Lok Sabha Question No. 3566 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: School Dropouts
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ganesh Singh, Chandra Sekhar Bellana, Karti P. Chidambaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3566 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## School Dropouts

3566. SHRI GANESH SINGH: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA: SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  in  regard  to  rise  in  school  dropout  rates especially in case of female students and if so, the details thereof State-wise, including primary and secondary dropout during the last two years;

- (b) the dropout rate for Tamil Nadu for 2020-21 and 2021-22, district-wise;
- (c) the percentage of attendance of students for 2020-21 and 2021-22;
- (d) the number of girls who have discontinued education in 2020-21 and 2021-22, State-wise;
- (e) whether there is any policy underway to bridge the educational gap of school students who were unable to access digital mode of learning during the lockdown period; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a)  to  (d):  The  Department  of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has developed the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) system to record data  on  indicators  of  school  education  provided  by  all  the  States  and  Union  Territories.  As  per UDISE+, State-wise and gender-wise dropout rate for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 is at annexure I and the district-wise dropout rate of Tamil Nadu for 2020-21is at annexure II.

(e) and (f): In order to mitigate/reduce the learning losses due to Covid, the Government of India has launched PM eVIDYA program for students. Through this program, various types of online models were  launched  in  order  to  provide  quality  education  to  the  students  and  can  be  accessed  at https://pmevidya.education.gov.in/. The other initiative to provide uninterrupted learning access includes:  Digital  Infrastructure  For  Knowledge  Sharing  (DIKSHA)  for providing quality e-content for school education in states/UTs, Swayam Prabha TV channel per class from Class 1 to 12 (one class,  one  channel),  Extensive  use  of  Radio,  Community  radio  and  CBSE  Podcast-Shiksha  Vani, Special e-content for visually and hearing impaired developed on Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY). Further, students can continue to recover the losses even after school hours. The summer  vacations  and  other  vacations  have  been  curtailed  to  compensate  the  learning  losses  by identifying  the  needy  students.  Also  students  have  the  choice  to  learn  through  open  schools.  The Government  of  India  has  issued  detailed  guidelines  on  learning  management  plan  and  can  be accessed at https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/announcement/Learning\_%20Enhancement\_Guidelines.pdf

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## Annexure I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3566  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  08.08.2022  ASKED  BY  HONB'LE  MP  SHRI GANESH SINGH, SHRI  CHANDRA SEKHAR  BELLANA, SHRI KARTI P.  CHIDAMBARAM REGARDING  'School dropouts'

State-wise, Level-wise and gender-wise Dropout Rate for the year 2019-20

| State/UT                           | Primary Dropout Rate   | Primary Dropout Rate   | Primary Dropout Rate   | Upper Primary Dropout   | Upper Primary Dropout   | Upper Primary Dropout   | Secondary Dropout Rate   | Secondary Dropout Rate   | Secondary Dropout Rate   |
|------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| State/UT                           | Girls                  | Boys                   | Overall                | Girls                   | Boys                    | Overall                 | Girls                    | Boys                     | Overall                  |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 0.3                    | 0.7                    | 0.5                    | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 12.3                     | 19.1                     | 15.7                     |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.2                     | 0.3                     | 0.3                     | 12.2                     | 17.2                     | 14.8                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 4.6                    | 7.8                    | 6.2                    | 7.2                     | 7.7                     | 7.5                     | 30.9                     | 37.6                     | 34.3                     |
| Assam                              | 3.6                    | 5.1                    | 4.3                    | 2.1                     | 4.8                     | 3.4                     | 32.9                     | 31.5                     | 32.3                     |
| Bihar                              | 1.5                    | 3.0                    | 2.3                    | 9.2                     | 8.6                     | 8.9                     | 22.7                     | 20.0                     | 21.4                     |
| Chandigarh                         | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.3                     | 0.3                     | 0.3                     | 3.3                      | 5.9                      | 4.7                      |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 0.6                    | 1.4                    | 1.0                    | 3.1                     | 4.6                     | 3.8                     | 17.2                     | 19.4                     | 18.3                     |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli                | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 1.2                     | 1.1                     | 1.1                     | 17.3                     | 22.8                     | 20.3                     |
| Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0.2                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                     | 0.5                     | 0.0                     | 16.5                     | 23.2                     | 20.0                     |
| Delhi                              | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.3                     | 0.1                     | 0.2                     | 11.9                     | 15.7                     | 13.9                     |
| Goa                                | 0.2                    | 0.3                    | 0.3                    | 0.2                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 7.2                      | 12.8                     | 10.2                     |
| Gujarat                            | 0.9                    | 1.0                    | 1.0                    | 7.2                     | 3.5                     | 5.2                     | 20.7                     | 26.0                     | 23.7                     |
| Haryana                            | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 2.5                     | 1.3                     | 1.8                     | 12.0                     | 14.4                     | 13.3                     |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 0.8                    | 0.9                    | 0.9                    | 1.0                     | 0.2                     | 0.6                     | 5.9                      | 8.4                      | 7.2                      |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     | 6.0                    | 5.8                    | 5.9                    | 5.4                     | 4.9                     | 5.1                     | 18.6                     | 18.4                     | 18.5                     |
| Jharkhand                          | 5.3                    | 7.3                    | 6.3                    | 7.9                     | 9.0                     | 8.5                     | 17.0                     | 16.2                     | 16.6                     |
| Karnataka                          | 0.9                    | 1.4                    | 1.2                    | 2.3                     | 2.7                     | 2.5                     | 14.1                     | 19.4                     | 16.8                     |
| Kerala                             | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 5.9                      | 9.8                      | 7.9                      |
| Ladakh                             | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| Lakshadweep                        | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.4                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 2.7                      | 10.6                     | 6.7                      |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 0.7                    | 0.9                    | 0.8                    | 4.7                     | 3.6                     | 4.1                     | 21.8                     | 24.4                     | 23.2                     |
| Maharashtra                        | 0.1                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 1.5                     | 0.7                     | 1.1                     | 14.0                     | 16.2                     | 15.2                     |
| Manipur                            | 8.7                    | 8.8                    | 8.8                    | 3.6                     | 4.4                     | 4.0                     | 9.2                      | 9.3                      | 9.2                      |
| Meghalaya                          | 6.1                    | 7.9                    | 7.0                    | 6.6                     | 9.5                     | 8.0                     | 21.8                     | 22.8                     | 22.2                     |
| Mizoram                            | 7.6                    | 8.0                    | 7.8                    | 1.2                     | 3.8                     | 2.5                     | 17.5                     | 23.2                     | 20.4                     |
| Nagaland                           | 3.5                    | 4.9                    | 4.2                    | 3.9                     | 6.9                     | 5.4                     | 20.7                     | 21.7                     | 21.2                     |
| Odisha                             | 0.8                    | 0.8                    | 0.8                    | 4.1                     | 4.9                     | 4.5                     | 21.9                     | 25.2                     | 23.6                     |
| Puducherry                         | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 4.9                      | 10.8                     | 7.9                      |
| Punjab                             | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                      | 4.8                      | 1.6                      |
| Rajasthan                          | 2.8                    | 2.9                    | 2.9                    | 2.1                     | 1.1                     | 1.5                     | 12.1                     | 12.5                     | 12.3                     |
| Sikkim                             | 0.0                    | 0.5                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 21.1                     | 25.6                     | 23.2                     |
| Tamilnadu                          | 0.8                    | 1.4                    | 1.1                    | 0.3                     | 0.4                     | 0.4                     | 5.6                      | 13.4                     | 9.6                      |
| Telangana                          | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                     | 0.4                     | 0.1                     | 10.6                     | 14.0                     | 12.3                     |
| Tripura                            | 1.8                    | 2.2                    | 2.0                    | 3.2                     | 3.8                     | 3.5                     | 26.4                     | 27.0                     | 26.7                     |
| Uttarakhand                        | 2.2                    | 2.7                    | 2.5                    | 2.4                     | 2.2                     | 2.3                     | 7.3                      | 9.5                      | 8.4                      |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 2.5                    | 2.8                    | 2.7                    | 4.0                     | 0.2                     | 2.1                     | 14.2                     | 14.6                     | 14.4                     |
| West Bengal                        | 0.3                    | 0.9                    | 0.6                    | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 0.0                     | 13.6                     | 14.1                     | 13.8                     |

Source:-Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20

## Annexure I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3566  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  08.08.2022  ASKED  BY  HONB'LE  MP  SHRI GANESH SINGH,  SHRI  CHANDRA  SEKHAR  BELLANA,  SHRI  KARTI  P.  CHIDAMBARAM REGARDING  'School dropouts'

State-wise, Level-wise and gender-wise Dropout Rate for the year 2020-21

| State/UT                           | Primary Dropout Rate   | Primary Dropout Rate   | Primary Dropout Rate   | Upper Primary Dropout Rate   | Upper Primary Dropout Rate   | Upper Primary Dropout Rate   | Secondary Dropout Rate   | Secondary Dropout Rate   | Secondary Dropout Rate   |
|------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| State/UT                           | Boys                   | Girls                  | Overall                | Boys                         | Girls                        | Overall                      | Boys                     | Girls                    | Overall                  |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 2.1                    | 2.5                    | 2.3                    | 0.2                          | 0.6                          | 0.4                          | 7.3                      | 6.8                      | 7.0                      |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.5                          | 0.5                          | 0.5                          | 17.3                     | 16.1                     | 16.7                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 9.6                    | 6.6                    | 8.1                    | 7.8                          | 6.4                          | 7.1                          | 8.7                      | 11.3                     | 10.1                     |
| Assam                              | 4.2                    | 2.3                    | 3.3                    | 6.3                          | 3.6                          | 4.9                          | 29.0                     | 31.4                     | 30.3                     |
| Bihar                              | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 2.1                          | 3.4                          | 2.8                          | 16.3                     | 19.0                     | 17.6                     |
| Chandigarh                         | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.2                          | 0.5                          | 0.4                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 0.8                    | 0.6                    | 0.7                    | 4.8                          | 3.3                          | 4.1                          | 15.5                     | 11.3                     | 13.4                     |
| Daman &Diu and Dadra& Nagar Haveli | 4.4                    | 3.4                    | 3.9                    | 2.1                          | 1.3                          | 1.7                          | 20.5                     | 14.7                     | 17.7                     |
| Delhi                              | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 1.2                          | 1.0                          | 1.1                          | 7.0                      | 5.1                      | 6.1                      |
| Goa                                | 1.6                    | 1.5                    | 1.5                    | 0.7                          | 0.8                          | 0.8                          | 6.3                      | 5.0                      | 5.7                      |
| Gujarat                            | 0.9                    | 1.1                    | 1.0                    | 3.7                          | 5.5                          | 4.5                          | 25.1                     | 20.9                     | 23.3                     |
| Haryana                            | 2.2                    | 2.0                    | 2.1                    | 1.7                          | 2.0                          | 1.8                          | 12.2                     | 8.9                      | 10.8                     |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 1.9                    | 1.9                    | 1.9                    | 1.4                          | 1.3                          | 1.4                          | 8.1                      | 7.1                      | 7.6                      |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     | 4.5                    | 4.2                    | 4.4                    | 2.6                          | 4.1                          | 3.4                          | 2.9                      | 4.6                      | 3.7                      |
| Jharkhand                          | 4.0                    | 2.9                    | 3.5                    | 5.3                          | 5.5                          | 5.4                          | 12.6                     | 13.3                     | 13.0                     |
| Karnataka                          | 1.3                    | 0.9                    | 1.1                    | 2.1                          | 1.9                          | 2.0                          | 18.2                     | 14.8                     | 16.6                     |
| Kerala                             | 0.1                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 9.1                      | 4.9                      | 7.1                      |
| Ladakh                             | 3.8                    | 4.3                    | 4.1                    | 3.1                          | 1.2                          | 2.1                          | 5.8                      | 1.1                      | 3.4                      |
| Lakshadweep                        | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 1.4                    | 1.3                    | 1.3                    | 6.1                          | 6.6                          | 6.4                          | 25.2                     | 22.1                     | 23.8                     |
| Maharashtra                        | 1.1                    | 0.9                    | 1.0                    | 1.4                          | 1.7                          | 1.5                          | 11.3                     | 11.1                     | 11.2                     |
| Manipur                            | 8.9                    | 8.1                    | 8.5                    | 4.3                          | 3.7                          | 4.0                          | 9.4                      | 9.4                      | 9.4                      |
| Meghalaya                          | 8.7                    | 6.1                    | 7.4                    | 10.3                         | 7.8                          | 9.0                          | 28.5                     | 26.9                     | 27.6                     |
| Mizoram                            | 8.5                    | 7.6                    | 8.1                    | 7.1                          | 3.5                          | 5.3                          | 22.2                     | 17.8                     | 20.0                     |
| Nagaland                           | 6.6                    | 5.2                    | 5.9                    | 5.2                          | 3.2                          | 4.2                          | 24.7                     | 22.5                     | 23.6                     |
| Odisha                             | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 16.7                     | 15.4                     | 16.0                     |
| Puducherry                         | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 8.4                      | 5.3                      | 6.9                      |
| Punjab                             | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 7.3                      | 11.1                     | 9.0                      |
| Rajasthan                          | 0.8                    | 1.2                    | 1.0                    | 2.6                          | 2.8                          | 2.7                          | 9.0                      | 8.8                      | 8.9                      |
| Sikkim                             | 2.1                    | 0.2                    | 1.2                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 25.2                     | 18.4                     | 21.6                     |
| Tamilnadu                          | 0.7                    | 0.5                    | 0.6                    | 0.6                          | 0.6                          | 0.6                          | 8.6                      | 4.1                      | 6.4                      |
| Telangana                          | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 14.3                     | 13.4                     | 13.9                     |
| Tripura                            | 4.5                    | 3.9                    | 4.2                    | 6.1                          | 4.9                          | 5.5                          | 28.0                     | 25.4                     | 26.7                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 2.3                    | 2.1                    | 2.2                    | 2.7                          | 6.5                          | 4.6                          | 11.9                     | 13.2                     | 12.5                     |
| Uttarakhand                        | 1.8                    | 1.6                    | 1.7                    | 2.1                          | 2.1                          | 2.1                          | 9.6                      | 6.9                      | 8.3                      |
| West Bengal                        | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 13.2                     | 13.3                     | 13.3                     |

Source:-Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2020-21

## Annexure II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3566  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  08.08.2022  ASKED  BY  HONB'LE  MP  SHRI GANESH SINGH, SHRI  CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA, SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM REGARDING  'School dropouts'

District-wise Dropout Rate of Tamil Nadu for 2020-21

|                  | Dropout Rate Primary   | Dropout Rate Primary   | Dropout Rate Primary   | Dropout Rate Upper Primary   | Dropout Rate Upper Primary   | Dropout Rate Upper Primary   | Dropout Rate Secondary   | Dropout Rate Secondary   | Dropout Rate Secondary   |
|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Name of District | Boys                   | Girls                  | overall                | Boys                         | Girls                        | overall                      | Boys                     | Girls                    | overall                  |
| ARIYALUR         | 1.0                    | 0.5                    | 0.8                    | 1.0                          | 1.0                          | 1.0                          | 11.4                     | 6.8                      | 9.1                      |
| CHENGALPATTU     | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    |                              |                              | 0.0                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| CHENNAI          | 3.0                    | 2.5                    | 2.7                    | 1.0                          | 0.8                          | 0.9                          | 5.7                      | 2.9                      | 4.3                      |
| COIMBATORE       | 0.5                    | 0.3                    | 0.4                    | 0.8                          | 0.6                          | 0.7                          | 9.9                      | 3.5                      | 6.8                      |
| CUDDALORE        | 0.8                    | 0.4                    | 0.6                    | 0.7                          | 0.7                          | 0.7                          | 9.5                      | 4.9                      | 7.3                      |
| DHARMAPURI       | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.2                          | 0.5                          | 0.3                          | 8.0                      | 4.4                      | 6.3                      |
| DINDIGUL         | 0.5                    | 0.3                    | 0.4                    | 1.0                          | 0.9                          | 1.0                          | 10.5                     | 6.4                      | 8.5                      |
| ERODE            | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 7.1                      | 2.4                      | 4.8                      |
| KALLAKURICHI     | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    |                              |                              | 0.0                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| KANCHIPURAM      | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 70.6                         | 71.5                         | 0.0                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| KANNIYAKUMARI    | 0.4                    | 0.2                    | 0.3                    | 0.3                          | 0.1                          | 0.2                          | 3.9                      | 0.9                      | 2.4                      |
| KARUR            | 0.4                    | 0.7                    | 0.6                    | 1.1                          | 0.9                          | 1.0                          | 8.8                      | 5.6                      | 7.2                      |
| KRISHNAGIRI      | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 10.6                     | 7.5                      | 9.2                      |
| MADURAI          | 1.0                    | 0.7                    | 0.8                    | 0.0                          | 0.1                          | 0.0                          | 7.0                      | 3.4                      | 5.3                      |
| NAGAPATTINAM     | 0.4                    | 0.3                    | 0.4                    | 0.3                          | 0.2                          | 0.3                          | 10.3                     | 4.2                      | 7.3                      |
| NAMAKKAL         | 0.4                    | 0.0                    | 0.2                    | 0.0                          | 0.6                          | 0.2                          | 5.8                      | 0.0                      | 2.4                      |
| PERAMBALUR       | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.1                          | 1.1                          | 0.5                          | 6.2                      | 2.9                      | 4.6                      |
| PUDUKKOTTAI      | 0.4                    | 0.2                    | 0.3                    | 1.0                          | 0.8                          | 0.9                          | 10.6                     | 5.0                      | 7.8                      |
| RAMANATHAPURAM   | 0.9                    | 0.9                    | 0.9                    | 1.2                          | 0.8                          | 1.0                          | 7.4                      | 4.6                      | 6.0                      |
| RANIPET          | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    |                              |                              | 0.0                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| SALEM            | 0.7                    | 0.4                    | 0.5                    | 0.6                          | 0.4                          | 0.5                          | 10.3                     | 4.7                      | 7.6                      |
| SIVAGANGAI       | 0.3                    | 0.2                    | 0.2                    | 0.2                          | 0.2                          | 0.2                          | 9.9                      | 2.3                      | 6.2                      |
| TENKASI          | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    |                              |                              | 0.0                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| THANJAVUR        | 0.8                    | 0.7                    | 0.8                    | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 0.0                          | 9.1                      | 3.2                      | 6.2                      |
| THE NILGIRIS     | 1.2                    | 1.1                    | 1.1                    | 0.1                          | 0.3                          | 0.2                          | 6.9                      | 4.5                      | 5.7                      |
| THENI            | 0.3                    | 0.0                    | 0.2                    | 0.4                          | 0.6                          | 0.5                          | 5.7                      | 3.1                      | 4.5                      |
| THOOTHUKKUDI     | 0.4                    | 0.0                    | 0.2                    | 0.3                          | 0.3                          | 0.3                          | 9.2                      | 3.2                      | 6.2                      |
| TIRUCHIRAPPALLI  | 0.1                    | 0.0                    | 0.1                    | 0.2                          | 0.0                          | 0.1                          | 6.8                      | 1.6                      | 4.3                      |
| TIRUNELVELI      | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 45.4                         | 44.9                         | 0.0                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| TIRUPATTUR       | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    |                              |                              | 0.0                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| TIRUPPUR         | 1.9                    | 1.6                    | 1.8                    | 2.8                          | 1.7                          | 2.2                          | 10.5                     | 4.7                      | 7.6                      |
| TIRUVALLUR       | 1.7                    | 1.4                    | 1.6                    | 1.6                          | 1.4                          | 1.5                          | 8.5                      | 4.5                      | 6.5                      |
| TIRUVANNAMALAI   | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                          | 0.3                          | 0.1                          | 8.4                      | 5.5                      | 7.0                      |
| TIRUVARUR        | 0.4                    | 0.1                    | 0.2                    | 0.6                          | 0.6                          | 0.6                          | 10.2                     | 4.0                      | 7.1                      |
| VELLORE          | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 62.6                         | 62.2                         | 0.0                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| VILLUPURAM       | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 0.0                    | 48.0                         | 46.9                         | 0.0                          | 0.0                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| VIRUDHUNAGAR     | 0.5                    | 0.0                    | 0.1                    | 0.3                          | 0.0                          | 0.1                          | 9.0                      | 4.5                      | 6.8                      |

Source:-Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2020-21