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Class I enrolment in govt, aided schools drops; minister cites dip in birth rate
The New Indian Express Kollam
|June 18, 2025
THE NUMBER of students enrolled in Class I in government and aided schools has dropped to 2.34 lakh this year compared to 2.50 lakh the previous year.
However, the overall number of students enrolled in Classes II to X in government and aided schools rose by 40,906 from the previous year to settle at 29.27 lakh. General Education Minister V Sivankutty announced the enrolment figures here on Tuesday based on the sixth working day statistics collected from schools.
This story is from the June 18, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kollam.
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