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Sharp rise in students dropout rate in TN schools
The New Indian Express Madurai
|October 29, 2025
TAMIL Nadu has recorded a sharp increase in school dropout rates across three levels— primary (Classes 1-5), upper primary (6-8) and secondary (9-10) — in 2024-25, according to the latest Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) data released by the Union Ministry of Education on Tuesday.
In primary and upper primary levels, the dropout rate rose from 0% for both to 2.7% and 2.8% in 2024-25 respectively— the highest in the last five years since 2020-21. At the secondary level, it has increased from 7.7% in 2023-24 to 8.5% in 2024-25.
This story is from the October 29, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Madurai.
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