Elementary Education in India: Where do we Stand ?

STATE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION REPORT CARD: 2016-17 TAMIL NADU

State TAMIL NADU

Primary Cycle 1-5 Upper Primary Cycle 6-8 Ratio of Pri. to Upper Primary Schools/Sections 2.21

Data Reported from Districts 30 Blocks 413 Clusters 4,091 Villages 19,300 Schools 57,992

Basic Data :Census 2011 Total Population (In 000's) 72,139 Urban Population 38.1 Sex Ratio 995

Decadal Growth Rate 15.6 % 0-6 Population 9.56 % SC Population 20.0 % ST Population 1.1 Area (In Sq.Km.)

Overall Literacy Rate 80.3 Male Literacy Rate 86.8 Female Literacy Rate 73.9 130,058
Primary
Key Data Primary Primary with U.P.& Upper U.P. with Pri. with U.P.with No Res. Total
Only with U.P. Sec. & H.Sec. Pri. Only Sec. & H.Sec. U.Pri & Sec. Secondary & Oth. Cat.
Total Schools (2016-17) 35,414 9,583 2,952 125 4,221 1,881 3,816 0 57,992

Total Schools (2015-16) 35,379 9,609 2,660 124 4,181 1,791 3,795 0 57,539

Goverment Schools 24,195 7,403 398 73 2,827 356 3,047 0 38,299

Private Schools 10,947 2,019 2,550 46 1,393 1,513 764 0 19,232

Madarsas & Unrecognised Schools 272 161 4 6 1 12 5 0 461

Goverment Schools: Rural 21,436 6,209 185 68 2,058 209 2,676 0 32,841

Private Schools: Rural 6,473 1,151 1,089 35 587 809 441 0 10,585

Total Enrolment (2016-17) 2,910,351 1,734,678 2,099,138 8,222 1,161,913 687,255 507,335 0 9,108,892

Total Enrolment (2015-16) 3,001,791 1,832,802 1,980,067 9,044 1,191,698 701,442 519,348 0 9,236,192

Enrolment in Goverment Schools 1,484,199 1,188,408 343,968 4,776 617,433 156,742 361,794 0 4,157,320

Enrolment in Private Schools 1,411,760 511,223 1,751,454 3,222 544,470 527,047 145,323 0 4,894,499

Enrolment in Madarsas & Unrecog. 14,392 35,047 3,716 224 10 3,466 218 0 57,073

Enrolment In Govt. Schools: Rural 1,252,362 964,446 127,423 4,364 418,950 83,589 311,744 0 3,162,878

Enrolment in Private Schools: Rural 688,118 240,800 685,940 2,541 171,432 268,162 73,997 0 2,130,990

Total Teachers(2015-16) 144,224 81,286 121,950 758 126,527 40,069 42,987 0 557,801

Teachers in Goverment Schools 63,552 55,388 22,427 513 84,044 10,424 35,107 0 271,455

Teachers in Private Schools 78,080 21,039 109,702 209 42,765 30,952 7,583 0 290,330

Teachers in Madarsas & Unrecog. 1,852 2,508 150 21 3 261 27 0 4,822

Primary
Performance Indicators Primary Primary with U.P & Upper U.P. with Pri. with U.P.with All Schools
(in percentage) Only with U.P. Sec. & H.Sec. Pri. Only Sec. & H.Sec. U.Pri. & Sec. Secondary
15-16 16-17 15-16 16-17 15-16 16-17 15-16 16-17 15-16 16-17 15-16 16-17 15-16 16-17 15-16 16-17

Single-Classroom Schools 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Single-Teacher Schools 3.6 3.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 2.2 1.9
Schools Approachable by All
98.1 98.3 98.2 98.2 99.3 99.3 97.6 98.4 99.4 99.5 98.9 98.5 98.0 98.0 98.3 98.4
Weather Road
Schools with Playground Facility 74.9 75.3 75.3 75.8 98.2 98.3 84.7 83.2 89.0 89.2 96.3 96.0 63.4 64.6 77.0 77.5

Schools with Boundary wall 75.3 76.3 83.5 84.3 98.2 98.3 84.7 86.4 91.9 93.2 96.4 96.9 74.1 74.3 79.6 80.5

Schools with Girls' Toilet 99.8 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.7

Schools with Boys' Toilet 99.6 100.0 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.7 100.0

Schools with Drinking Water 100.0 100.0 99.9 100.0 99.8 99.8 99.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Schools Provided MDM 98.9 99.1 96.8 97.2 18.2 15.7 61.3 61.9 98.7 98.7 11.1 10.0 99.4 99.3 97.1 97.0

Schools with Electricity 98.1 99.0 99.4 99.6 99.8 99.9 96.8 100.0 99.5 100.0 99.7 99.9 99.4 100.0 98.7 99.3

Schools with Computer 40.1 40.3 82.1 82.8 99.8 99.5 73.4 71.2 97.5 97.0 98.6 98.4 64.7 64.8 57.6 58.0

Schools with Ramp 64.3 37.0 81.5 50.4 35.1 24.2 58.1 31.2 74.0 47.7 33.2 23.8 72.1 48.4 66.1 39.7

Schools Established Since 2001 14.3 14.6 8.3 8.6 25.6 29.9 58.1 58.4 8.2 8.4 40.9 46.5 31.8 30.7 15.4 16.1
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Schools with Kitchen-shed 92.5 97.1 94.3 98.0 16.3 89.5 57.5 93.8 92.7 96.2 10.1 94.9 82.3 92.4 96.3 96.8

Schools with Enrolment <=50 48.5 49.2 3.7 3.4 0.7 1.0 46.8 49.6 2.8 3.2 1.6 3.2 7.5 8.1 31.3 31.6
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Schools with SMC 93.4 93.3 90.8 91.0 21.2 20.2 65.1 69.5 89.8 89.0 17.4 13.1 93.5 92.8 91.4 91.0

Pupil-Teacher Ratio 21 20 23 22 16 16 12 11 9 9 18 17 12 12 17 16

Student-Classroom Ratio 19 18 23 22 33 32 18 17 39 37 27 25 34 33 25 24

Average Teachers per School 4.1 4.1 8.5 8.2 45.8 44.8 6.1 5.9 30.3 30.0 22.4 22.1 11.3 11.2 9.7 9.8

Female Teachers 83.7 83.9 71.9 72.2 81.2 81.0 86.7 86.3 58.4 58.5 86.2 86.6 58.5 58.7 73.9 74.2

Girls Enrolment 49.7 49.4 49.6 49.6 46.3 46.2 73.0 74.8 50.6 50.9 45.2 45.1 49.9 50.1 48.8 48.6

% Schools with Pre-Primary Primary 23.0 Primary U. Primary Transition Rate (Primary to U. Primary) 98.6
Total Grossness
Level
% Enrolment in Pre-Primary 22.1 12.29 20.61 Ratio of Grade V to Grade I -

Incentives (Previous year) : Text Books Uniforms % Schools with SCR> % Schools with PTR>
Number of Beneficiaries
All SC ST All SC ST 30 at Pr. 35 at U.P. 30 at Pr. 35 at U.P.
Level Level Level Level
Primary Level 2615074 859267 76468 2347563 805369 73651

Upper Primary Level 2040812 619815 42667 1396553 470503 35964 15.82 26.12 13.80 9.16
# = Goverment + Aided MDM - Mid-day Meal SMC - School Management Committee CWSN - Children with Special Needs
 Elementary Education : State Report Cards

State TAMIL NADU

Ratio of Girls' to Boys' Enrolment: Grades I to V 0.94

Enrolment 2016-17

Grade Total Girls' CWSN Total Repetition Drop-out Nature of CWSN Enrolment
Enrolment Repeater Rate Rate Disability
Boys Girls I II III IV V VI VII VIII

I 1,084,789 526,455 7240 4614 718 0.07 0.21 Blind 171 166 202 201 251 300 270 303

II 1,097,203 530,301 8329 5552 613 0.05 0.29 Low-vision 524 799 1,189 1,340 1,551 2,685 4,134 4,655

III 1,157,738 563,004 9800 6557 545 0.05 0.16 Hearing 921 1,136 1,376 1,337 1,561 1,541 1,638 1,932

IV 1,153,095 561,604 10233 6700 501 0.04 0.23 Speach 1,019 1,264 1,401 1,347 1,408 1,135 1,099 1,147
Loco-motor
V 1,153,153 559,651 11882 7973 534 0.05 1.37 1,285 1,458 1,798 1,972 2,268 2,051 2,363 2,576
Mentally
VI 1,162,769 567,844 10356 7545 629 0.06 0.04 Retared 5,452 6,470 7,508 7,813 9,339 7,551 7,383 8,015

VII 1,126,697 549,145 10756 8476 578 0.05 0.78 Learning 77 197 293 431 425 298 296 269
Cerebral
VIII 1,173,448 572,455 11795 9326 708 0.06 3.16 Palsy 689 674 731 709 850 572 582 629

I-V 5,645,978 2,741,015 47484 31396 2,911 0.05 0.46 Autism 338 297 312 271 240 178 122 145
VI-VIII 3,462,914 1,689,444 32907 25347 1,915 0.05 1.34 Multiple 1,378 1,420 1,547 1,512 1,962 1,590 1,345 1,450
Classrooms/Other Rooms % Enrolment by Castes Enrolment Ratio
Castes Primary U.Primary Pry. U.Pry.
School Category Average Total % Good % Minor % Major Other
Classrooms Classrooms Condition Repair Repair Rooms SC Enr. 24.2 23.3 GER 102.01 93.42

Primary Only 4.5 159,116 86.95 7.03 6.02 28,725 SC Girls' 48.8 49.3 NER 89.47 74.17
Average
Primary & U.Prim. 8.1 77,601 84.98 7.82 7.19 13,154 ST Enr. 1.7 1.5 Instructional days
P.+U.P.+Sec+H.S. 22.1 65,296 99.90 0.07 0.02 22,813 ST Girls' 47.6 48.3 Pry. Level U.Pry.Level

U.Primary Only 4.0 494 97.17 2.83 0.00 342 OBC Enr. 70.6 71.6 218 215

U.Prim.+Sec.+H.S. 7.4 31,323 89.50 6.62 3.88 22,057 OBC Girls' 48.5 48.7 Non-Tch. Assignment

Prim.+U.P.+Sec. 14.4 27,121 99.87 0.11 0.01 8,857 Muslim Enr. 6.0 5.7 % Tch. Involved 0.9
No. of days
U.Primary+Sec. 4.1 15,508 88.68 7.89 3.43 7,862 Muslim Girls' 48.9 49.5 Involved 7
Teachers by Educational Qualification (Other than Contractual Teachers)* % Professionally Trained Teachers

School Category Below Secondary Higher Graduate Post M Phil/ Post No

Goverment Regular Male 99.6
Secondary Secondary Graduate Ph. D Doctoral Resp.

Primary Only 117 6,494 33,149 43,182 27,204 1,965 22 0 Goverment. Regular Female 99.2

Primary & U.Prim. 28 2,082 11,749 26,217 26,679 3,186 12 0 Goverment Regular Total 99.3

P.+U.P.+Sec+H.S. 71 691 2,886 31,991 33,473 5,180 45 0 Govt. Contractual Male 97.7

U.Primary Only 1 12 19 127 115 14 0 0 Govt. Contractual Female 95.2

U.Prim.+Sec.+H.S. 20 1,342 3,112 27,705 55,947 22,473 58 0 Govt. Contractual Total 95.9

Prim.+U.P.+Sec. 40 291 1,363 12,036 8,301 1,188 16 0 Private Male All 98.5

U.Primary+Sec. 5 399 1,027 11,454 19,364 4,402 10 0 Private Female All 95.9

Contractual 149 2,577 12,591 69,120 47,896 6,912 98 0 Private Total All 96.4
Teachers by Gender & Castes Regular-Teachers Contractual-Teachers SC Teachers ST Teachers OBC Teachers
No No
School Category Total Male Female response Male Female response Male Female Male Female Male Female

Primary Only 143,484 21,591 90,542 0 1,472 29,879 0 4,284 19,974 308 1,059 17,502 93,397

Primary & U.Prim. 78,935 19,745 50,208 0 2,191 6,791 0 4,610 8,067 284 461 16,088 45,123

P.+U.P.+Sec+H.S. 132,279 14,203 60,134 0 10,872 47,070 0 4,377 10,214 210 702 18,502 84,147

U.Primary Only 743 75 213 0 27 428 0 6 154 2 21 85 446

U.Prim.+Sec.+H.S. 126,812 45,687 64,970 0 6,920 9,235 0 10,306 10,245 460 509 39,550 58,806

Prim.+U.P.+Sec. 41,637 3,111 20,124 0 2,470 15,932 0 1,196 4,998 68 345 3,963 28,090

U.Primary+Sec. 42,717 14,881 21,780 0 2,751 3,305 0 4,324 4,085 179 207 12,498 19,423
Enrolment by Mediums of Instruction* % Tch. Received In-Service Training % Schools % Teachers by Age (In Years)
(Previous Year) Received Grant
School Category English Tamil Hmar Urdu Telugu Male Female All Tch. TLM SD Age Male Female All Tch.

Primary Only 1,049,811 1,797,268 36,716 14,470 8,172 83.1 50.5 55.8 4.9 81.6 55-56 4.05 2.23 2.70

Primary & U.Prim. 367,612 1,329,739 22,633 8,250 4,413 79.5 69.2 72.0 4.7 89.5 57-58 2.91 1.64 1.97

P.+U.P.+Sec+H.S. 2,058,966 31,877 8,110 30 155 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.2 2.2 59-60 0.31 0.27 0.28

U.Primary Only 464 7,758 0 0 0 62.7 59.9 60.3 4.0 31.2 % Grants Utilized

U.Prim.+Sec.+H.S. 363,980 780,744 10,132 4,036 1,434 22.4 28.6 26.0 3.3 89.7 TLM SD

Prim.+U.P.+Sec. 673,729 11,684 1,788 54 0 1.5 0.6 0.7 0.1 2.2

99.5 99.4
U.Primary+Sec. 59,061 439,575 5,189 609 1,983 43.4 49.2 46.8 2.5 92.7
*Some totals may not match due to no response in classificatory data items.