Executive Committee. The
General Council is headed by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
and the Executive Committee by the Secretary, School Education
Department. Under the guidance and advice of the General Council
and the Executive Committee, the State Project Directorate headed by
the State Project Director implements and monitors the programme at
State level. In each District, there is a District Project Office. The Chief
Education Officer of the District is the District Project Coordinator. The
District Elementary Education Officer is the Additional District
Programme Coordinator. An Assistant District Programme Coordinator
in the cadre of Higher Secondary School Headmaster assists in the
planning, implementing and monitoring the programme at the District
level integrating the School Education and Elementary Education
department.
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As per G.O.Ms.No.53, School Education dated 26.04.2002 and
G.O.Ms.No.108, School Education dated 31.07.2003, Four-Tier
Committees, viz, State, District, Block and Village levels have been
constituted to implement and monitor the programme. The Secretary,
School Education Department is the Chairperson for the State-level
Committee. The District Collector is the Chairperson of the District-
level Committee. The Panchayat Union Chairman is the Chairperson of
the Block-level Committee. The Panchayat President is the
Chairperson of the Village Education Committee and Ward member
holds the position in urban areas.
1.19.1. SSA Management Structure
The Programme implementation is carried out through the

Project Management Structures viz., Village Education Committees /
Parent Teacher Associations, Cluster Resource Centres, Block Resource
Centres, District Project Offices and State Project Office with integrating
Education Department structure at field level.
District-wise number of VECs/PTAs, CRCs, BRCs in the State is

furnished below.
Table – 61
District wise No. of VECs/PTAs, CRCs & BRCs
S.No. District VECs CRCs BRCs URCs
1 Chennai 710 110 0 10
2 Coimbatore 2123 199 19 1
3 Cuddalore 1613 172 13 0
4 Dharmapuri 1299 100 8 0
5 Dindigul 1572 163 14 0
6 Erode 1893 142 20 0
7 Kancheepuram 1604 172 13 1
8 Kanyakumari 802 89 9 0
9 Karur 841 75 8 0
10 Krishnagiri 1591 121 10 0
11 Madurai 1465 165 13 1
12 Nagapattinam 1183 100 11 0
13 Namakkal 1052 83 15 0
14 Perambalur 1007 107 10 0
15 Pudukkottai 1594 145 13 0
16 Ramanathapuram 1266 124 11 0
17 Salem 1778 174 20 1
18 Sivagangai 1306 109 12 0
19 Thanjavur 1608 165 14 0
20 Theni 744 80 8 0
21 The Nilgiris 563 45 4 0
23 Thirunelveli 2150 192 19 1
24 Thiruvallur 1569 133 14 0
26 Thiruvarur 1018 95 10 0
27 Thoothukudi 1525 108 12 0
28 Vellore 2466 202 20 0
29 Villpuram 2318 234 22 0
30 Virudhunagar 1399 134 11 0
Tamil Nadu 43656 4088 385 16
Source: District Reports / DISE 2008
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State Project Directorate – Staff Structure
S. No. of
Name of the Post
No. Posts
1. State Project Director 1
Joint Directors
2. 4
(Deputation from School Education Department)
Secretary to SPD (Deputy Director)
3. 1
(Deputation from School Education Department)
Finance and Accounts Officer
4. 1
(Under Secretary - Finance)
MIS Co-ordinator
5. 1
(Deputation from Statistics Department)
Co-ordinators
7. 5
(Hr. Sec. School HMs)
8. Deputy Co-ordinators (P.G. Assistants) 4
9. Assistant Co-ordinators B.T. Assistants) 7
Total 24
Ministerial Staff
1 Superintendent 4
2 Assistant 7
3 Typist 3
4 Steno-Typist 3
5 Driver 3
6 Office Assistant 5
Total 25
1 Consultant on consolidated pay 7
2 Staff on Consolidated service fees 19
Total 23
Grand Total 72
District Project Office – Staff Structure
No. of
S. No. Name of the Post
Posts
1. District Programme Co-ordinator 1
2. Assistant Project Officer 1
Training Officer/
1
3. Media and Documentation Officer or
1
Women Development Officer
4. Accountant/Finance and Accounts Officer 1
5. Statistical Officer 1
6. Superintendent 1
7. Assistant 2
8. Assistant Executive Engineer 1
9. Programmer 2
10. Data Entry Operator 3
11. Academic Consultant 2
12. Civil Consultant 4
13. Office Assistant 1
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1.19.2. Management Information System
A fulfledged MIS unit has been established at the State and
District levels with hardware and staff support.
At the State level the following staff are in place.
• Programmer - 1
• Junior Programmer - 2
• Computer operator - 2
HARDWARE
• Server - 1
• Computer - 5
• Printer - 2
SOFTWARE
• Household survey/Child Labour.
• Cohort study.
• DISE - form NUPEA.
At District Level the following staff are in place.
• Stastical Officer - 1
• Programmer - 1
• Computer Operater - 2
HARDWARE
• Computer - 5
• Printer - 1
Software supply is through SPO.
1.19.3. Proposal for Strengthening of MIS Unit

It is proposed to establish a network system to connect all
Districts and sub districts.
1.19.3.1 Web Portal

The web portal has been established in the State as per MHRD
directons for facilitating data analysis and data retrival as and when
required at any level. The Real Time data of both physical and
financial progress in every component of SSA are available in the Web
Portal. All districts have successfully completed uploading and
approval of data for the year 2007 – 2008 (Annual) and for the first
three quarters relating to the year 2008 – 2009.
1.19.3.2. DISE
District Information System of Education is the computerised
school database system whihc is updated every year for educational
planning, management and also for moniotring the school efficiency in
the context of SSA. DISE 2008 has been completed after undertaking
5% sample check by external agencies follwed by through complete
validation. This has been extensively used for the current year’s
planning.
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1.19.4. Capacity Building
SSA envisages much importance in capacity building of teachers

for improving learning capacity of the children in school and
community member, staff and officials in effective planning,
implementing and management of the programme to achieve the
objectives with in the time period.
o Under SSA 20 days inservice training programme for all the

teachers as the capacity building initiative especially for quality
education to all the children.
o Ten-day induction training to newly recruited teachers.
o Five-day training to officials and staff for management.
o Two-day training to community members for planning
implementing and monitoring the programme.
o Computer training and data management to MIS staff.
1.19.5. Media and Documentation
Media has been of great help and support in moulding parents’

opinion and enlisting their involvement in enrolling all school-age
children. Documentation for application and dissemination is of great
importance under SSA.
Component wise documentations with successful practices have

been done for facilitating dissemination and emulation. The details of
the component wise activities undertaken during 2008-2009 are given
in Chapter 2.
1.19.6. Integration in Implementing the Programme
The officials of Directorate of School Education, Directorate of

Elementary Education and Directorate of Teacher Education Research
and Training actively participate in planning and implementing
process of SSA at district and sub district level. Close coordination is
ensured in among all Directorates of School Education Department.
1.20. Distance Education Programme (DEP)
Distance Education Programme (DEP) is one of the important

interventions of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. It provides technical and
academic support to the on-going programmes under SSA. With the
advent of EDUSAT facilities in Tamil Nadu, the State Project
Directorate has been continuously broadcasting educational
programmes since 2006.
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All 385 Block Resource Centres, 27 Urban Cluster Resource
Centres, 29 DIETS and 9 Government Teacher Training Institutes are
provided with Satellite Interactive Terminals (SIT) or Learning ends to
facilitate the live videoconferencing programmes. The programmes are
broadcast from Anna University HUB Station.
The following video-conferencing programmes have been

conducted for the benefit of BRTEs, practising teachers and the SSA
functionaries at District level during 2008-09.
S.
Name of the Programme Target
No.
BRTEs & ABL District
1. Terminal Survey
Coordinators
Hon’ble Minister for School Education
District and Block level SSA
2. interacted with District and Block level
Functionaries
functionaries
District officials CEO, DEEOs
3. Programme on Teachers’ profile
& AEEOs
Active Learning Methodology
Upper Primary Maths
4. (ALM) – Mathematics for Upper Primary
teachers and BRTEs
Maths Teachers and BRTEs
BRTEs and Resource
5. Changes in ABL Cards
Teachers
6. Orientation on ALM for BRTEs BRTEs – Resource Persons
BRTEs and Practicing
7. Action Research
Teachers
OSC Coordinators, BRC and
8. Out of School Children
District level
Grant Coordinators, BRC and
9. Grants
District level
Online Monitoring of ABL training at
10. Practicing Teachers
Vanur block
Accounts Officers at District
11. Audit and Accounts
level
BRTEs and Practising
12. Pillai Tamil
Teachers
13. ALM Reinforcement Training BRTEs
High and Hr. Sec.
14. e-governace
Headmasters
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EDUSAT Programme under DEP-SSA for 2009-10
No. of
Resource Target /
S. Programmes
Subjects Persons / Beneficiaries to
No. to be
Panelists be covered
organized
ABL on Tamil, English, Children
1. Maths, EVS/Science and State Resource Primary School
15
Social Science Team Teachers and
BRTEs
Active Learning Methodology Children Upper
(ALM) Tamil, English, Maths State Resource Primary School,
2. 15
Science and Social Science Team Teachers and
VI – VIII Standards BRTEs
Capacity Building for SPD, JDs, FAO,
District level functionaries FC, State Level District and
3. and periodical monitoring coordinators 20 Block level
and review programme on and functionaries
all SSA components Consultants
Popularizing the source
District and
book developed by NCERT State Resource
4. 5 Block level
for assessment at primary Team
functionaries
level
Orientation and Review on
Quality Monitoring Tools,
Quarterly Progress Report
State Resource
5. on Quality Related 4
Team
Parameters, Performance
standard identified on
ADEPTS
Besides the tentative programmes to be scheduled for the year 2009

– 2010, it is also planned to rebroadcast through EDUSAT the video
programmes already produced on ABL and ALM. Periodical update will be
made in the website created for highlighting SSA activities under each
component.
The DEP-SSA will coordinate with other Directorates like Directorate

of Elementary Education, DTERT and Directorate of School Education for
their live programmes through EDUSAT.
Orientation will be given to the EDUSAT coordinators on system

tuning and trouble shooting of SIT system.
The initiatives of popularizing the Source Book on Learning

assessment at Primary level is also included as part of the programme
through DEP. Translation of the source book in Regional language and
training the teachers and field staff is also planned through DEP.
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1.21. Special Focus Districts
In Tamilnadu, 12 districts have been identified by GOI as districts

that require special attention (Special focus districts) to provide additional
inputs for improvement in education. The Special focus districts in
Tamilnadu have been classified under 3 categories namely Districts with PS
UPS ratio > 3:1 (Programme category Group-Category-A), Districts with 25% and
above SC population and Minority District (Social category group – Category-D).
Special Focus Districts in Tamilnadu
Districts with PS UPS Districts with 25% Minority District

ratio > 3:1 and above SC
population
1. Dindigul 1. Cuddalore 1. Kanyakumari
2. Erode 2. Kancheepuram
3. Karur 3. Nagapattinam
4. Ramanathapuram 4. Perambalur
5. The Nilgiris
6. Thiruvarur
7. Villupuram
Many interventions are already being implemented in these Districts

with special focus on Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe children
particularly girl children and minority children. Based on Primary school
and Upper Primary school ratio, eligible primary schools to be upgraded
into upper primary schools are given in the next year (2009–10) proposal.
These Districts are given special attention this year and area-
specific, problem-specific, child-specific interventions have been planned
to be implemented in 2008-2009, the proposals of which are detailed in
Chapter IV – Activities & Budget.
1.22. Innovative Activities
The activities under the subcomponent of Innovation are Computer

Aided Learning (CAL), Early Childhood care and Education (ECCE), Girls
Education, Education of SC & ST children and Minority children. Efforts
have been taken in all districts with innovative spirit and with specific
coverage of children.
1.22.1. Computer Aided Learning

Computer Aided Learning (CAL) is one of the programmes
implemented by the State for improving quality. Children exhibit
enormous enthusiasm in learning, more so in the case of rural children.
Under this programme, BRCs, CRCs and select Primary and Middle
Schools function as learning centres which are equipped with computer
systems to provide training on CAL to teachers and Computer Aided
Learning to children. The services of Microsoft, INTEL and NIIT are utilized
under computer education. An IT academy at Chennai and 7 training
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centres in the districts established in co-ordination with Microsoft provide
computer training to teachers. INTEL have organized training to BRTEs
and teachers on project-based learning at Upper Primary level. NIIT
training helps BRTEs and teachers in handling computers in all districts.
The district-wise details of number of schools to be covered, teachers

to be trained during 2009-2010 are presented in the Table below.
Table – 62
Computer Aided Learning (CAL), achievement for 2008-09 and proposal for 2009-10
No of Achievement for 2008-09 Proposal for 2009-10

No. of
Govt. No. of
No. of Schools
Schools Provision No of schools Provision No. of No. of
S. schools to be
District with of No of teachers where of Children Teachers
No. with provided
upper Hardwares Beneficieries trained CAL Hardwares/ to be to be
CAL CAL
primary /Softwares on CAL centres Softwares Covered Trained
centres centres
classes proposed
1 Chennai 213 31 100 16500 120 182 50 100 20070 640

2 Coimbatore 663 30 100 22700 120 633 50 100 22190 640
3 Cuddalore 472 30 100 22470 120 442 50 100 13310 640
4 Dharmapuri 478 30 100 5830 120 448 50 100 5700 640
5 Dindigul 325 30 100 9960 120 295 50 100 9860 640
6 Erode 502 30 100 27320 120 472 50 100 19200 640
7 Kancheepuram 524 30 100 17510 120 494 50 100 8770 640
8 Kanyakumari 231 30 100 7620 120 201 50 100 6100 640
9 Karur 207 30 100 7570 120 177 50 100 5830 640
10 Krishnagiri 498 30 100 13980 120 468 50 100 6820 640
11 Madurai 399 30 100 13250 120 369 50 100 12540 640
12 Nagapattinam 331 30 100 17340 120 301 50 100 10300 640
13 Namakkal 297 30 100 11080 120 267 50 100 11110 640
14 Perambalur 335 30 100 15900 120 305 50 100 6500 640
15 Pudukkottai 479 30 100 11180 120 449 50 100 8960 640
16 Ramanadhapuram 277 30 100 10520 120 247 50 100 13570 640
17 Salem 553 30 100 18030 120 523 50 100 16390 640
18 Sivagangai 344 30 100 8790 120 314 50 100 8010 640
19 Thanjavur 421 30 100 12280 120 391 50 100 8710 640
20 Theni 184 30 100 2450 120 154 50 100 4380 640
21 The Nilgiris 168 30 100 7490 120 138 50 100 6180 640
22 Thiruchirapalli 397 30 100 15710 120 367 50 100 12990 640
23 Tirunelveli 253 30 100 16030 120 223 50 100 15940 640
24 Thiruvallur 488 30 100 16980 120 458 50 100 8820 640
25 Thiruvanamalai 603 30 100 30550 120 573 50 100 15670 640
26 Thiruvarur 307 30 100 10940 120 277 50 100 6620 640
27 Thoothukkudi 181 30 100 7750 120 151 50 100 8680 640
28 Vellore 729 30 100 21080 120 699 50 100 17440 640
29 Vilupuram 714 34 100 39270 120 680 50 100 11570 640
30 Virudhunagar 300 30 100 9600 120 270 50 100 7440 640
Tamil Nadu 11873 905 3000 447680 3600 10968 1500 3000 329670 19200
During the current year (2008-09), around 4.5 lakh children have
been covered under CAL and 3600 teachers working in CAL centre schools
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have been trained in computer skills. It is proposed to cover 3.3 lakh
children under CAL and 19,200 teachers under computer training in the
ensuing year.
1.22.2. Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE)
The children in the age group of 3 - <5 is about come under ECCE.
This is the most important period of a child’s life during which the vital
foundation for a better future life is laid. Pre-school education during this
crucial period helps the physical and mental growth of the child. The ECCE
centres are preparatory centres for regular schooling of children. Special
efforts have been taken under SSA Mission to provide interventions for these
children.
The following Table provides the details of the target population under
ECCE and the District-wise number of different centres functioning and
children enrolled in them. The Table also contains data on proposed
number of centres and children to be covered in the ensuing year.
Table – 63
District wise ECCE Centres, Children covered in 2008-09 &
Centres and Children to be covered in 2009-10
ICDS / TINP Centres – 2008 - 09

Centres Centres Beneficiaries
Population
S. No.
supplied Anganwadi
Districts
3-<5 Age Non- with workers
Upgraded Total Boys Girls Total
Upgraded learning trained
materials
1 Chennai 201413 730 445 1175 362 1146 16856 14168 31024
2 Coimbatore 165210 730 1408 2138 238 2183 19299 17539 36838
3 Cuddalore 121999 730 1015 1745 290 1745 22552 21240 43792
4 Dharmapuri 68056 365 615 980 382 980 9004 8232 17236
5 Dindigul 94682 816 1132 1948 274 1883 25217 22343 47560
6 Erode 111787 755 1647 2402 212 2400 19757 18026 37783
7 Kancheepuram 147051 730 1366 2096 249 2092 28131 26978 55109
8 Kanyakumari 75034 670 464 1134 364 1133 9656 9988 19644
9 Karur 42174 614 102 716 414 716 9941 9686 19627
10 Krishnagiri 67867 365 834 1199 372 1067 17820 16766 34586
11 Madurai 130900 755 1023 1778 287 1775 44879 42931 87810
12 Nagapattinam 72499 885 290 1175 394 883 14206 12152 26358
13 Namakkal 65036 670 697 1367 336 1367 16929 16011 32940
14 Perambalur 67079 670 401 1071 371 1071 20132 18022 38154
15 Pudukkottai 81981 700 759 1459 325 1458 21532 21445 42977
16 Ramanathapuram 52958 640 420 1060 373 1058 15227 13924 29151
17 Salem 149922 730 1634 2364 214 2383 32455 29903 62358
18 Sivagangai 58311 670 334 1004 379 1004 17834 14024 31858
19 Thanjavur 106808 730 896 1626 305 1625 20703 20427 41130
20 Theni 47765 700 353 1053 375 1040 15501 14726 30227
21 The Nilgiris 31111 335 102 437 432 432 6685 6311 12996
23 Thirunelveli 136427 730 1691 2421 223 2307 11652 11355 23007
24 Thiruvallur 131371 710 1266 1976 317 1525 25277 25052 50329
26 Thiruvarur 53520 640 256 896 392 896 936 1075 2011
27 Thoothukudi 78118 670 640 1310 343 1308 26647 24862 51509
28 Vellore 180702 715 2009 2724 173 2724 45625 41246 86871
29 Villupuram 168004 730 2058 2788 173 2721 47446 54450 101896
30 Virudhunagar 85333 670 722 1392 336 1367 20438 20205 40643
Total 3015632 20315 26122 46437 9545 45289 621712 590827 1212539
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Table – 63 (Cont…)
District wise ECCE Centres, Children covered in 2008-09 &
Centres and Children to be covered in 2009-10
Proposal for 2009 – 10

No. of No. of
Anganwadi No. of children to be covered
S. No.
Districts centres to be
supplied workers to
learning be given Boys Girls Total
materials training
1 Chennai 211 730 15566 13084 28650
2 Coimbatore 212 730 28919 26281 55200
3 Cuddalore 212 730 22466 21159 43625
4 Dharmapuri 222 365 12799 11701 24500
5 Dindigul 209 816 25013 22162 47175
6 Erode 210 755 25120 22920 48040
7 Kancheepuram 212 730 21399 20521 41920
8 Kanyakumari 213 670 13935 14415 28350
9 Karur 214 614 9396 9154 18550
10 Krishnagiri 221 365 13757 12943 26700
11 Madurai 211 755 22718 21732 44450
12 Nagapattinam 207 885 11925 10200 22125
13 Namakkal 213 670 17577 16623 34200
14 Perambalur 213 670 14128 12647 26775
15 Pudukkottai 212 700 18274 18201 36475
16 Ramanathapuram 214 640 13842 12658 26500
17 Salem 211 730 30759 28341 59100
18 Sivagangai 213 670 14051 11049 25100
19 Thanjavur 211 730 20461 20189 40650
20 Theni 212 700 13500 12825 26325
21 The Nilgiris 222 335 5671 5354 11025
23 Thirunelveli 211 730 29210 28465 57675
24 Thiruvallur 212 710 24810 24590 49400
26 Thiruvarur 214 640 10426 11974 22400
27 Thoothukudi 213 670 16942 15808 32750
28 Vellore 212 715 35766 32334 68100
29 Villupuram 211 730 31675 36350 68025
30 Virudhunagar 213 670 17198 17002 34200
Total 6383 20315 575774 547286 1123060
Source: House Hold Survey-2005, Social Welfare Department & Monthly Review Reports
The total number of children in the age group of 3-<5 years in all
Districts is 30,15,632. Around 46437 centres function in Tamil Nadu.
About 9545 centres have been supplied with learning materials. Nearly
45289 Anganwadi workers have been trained. Overall, as many as
1212539 children have benefited. In the coming year, it is proposed to
supply learning materials to 6210 centres and 20315 Anganwadi
workers will be trained.
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1.22.3. Girls Education
Concerted efforts towards bringing girl children to the school and

in ensuring that they complete eight years of schooling are undertaken
in the State. During 2008-09, as many as 57,000 girls have been
covered under English communications skills training. Nearly 4200
Maths kits have been distributed to primary schools. The District-
wise details are furnished in the Table below.
Table- 64
Girls Education – Achievement in 2008-09 & Proposal for 2009-10
Achievement in 2008-2009
No of Schools No of beneficiers
S.No Districts Supply of Learning English
Materials / Common
Middle High HSS
Workbooks / Maths / Skill
Sciencekit Development
1 Chennai 113 47 49 140 1900

2 Coimbatore 399 109 103 140 1900
3 Cuddalore 286 70 75 140 1900
4 Dharmapuri 308 61 72 140 1900
5 Dindigul 191 53 50 140 1900
6 Erode 291 68 83 140 1900
7 Kancheepuram 283 93 90 140 1900
8 Kanyakumari 104 73 52 140 1900
9 Karur 119 42 33 140 1900
10 Krishnagiri 294 96 70 140 1900
11 Madurai 241 67 62 140 1900
12 Nagapattinam 197 61 49 140 1900
13 Namakkal 161 45 74 140 1900
14 Perambalur 167 74 58 140 1900
15 Pudukkottai 297 89 68 140 1900
16 Ramanathapuram 177 37 45 140 1900
17 Salem 298 98 100 140 1900
18 Sivagangai 171 57 39 140 1900
19 Thanjavur 223 100 71 140 1900
20 Theni 83 41 45 140 1900
21 The Nilgiris 86 45 32 140 1900
23 Thirunelveli 113 52 74 140 1900
24 Thiruvallur 292 102 67 140 1900
26 Thiruvarur 163 56 48 140 1900
27 Thoothukudi 108 24 35 140 1900
28 Vellore 394 141 124 140 1900
29 Villpuram 433 123 118 140 1900
30 Virudhunagar 161 36 59 140 1900
Total 6709 2167 1998 4200 57000
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Table- 64 (Cont…)
Girls Education – Achievement in 2008-09 & Proposal for 2009-10
Proposed 2009 – 2010

No of Schools Supply of
Learning
English
S.No Districts Materials /
Midd Common Skill
High HSS Workbooks /
le Development
Maths /
Sciencekit
1 Chennai 114 48 51 153 1953
2 Coimbatore 449 107 107 153 1953
3 Cuddalore 320 72 80 153 1953
4 Dharmapuri 342 60 76 153 1953
5 Dindigul 220 49 56 153 1953
6 Erode 346 68 88 153 1953
7 Kancheepuram 332 99 93 153 1953
8 Kanyakumari 106 73 52 153 1953
9 Karur 132 41 34 153 1953
10 Krishnagiri 329 99 70 153 1953
11 Madurai 262 70 67 153 1953
12 Nagapattinam 222 60 49 153 1953
13 Namakkal 176 44 77 153 1953
14 Perambalur 197 77 61 153 1953
15 Pudukkottai 319 90 70 153 1953
16 Ramanathapuram 193 39 45 153 1953
17 Salem 352 97 104 153 1953
18 Sivagangai 243 55 46 153 1953
19 Thanjavur 247 100 74 153 1953
20 Theni 97 41 46 153 1953
21 The Nilgiris 91 45 32 153 1953
23 Thirunelveli 123 48 82 153 1953
24 Thiruvallur 314 102 72 153 1953
26 Thiruvarur 203 52 52 153 1953
27 Thoothukudi 121 23 37 153 1953
28 Vellore 454 146 129 153 1953
29 Villpuram 467 123 124 153 1953
30 Virudhunagar 197 39 64 153 1953
Total 7597 2176 2100 4590 58590
During 2009 – 10, it is proposed to cover 58590 girls under

English communication skill development training. Also 4590 Maths
kits will be provided to schools to develop arithmatic skills.
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1.22.4. Education for SC & ST Children
In Primary sections, as many as 15,01,464 SC children and
1,17,291 ST children study and in Upper Primary sections, 9,20,491
SC children and 63,861 ST children study. Education of SC&ST
children is one of the priority areas for the State.
The twin interventions undertaken for improving the education
of SC / ST children have been English communication skills
improvement and supply of Maths kit (SLM).
The Distict wise details of coverage of SC /ST Children are
provided the Table below.
Table - 65
Coverage of SC/ST Children under Innovation - 2008-09
Achievement 2008 - 09
No.of schools (Govt.& Local
No. of children to be covered
S.No. District body) Primary
English Supply of Learning
Pirmary Middle High HSS Communication Materials/Workbooks/Maths&Science
Skill Kit
1 Chennai 151 113 47 49 1700 145

2 Coimbatore 1277 399 109 103 1700 145
3 Cuddalore 887 286 70 75 1700 145
4 Dharmapuri 843 308 61 72 1700 145
5 Dindigul 955 191 53 50 1700 145
6 Erode 1285 291 68 83 1700 145
7 Kancheepuram 885 283 93 90 1700 145
8 Kanyakumari 293 104 73 52 1700 145
9 Karur 585 119 42 33 1700 145
10 Krishnagiri 1103 294 96 70 1700 145
11 Madurai 775 241 67 62 1700 145
12 Nagapattinam 556 197 61 49 1700 145
13 Namakkal 680 161 45 74 1700 145
14 Perambalur 577 167 74 58 1700 145
15 Pudukkottai 1027 297 89 68 1700 145
16 Ramanathapuram 780 177 37 45 1700 145
17 Salem 1157 298 98 100 1700 145
18 Sivagangai 782 171 57 39 1700 145
19 Thanjavur 914 223 100 71 1700 145
20 Theni 336 83 41 45 1700 145
21 The Nilgiris 265 86 45 32 1700 145
23 Thirunelveli 640 113 52 74 1700 145
24 Thiruvallur 907 292 102 67 1700 145
26 Thiruvarur 626 163 56 48 1700 145
27 Thoothukudi 510 108 24 35 1700 145
28 Vellore 1476 394 141 124 1700 145
29 Villpuram 1308 433 123 118 1700 145
30 Virudhunagar 642 161 36 59 1700 145
Tamilnadu 24349 6709 2167 1998 51000 4350
Around 51,000 SC/ST children have been covered under the

programmes outlined above.
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The following Table presents the proposal for the year 2009 – 10.
Table – 65 (Cont...)
Education of SC/ST Children - Proposal for 2009 - 10
Proposal for 2009 -10
S. No.of schools(Govt.&Local body) No. of children to be covered

District
No.
English
Supply
Pirmary Middle High HSS Communication
Maths Kit
Skill
1 Chennai 144 114 48 51 1700 160
2 Coimbatore 1222 449 107 107 1700 160
3 Cuddalore 851 320 72 80 1700 160
4 Dharmapuri 802 342 60 76 1700 160
5 Dindigul 923 220 49 56 1700 160
6 Erode 1227 346 68 88 1700 160
7 Kancheepuram 837 332 99 93 1700 160
8 Kanyakumari 288 106 73 52 1700 160
9 Karur 572 132 41 34 1700 160
10 Krishnagiri 1068 329 99 70 1700 160
11 Madurai 753 262 70 67 1700 160
12 Nagapattinam 529 222 60 49 1700 160
13 Namakkal 665 176 44 77 1700 160
14 Perambalur 547 197 77 61 1700 160
15 Pudukkottai 1003 319 90 70 1700 160
16 Ramanathapuram 741 193 39 45 1700 160
17 Salem 1096 352 97 104 1700 160
18 Sivagangai 728 243 55 46 1700 160
19 Thanjavur 889 247 100 74 1700 160
20 Theni 322 97 41 46 1700 160
21 The Nilgiris 258 91 45 32 1700 160
23 Thirunelveli 623 123 48 82 1700 160
24 Thiruvallur 885 314 102 72 1700 160
26 Thiruvarur 587 203 52 52 1700 160
27 Thoothukudi 494 121 23 37 1700 160
28 Vellore 1409 454 146 129 1700 160
29 Villpuram 1276 467 123 124 1700 160
30 Virudhunagar 602 197 39 64 1700 160
Tamilnadu 23395 7597 2176 2100 51000 4800
Nearly 51,000 SC/ST children will be covered under

interventions for them namely Supply of Maths kit and English
Communication Skills development programme.
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1.22.5. Minority children
The children from Muslim minority have also been covered
under Supply of Maths kit and English Communication Skills
development programme. Around 41,400 children have been covered.
4590 Maths kit have also been supplied to schools to enhance their
Maths skills and English communication skills.
Table- 66
Innovative Intervention for Minority Children Education – Achievement 2008 – 09
Total No.of Govt & Local body Schools No.of Minority Children to be covered
Supply of Learning
S.No. District English Communication
P M HS HSS skill development
Materials / Workbooks /
Maths and Science Kit
1 Chennai 151 113 47 49 1380 153
2 Coimbatore 1277 399 109 103 1380 153
3 Cuddalore 887 286 70 75 1380 153
4 Dharmapuri 843 308 61 72 1380 153
5 Dindigul 955 191 53 50 1380 153
6 Erode 1285 291 68 83 1380 153
7 Kancheepuram 885 283 93 90 1380 153
8 Kanyakumari 293 104 73 52 1380 153
9 Karur 585 119 42 33 1380 153
10 Krishnagiri 1103 294 96 70 1380 153
11 Madurai 775 241 67 62 1380 153
12 Nagapattinam 556 197 61 49 1380 153
13 Namakkal 680 161 45 74 1380 153
14 Perambalur 577 167 74 58 1380 153
15 Pudukkottai 1027 297 89 68 1380 153
16 Ramanathapuram 780 177 37 45 1380 153
17 Salem 1157 298 98 100 1380 153
18 Sivagangai 782 171 57 39 1380 153
19 Thanjavur 914 223 100 71 1380 153
20 Theni 336 83 41 45 1380 153
21 The Nilgiris 265 86 45 32 1380 153
23 Thirunelveli 640 113 52 74 1380 153
24 Thiruvallur 907 292 102 67 1380 153
26 Thiruvarur 626 163 56 48 1380 153
27 Thoothukudi 510 108 24 35 1380 153
28 Vellore 1476 394 141 124 1380 153
29 Villpuram 1308 433 123 118 1380 153
30 Virudhunagar 642 161 36 59 1380 153
State 24349 6709 2167 1998 41400 4590
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Table- 66 (Cont....)
Innovative Intervention for Minority Children Education – Proposal for 2009 – 10
Total No.of Govt & Local body Schools No.of Minority Children to be covered
Supply of Learning
S.No. District English Communication
P M HS HSS skill development
Materials / Workbooks /
Maths and Science Kit
1 Chennai 144 114 48 51 1156 175
2 Coimbatore 1222 449 107 107 1156 175
3 Cuddalore 851 320 72 80 1156 175
4 Dharmapuri 802 342 60 76 1156 175
5 Dindigul 923 220 49 56 1156 175
6 Erode 1227 346 68 88 1156 175
7 Kancheepuram 837 332 99 93 1156 175
8 Kanyakumari 288 106 73 52 1156 175
9 Karur 572 132 41 34 1156 175
10 Krishnagiri 1068 329 99 70 1156 175
11 Madurai 753 262 70 67 1156 175
12 Nagapattinam 529 222 60 49 1156 175
13 Namakkal 665 176 44 77 1156 175
14 Perambalur 547 197 77 61 1156 175
15 Pudukkottai 1003 319 90 70 1156 175
16 Ramanathapuram 741 193 39 45 1156 175
17 Salem 1096 352 97 104 1156 175
18 Sivagangai 728 243 55 46 1156 175
19 Thanjavur 889 247 100 74 1156 175
20 Theni 322 97 41 46 1156 175
21 The Nilgiris 258 91 45 32 1156 175
23 Thirunelveli 623 123 48 82 1156 175
24 Thiruvallur 885 314 102 72 1156 175
26 Thiruvarur 587 203 52 52 1156 175
27 Thoothukudi 494 121 23 37 1156 175
28 Vellore 1409 454 146 129 1156 175
29 Villpuram 1276 467 123 124 1156 175
30 Virudhunagar 602 197 39 64 1156 175
State 23395 7597 2176 2100 34680 5250
During 2009–10, it is proposed to cover 34,680 children under

English communication skills development training. Also 5,250 Maths kits
will be provided to schools to develop arithmatic skills among minority
children.
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1.23. Learning Enhancement Programme
The AWP&B for 2009-10 is a comprehensive quality plan. The

achievement test result and ABL performance shows that about 7.83% of
the children are low performing. Therefore, it is planned to cover all these
children through the learning enhancement programme
by supplying additional inputs such as learning materials and training for
1,53,880 children.
The District-wise number of children to be enrolled is presented in the

Table below.
Table - 67
District wise ABL Schools and Performance
Enrolment in Govt. & No.Of No.of

Sl. % of % of low
District Name Aided Schools children children
No Progressing performing
Std. I-V Std. VI-VIII Observed Progressing
1 Chennai 121549 127134 16295 12771 78.37 7.60
2 Combatore 206208 175383 59139 52814 89.30 8.46
3 Cuddalore 158358 115040 51922 44976 86.62 8.01
4 Dharmapuri 96435 73784 42428 34644 81.65 8.29
5 Dindigul 147583 99457 49564 45260 91.32 8.42
6 Erode 135676 100610 46429 40841 87.96 8.30
7 Kancheepuram 156320 136465 48514 42842 88.31 7.60
8 Kanyakumari 86883 72965 21211 18462 87.04 6.21
9 Karur 59460 41322 22558 19457 86.25 7.99
10 Krishnagiri 117704 79435 54892 48266 87.93 8.88
11 Madurai 171578 127161 35806 29959 83.67 7.02
12 Nagapattinam 113401 84671 38470 33868 88.04 6.76
13 Namakkal 85523 62868 30679 26554 86.55 8.09
14 Perambalur 95571 62257 27288 24861 91.11 8.40
15 Pudukkottai 114026 77581 53765 45422 84.48 8.36
16 Ramanathapuram 98536 63737 39053 35335 90.48 8.13
17 Selam 195249 143565 62199 56677 91.12 8.75
18 Sivagangai 82195 62545 40922 37701 92.13 7.34
19 Thanjavur 145130 113554 45302 41610 91.85 7.31
20 Theni 94348 61642 23893 21907 91.69 7.86
21 The Nilgiris 35696 28367 12216 10720 87.75 8.23
22 Thiruchirappalli 159230 123781 43720 39672 90.74 7.23
23 Thirunelveli 233711 150151 69399 62618 90.23 6.32
24 Thiruvallur 135297 114251 45196 40076 88.67 8.06
25 Thiruvannmalai 162597 105454 60941 52132 85.55 8.08
26 Thiruvarur 81154 63575 28742 24334 84.66 8.17
27 Thoothukudi 119857 81500 38521 34913 90.63 7.18
28 Vellore 239356 177930 76111 67699 88.95 8.81
29 Villupuram 226906 143659 72578 64021 88.21 8.20
30 Virudhunagar 151610 94989 42914 36375 84.76 6.65
State 4027147 2964833 1300667 1146787 88.17 7.83
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1.24. Community Mobilisation
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan underscores the significance of involvement of
community in planning, implementing and monitoring the programme.
Participation needs to be transformed into ownership of schools. With this
long-term objective in view, training to community members has been
organized on the role and responsibilites of VEC members in SSA context.
The training includes orientation on gender issues and quality interventions.
The district-wise information relating to number of VECs, number of
members, number of members given training and VEC’s contribution during
2008-09 are presented in the Table below.
Table – 68
Community Mobilization – 2008 – 09
Training
Contribution
Total No. of No. of No. of
S.No. District Total (Rs. in
No.of members trg. meeting
Members Lakhs)
VEC's trained days held
1 Chennai 710 14200 2092 4184 15620 61.826
2 Coimbatore 2123 42460 7242 14484 46706 253.972
3 Cuddalore 1613 32260 6400 12800 35486 45.100
4 Dharmapuri 1299 25980 5128 10256 28578 42.580
5 Dindigul 1572 31440 5398 10796 34584 29.850
6 Erode 1893 37860 6556 13112 41646 8.215
7 Kancheepuram 1604 32080 6316 12632 35288 55.500
8 Kanyakumari 802 16040 2286 4572 17644 34.795
9 Karur 841 16820 2742 5484 18502 7.400
10 Krishnagiri 1591 31820 6212 12424 35002 30.890
11 Madurai 1465 29300 5812 11624 32230 16.230
12 Nagapattinam 1183 23660 4664 9328 26026 15.581
13 Namakkal 1052 21040 4236 8472 23144 22.278
14 Perambalur 1007 20140 3780 7560 22154 46.420
15 Pudukkottai 1594 31880 6340 12680 35068 30.306
16 Ramanathapuram 1266 25320 4656 9312 27852 16.150
17 Salem 1778 35560 6766 13532 39116 21.050
18 Sivagangai 1306 26120 4720 9440 28732 102.934
19 Thanjavur 1608 32160 6404 12808 35376 20.932
20 Theni 744 14880 2262 4524 16368 2.000
21 The Nilgiris 563 11260 1544 3088 12386 18.912
22 Thiruchirappalli 1564 31280 5058 10116 34408 34.815
23 Thirunelveli 2150 43000 7436 14872 47300 10.600
24 Thiruvallur 1569 31380 6256 12512 34518 91.977
25 Thiruvannamalai 2033 40660 8024 16048 44726 1.292
26 Thiruvarur 1018 20360 4036 8072 22396 21.490
27 Thoothukkudi 1525 30500 5478 10956 33550 6320.930
28 Vellore 2466 49320 9732 19464 54252 118.283
29 Villupuram 2318 46360 9204 18408 50996 56.463
30 Virudhunagar 1399 27980 5544 11088 30778 7.173
Tamilnadu 43656 873120 162324 324648 960432 7545.944
Source : Progress Report
It is planned to constitute the new VECs for the new primary schools
proposed and number of members to be given capacity building training
during 2009-10 is also presented in the Table below.
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Table - 69
Community Mobilization proposed in 2009 - 10
Total No.of No. of No. of

S.
Districts Existing Existing VEC members to be
No.
VEC's members given Training
1 Chennai 710 14200 2840
2 Coimbatore 2123 42460 8492
3 Cuddalore 1613 32260 6452
4 Dharmapuri 1299 25980 5196
5 Dindigul 1572 31440 6288
6 Erode 1893 37860 7572
7 Kancheepuram 1604 32080 6416
8 Kanyakumari 802 16040 3208
9 Karur 841 16820 3364
10 Krishnagiri 1591 31820 6364
11 Madurai 1465 29300 5860
12 Nagapattinam 1183 23660 4732
13 Namakkal 1052 21040 4208
14 Perambalur 1007 20140 4028
15 Pudukkottai 1594 31880 6376
16 Ramanathapuram 1266 25320 5064
17 Salem 1778 35560 7112
18 Sivagangai 1306 26120 5224
19 Thanjavur 1608 32160 6432
20 Theni 744 14880 2976
21 The Nilgiris 563 11260 2252
22 Thiruchirappalli 1564 31280 6256
23 Thirunelveli 2150 43000 8600
24 Thiruvallur 1569 31380 6276
25 Thiruvannamalai 2033 40660 8132
26 Thiruvarur 1018 20360 4072
27 Thoothukkudi 1525 30500 6100
28 Vellore 2466 49320 9864
29 Villupuram 2318 46360 9272
30 Virudhunagar 1399 27980 5596
Tamilnadu 43656 873120 174624

Source:District Review Report
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1.25. National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary
Level (NPEGEL)
National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level

provides additional support for enhancing girls education in Educationally
Backward Blocks identified in 11 Districts of the state. The EBBs have
been selected based on lower rural female literacy rate than national
average (46.13%) and higher gender gap than that of the national level
(21.59%). It was launched in Tamilnadu in the year 2003-04 in 13 blocks in
8 districts based on 1991 census data. Subsequently, the programme was
extended to 37 EBBs in 11 districts based on 2001 census data. Girls
studying in I – VIII Std in Government/Local body and Aided schools are
covered under this programme.
The details of EBBs, MCSs and Beneficiaries in the 11 districts are

furnished in the Table given here.
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Table – 70
NPEGEL - EBBs, MCSs and Beneficiaries - 2008-09
S. No.of No.of Beneficiaries

District Name of the EBBs No.of MCSs
No. EBBs (girls)
Mangalur 29 9701
Nallur 29 8817
1 Cuddalore 3
Panruti 28 11747
Total 86 30265
Karimangalam 38 8471
Palakkodu 38 10580
2 Dharmapuri 3
Pennagaram 50 13903
Total 126 32954
Anthiyur 26 6850
Ammapet 23 6166
Nambiyur 23 4345
3 Erode 5
Kundadam 26 2865
Mulanur 26 2143
Total 124 22369
Kadavur 25 5979
4 Karur 1
Total 25 5979
Shoolagiri 44 13200
Veppanapalli 26 7200
5 Krishnagiri 3
Kelamangalam 40 10200
Total 110 30600
Mallasamudram 17 3164
6 Namakkal 1
Total 17 3164
Veppur 26 8551
7 Perambalur 2 Ariyalur * 27 9010
Total 53 17561
Kolathur 20 7163
Kadayampatti 25 8156
Yercaud 13 2769
Nangavalli 21 7682
Edappadi 20 6848
8 Selam 10 Sankari 21 5218
Konganapuram 13 3773
Mc. Donal Choultry 16 3916
Veerapandi 17 7934
Panaimarathupatti 14 7067
Total 180 60526
S.Pudur 15 3092
9 Sivagangai 1
Total 15 3092
Jawathu Hills 20 4706
10 Thiruvannamalai 1
Total 20 4706
Thiruvennainallur 23 8004
Thirukkoyilur 20 8409
Rishivandiyam 24 9395
Kallakkurichi 35 13132
11 Villupuram 7
Thiagadurgam 22 9653
Uludurepettai 29 11442
Thirunavalur 28 8562
Total 181 68597
Tamilnadu 37 937 279813
Source:Monthly Review Report
937 Model Cluster Schools established in 2006-07 continue to

function in the current year as well. Nearly 2.68 lakh girls studying in
primary and upper primary schools have been covered under this
programme. The activities carried out have been outlined in chapter II.
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1.26. Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)
The KGBV scheme was launched in 2004 for enrolling out of school
and dropout girls in the age group 10-14 years in the Educational Backward
Blocks (EBBs) through special intervention such as residential school. The
girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC and minority communities are covered
under this programme. PAB has approved 37 residential schools in 22 EBBs
in 10 districts in the year 2004-05 and subsequently extended to 54 in 11
districts. This has been one of the successful programmes in the State, in
which the NGOs play a major role in implementing the same.
The following Table contains the details of KGBV Schools which

include the details of NGOs, staff, provision of civil works and TLE provided
so far.
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Table – 71
Details of No.of KGBV, No.of NGOs, Staff Appointed, Provision of Civil works & TLE
Staff Appointed Civil works

No.of
S. Educationally No.of
District NGO Suppl TLE supplied
No Backward Block KGBV
s Full Part e Site
Progress
time time menta selection
ry
Plastering
1
Mangalore 1 5 4 3 Completed work
1 Cuddalore Nallur 1 1 5 4 2 Completed Roof
Completed Plastering
1
Panruti 1 5 4 3 work
Karimangalam 1 1 5 5 5 Completed Roof
2 Dharmapuri Pennagaram 1 1 5 6 5 Completed Completed
Palacode 1 1 5 5 7 Completed Roof
Anthiyur 1 1 5 6 5 Completed Finishing
Nambiyur 1 1 5 3 5 Completed Finishing
T.N.Palayam 1 1 5 3 4 Completed Finishing
3 Erode Ammapettai 1 1 5 4 5 Completed Lintel
Mulanur 1 1 5 5 6 Completed Basement
Completed Plastering
1
Kundadam 1 5 3 5 work
4 Karur Kadavoor 1 1 5 3 5 Completed Completed
Veppanappalli 1 5 6 6 Completed Basement Two
1 computers,
5 Krishnagiri Keelamangalam 1 5 6 6 Completed Completed
Shoolagiri 1 1 5 6 5 Completed Completed LCD, Printer,
furniture CDs,
1 5 4 5 Completed Lintel
1 Science
6 Namakkal Kollihills I 1 5 4 5 Completed Roof
equipments,
1 1 3 4 5 Completed Lintel
Library books,
Kadayampatti 1 5 4 5 Completed Roof classroom
Nangavalli 1 1 5 2 5 Completed Basement furniture, cot (3
Veerapandi 1 5 4 5 Completed Basement tire) Bedding,
Kolathur 1 5 4 5 Completed Completed Boxes, cycles,
Edapadi 1 1 5 2 5 Completed Basement sewing
7 Salem Sankari 1 5 2 4 Completed Basement machines,
Yercaud 1 5 6 5 Completed Roof sports articles
Magaudanchaval 1 1 5 6 5 Completed Basement (Indoor & Out
Konganapuram 1 5 6 5 Completed Basement door),
Kolathur 1 5 4 5 Completed Completed Kitchen
1 equipments,
Penamarathupatti 1 5 5 5 Completed Basement
8 Sivagangai S.Pudhur 1 1 5 3 6 Completed Roof Gas stove,
1 5 3 5 Completed Completed Utensils,
1 Grinder (Wet).
1 5 3 5 Completed Lintel
Jawadhu Hills Mixer Grinder,
9 Thiruvannamalai 1 5 2 5 Completed Lintel
1 Refrigerator,
1 4 2 5 Completed Completed
Water purifier,
Thandrampet 1 1 5 3 6 Completed Completed
Plates,
Thiruvennainallur 1 Tumblers,
1 5 4 5 Completed Completed Buckets for
1 5 3 5 Completed Completed individual girls
Thiyagadurgam 1
1 5 5 5 Completed Earth work
Ulundurpet 1
Rishivandhiyam 1
10 Villupuram 1 5 4 5 Completed Completed
Thirunavallur
1
Kallakurichi
1 1 5 2 6 Completed Completed
1 1 5 4 5 In progress Not started
Tirukovilur 1 1 5 4 5 Completed Earth work
1 1 5 5 5 Completed Roof
11 Virudhunagar Narikudi 1 5 3 5 Completed Finishing
1
1 5 3 5 Completed Finishing
Total 38 54 35 263 206 263
* Type I : 100 girls; Type II 50 girls :
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Table - 72
Enrolement in KGBV Residential schools
KGBV Schools 2008-2009

No. No. of No. of Children
S. Name of the
of KGBV MBC/ Muslim
No District
EBBs hostels SC ST BC Minority
Others Total
1 Cuddalore 3 3 69 3 66 0 0 138
2 Dharmapuri 3 3 43 31 124 2 0 200
3 Erode 6 6 96 21 167 12 0 296
4 Karur 1 1 7 0 43 0 0 50
5 Krishnagiri 3 3 53 27 162 7 1 250
6 Namakkal 1 3 0 149 1 0 0 150
7 Salem 10 10 123 153 271 3 0 550
8 Sivagangai 1 1 33 0 48 0 81
9 Thiruvannamalai 2 5 20 211 36 1 0 268
10 Villupuram 7 15 224 97 463 0 784
11 Virudhunagar 1 3 69 0 81 1 0 151
TOTAL 38 54 737 692 1462 26 1 2918
During 2008-2009, as many as 2918 out of school girls have been

enrolled in 54 KGBV Residential schools functioning in 38 blocks in 11
districts.
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1.27. Urban Plan - 2009-10
1.27.1 Introduction
The educational needs of urban deprived children are different from

that of the districts’ and they need to be addressed appropriately as per the
local needs. The urban areas have specific problems like street children,
children engaged in labour, poor awareness of parents etc. A diversity of
approach is required to tackle these problems. Therefore, it is planned to
cover all the urban deprived children in major cities viz. Chennai, Madurai
and Coimbatore with innovative strategies.
Since Chennai district is totally urban the district plan itself is the
urban plan. This year, a separate urban plan has been prepared exclusively
for Madurai and Coimbatore city areas as well.
1.27.2 Population
The Population, SC & ST population and slum population in three

cities are presented in the Table below.
Table – 73
Population
S. Name of the Total SC/ST No. of Slum % of slum
No. City Population Population Slums population population
1 Chennai 4343465 604838 1240 1068490 24.60

2 Coimbatore 930882 77263 20 157089 16.88
3 Madurai 928869 55740 208 141180 15.2
Source: Census 2001.
Table – 74
School age Population
S. City School Age Population
5-10 Age Group 11-13 Age Group
No. Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
1 Chennai 189793 183805 373598 113273 112105 225378
2 Coimbatore 32376 32913 65289 23628 22316 45944
3 Madurai 42794 41384 84178 35032 36231 71263
The percentage of slum population is higher in Chennai city (24.60%)

when compared to the other two cities. Similarly, the number of slums is
also higher in Chennai. The school-age population is proportionately higher
in Chennai followed by Madurai and Coimbatore.
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1.27.3 Literacy
The literacy rate of the three city areas is presented in the Table
below.
Table - 75
LITERACY
LITERACY
S. Name of the City
ALL Sex
No Density
B G T Ratio
1 Chennai 90.00 80.40 85.30 24963 957
2 Coimbatore 89.90 79.60 84.73 2217 963
3 Madurai 89.60 76.10 82.92 21858 978

Source: Census of India –2001.
The literacy rate, density of population and sex ratio are comparatively
higher in Chennai than that of the other two city areas
1.27.4 School Access
The school access is universal at upper primary level in all the three
cities. At primary level, Coimbatore is the only city that reports 97.50 access
rate, while other two cities record cent percent access rate.
Table – 76
ACCESS
S.No Name of the City Access Rate
1 Chennai 100 100
2 Coimbatore 97.50 100
3 Madurai 100 100

1.27.5 Schools by Category
The primary upper primary school ratio is more or less similar in the
three districts.
The number of schools by category and Management is presented in

the Table below.
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Table -77
SCHOOLS
Primary Upper Primary Primary

S. Name of the Upper
No City Govt/ Pvt. Pvt. Govt/ Pvt. Pvt. Primary
Total Total Ratio
Corp. Aided Unaided Corp. Aided Unaided
1 Chennai 258 196 384 838 213 230 453 889 1.06
2 Coimbatore 45 32 75 152 48 41 87 176 1.16
3 Madurai 31 40 182 253 41 92 78 211 1.19

1.27.6 Enrolment - Primary & Upper Primary
The percentage of Boys and Girls enrolment is more or less similar in

the three cities. The boys and girls enrolment gap is also similar. Almost the
similar status is observed at the upper primary level as well.
Table – 78
Enrolment - Primary (All Management)
ALL SC ST
S.
City % of % of % of
No B G T B G T B G T
Girls Girls Girls
1 Chennai 47.6
192042 187645 379687 49.4 45924 44054 89978 48.9 314101 306687 620788
2 Coimbatore 32079 32704 64783 50.4 4378 4160 8538 48.7 166 132 298 44.3
3 Madurai 43930 42599 86529 49.2 5400 5171 10571 48.9 35 58 93 62.3
Table – 78 (Contd….)
Enrolment - Upper Primary (All Management)
ALL SC ST
S.
City % of % of
No B G T B G T B G T % of Girls
Girls Girls
1 Chennai 122059 119042 241101 49.37 27738 27458 55196 49.75 1951 1485 3436 43.22
2 Coimbatore 23445 22182 45627 48.62 6620 6310 12930 48.80 131 96 237 40.51
3 Madurai 35605 36651 72256 50.72 3438 4103 7541 54.41 62 64 126 50.79
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1.27.7 Teachers
The percentage of female teacher is above 90 in all the three cities.
Table - 79
TEACHERS - Primary
Primary
S. Corp. Govt. Aided Total
City
No % % %
M F T M F T M F T
of F of F of F
1 Chennai 57 972 1029 94.46 68 1124 1192 94.30 125 2096 2221 94.40
2 Coimbatore 41 315 356 88.50 26 338 364 92.90 67 653 720 90.70
3 Madurai 17 130 147 88.43 81 1143 1224 93.38 98 1273 1371 92.85

The percentage of female teachers in upper primary schools is
presented in the following Table
TEACHERS - Upper Primary
Upper Primary
S. Corp. Govt. Aided Total
No City
% of
M F T M F T % of F M F T % of F
F
1 Chennai 219 2042 2261 90.30 683 2534 3217 78.77 902 4576 5478 83.50
2 Coimbatore 57 312 369 84.60 122 318 440 72.30 179 630 809 77.90
3 Madurai 34 135 169 79.88 203 633 836 75.72 237 768 1005 76.42
1.27.8. Key Indicators
The PTR in the three cities is presented in the Table below. Madurai
and Coimbatore are comfortable placed than Chennai which reports that
PTR of both primary and upper primary is 92d and above.
Table – 80
Pupil – Teacher Ratio
S.No City Primary Upper Primary
1 Chennai 93.50 92.00
2 Coimbatore 37.00 26.00
3 Madurai 35.00 37.00
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1.27.9 CR, RR, DR
Cohort indicators are presented below. At primary level, the CR is little

lower in Chennai city compared to Madurai city. The RR and DR are
proportionately lower in the case of Madurai city, which is a positive
indicator.
Table - 81
CR, DR & RR 2008-09
Primary
S. City CR RR DR
No
B G T B G T B G T
1 Chennai 96.61 96.69 96.65 2.41 2.05 2.23 0.98 1.26 1.12
2 Coimbatore 94.91 94.52 94.72 1.60 1.20 1.40 1.86 1.98 3.84
3 Madurai 98.36 98.80 98.58 1.09 0.64 0.865 0.554 0.564 0.559
Source: Cohort 2008-09
At upper primary level, the CR is higher in Madurai when compared to

Chennai and Coimbatore. Madurai is better placed with regard to RR and DR
than the other two cities.
Table – 81 (contd...)
CR, DR & RR 2008-09
Upper Primary
S.
Name of the Zone CR RR DR
No
B G T B G T B G T
1 Chennai 97.64 98.38 98.01 0.65 0.10 0.38 1.71 1.52 1.61
2 Coimbatore 97.92 96.94 97.44 1.94 1.42 1.68 0.81 0.95 0.88
3 Madurai 96.20 96.40 96.2 1.82 1.98 1.90 2.03 1.67 1.90
Source: Cohort 2008-09
At primary level, GER is more than 100 in Chennai and Madurai.

However, NER of the three cities is more or less similar, which is around 99
in all the three cities. The upper primary level also indicates the same trend.
Table – 82
GER & NER – Primary
Primary
S.
City GER NER
No
B G T B G T
1 Chennai 101.18 102.09 101.63 99.41 99.22 99.32
2 Coimbatore 99.60 99.14 99.37 99.47 99.11 99.29
3 Madurai 102.71 102.99 102.85 98.82 98.62 98.72
Source: EER 2008-09
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GER & NER - Upper Primary
Upper Primary
S.
City GER NER
No
B G T B G T
1 Chennai 104.08 102.53 103.31 98.82 98.74 98.78
2 Coimbatore 99.68 99.28 99.48 99.63 99.13 99.38
3 Madurai 101.70 101.11 101.40 98.82 99.06 98.94
Source: EER 2008-09
The Attendance rate is 95 and above and promotion rate is 97 and

above in all the three cities.This is due to the introduction of child-friendly
classroom strategies, namely ABL and ALM.
Table – 83
Attendance Rate
S. Primary Upper Primary

No City B G T B G T
1 Chennai 98.20 97.00 94.85 96.90 96.20 96.20
2 Coimbatore 96.80 96.20 96.50 96.40 96.60 96.50
3 Madurai 99.10 98.90 99.00 97.90 97.70 97.80
Source: Block Report
Table – 84
Promotion Rate

S.No City
B G T B G T
1 Chennai 99.41 99.51 99.46 95.69 97.84 96.77
2 Coimbatore 99.01 99.15 99.11 97.35 97.42 97.40
3 Madurai 99.40 99.40 99.40 98.30 97.60 97.95
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Table – 85
Transition Rate

S.No City
B G T B G T
1 Chennai 98.20 98.50 98.35 97.10 97.10 97.10
2 Coimbatore 99.99 99.89 99.94 99.99 99.96 99.98
3 Madurai 99.49 99.66 99.58 98.29 98.20 98.25
Table – 86
AIE Centres 2008 – 2009
Enrolled in AIE Centres

S. No. of AIE Children Age 6-10 Total
City age 11-14
No Centres
M F T M F T M F T
1 Chennai 51 - - - 394 289 683 394 289 683
2 Coimbatore 14 115 88 208 76 69 145 191 157 348
3 Madurai 13 119 114 233 25 31 56 144 145 289
Source : EER
Table - 87
Coverage of Out of School Children 2009 – 10
S. City No. of Out Summer NRBC RBC Others

No of School camp
Children
1 Chennai 4039 1014 1674 519 832
2 Coimbatore 810 - 730 50 30
3 Madurai 508 - 219 88 201
Source: EER
During 2009-10, Chennai proposes to cover 4039 out-of-school

children, Coimbatore reports that there are only 810 out-of-school children
to be covered and Madurai estimates that 508 urban children are to be
covered in urban areas through various interventions.
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Issues
• Identification of out-of-school children since migration is frequent in the
cities concerned.
• Poor awarness of parents in slums about education
• Compulsion to earn among Urban deprived children; child labour is an
important issue to be addressed.
• Child-tracking and monitoring of mainstreamed children.
• Achievement level of mainstreamed children is not upto the level of
expectation i.e., not on par with the regular children.
• EVs need to be trained on ABL and ALM.
• Children from other States need education through their own mother
tongue such as Telugu, Hindi.
Strategies
• Involving NGOs/SHGs in identification of out of school children through

the conduct of periodical survey.
• Creation of awareness among parents in slums
• Involving urban NGOs/Self Help Groups in running NRBCs and RBCs.
• Organising awareness of slum welfare schools.
• Promoting slum SHS through Women Development Corporation.
• Special Remedial measures through ABL and ALM to bring the
mainstreamed children on par with the regular children.
• Promoting ECCE centres, ICDS centres.
• Establishment of OSC tracking system.
• Training package to EVs planned.
• Telugu and Hindi EVs will be trained on ABL, ALM and they will be used
in AIE centres and for remedial coaching.
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Chapter – 1

The State’s AWP&B 2009-2010 is, therefore, a need-based plan with

1.2. Sources of data for Planning

The principal sources of data for the preparation of plan are

1.2.2. District Information System for Education (DISE)

DISE report is one of the principal sources of planning and monitoring.

1.2.3. Cohort Study

1.2.4. Elementary Education Register (EER)

1.2.5. Achievement Study

Achievement test is conducted every year to assess the

1.3. Process of Plan Formulation

In Tamilnadu, the District Annual Work plan and Budget is prepared in a

The Block-level Planning Team consists of Panchayat Union Chairman,

A one-day orientation workshop has been organized by MHRD in

The school/habitation planning teams have prepared school-level plans

Before formulating the AWP&B 2009-2010, the District planning team

The District Planning Teams have taken sustained efforts in guiding

The State-level appraisal team consisting of 5 independent experts has

1.4. Profile of the State

The following Table provides the details of Blocks, Educational Districts,

1.5.1. Population – India & Tamilnadu

Indicator Gender India Tamilnadu

1.5.2. Population in Tamilnadu

Population all community

The percentage of SC Population is the highest in Thiruvarur

The percentage of Muslim minority population is the highest in

The Sex ratio is comparatively higher in Thoothukodi (1050).

The percentage of SC population to total population is 19.61%.

As per population Census 2001, the State literacy rate is at 73.

The SC & ST literacy rate is at 64 and 49 respectively. The ST

The literacy rate of Muslim minority is 82.94 which is higher

In Tamil Nadu, the literacy rate in15 district is comparatively

Similarly, the literacy rate of ST in 14 districts is lower than the

1.5.4. Population – Household Survey 2005

The District-wise household survey population data is presented

The total population in Tamilnadu as per the Household Survey

The Muslim population in the State is 35,17,889 and the

The percentage of Muslim population is comparatively higher in

The State is determined to enroll all the school-age children for

The Directorate of school Education and the Directorate of

1.7.1. Schools by category

Under DISE, data have been collected from all recognized

In Tamil Nadu, there are 53,890 schools. These schools

Of the total of 9938 Middle schools, 7597 are Govt. schools,

The District- wise number of schools by category and

1.7.2.1. Primary and Upper Primary

The Districtwise and Genderwise details of enrolment of pupils in

S. Primary - I - V Upper Primary - VI - VIII Total Enrolment I-VIII

Primary Upper Primary

Boys 48% Boys

A total of 98,780,621 children have been enrolled in Primary and

The District wise and Gender wise details of enrolment of SC children

Primary Upper Primary Total

In both Primary and Upper Primary sections, 24,21,955 SC children

The following Table presents Districtwise and Genderwise enrolment

In Primary and Upper Primary sections, 1,81,152 ST children have

At the primary level, it is significant to note that there is a greater

The District-wise details of teachers working in Middle, High and

In Tamil Nadu, there are 193647 teachers serving in upper primary

The percentage of female teachers among all the upper primary

1.8. Educational Indicators

1.8.1 GER – Primary