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Secondary school dropout rate 2023-24
March 21 , 2025
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- While Tamil Nadu’s school dropout rate has come down to 0% at the primary and middle school levels, the dropout rate at the secondary level is at 7%.
- The dropout rate has been declining in recent years - falling from 10.3% in 2022-23 to 7.7%.
- Tamil Nadu’s rate is lower than both the national average of 10.9%.
- According to a UNESCO report, the global school dropout average of 13%.
- The dropout rate among boys is consistently higher than that of girls, with 10.8% of boys dropping out at the secondary level, compared to 4.4% of girls, in 2023-24.
- In 2014-15, the dropout rate for boys was 16.1%, while that for girls was 8%.
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