FACTS AND FIGURES

Edu-quick facts@Tamil Nadu
Universities (2008)	40
Arts and Science Colleges	444
9 Colleges for Professional Education	--
Medicine (Government)	--
Medical (M.B.B.S. / PG Courses)	13
Dental (B.D.S. / M.D.S.)	1
Nursing (B.Sc., & P.G Diploma)	16
B. Pharmacy and P.G.Courses	3
Physiotherapy (B.P.T)	2
Occupational Therapy	--
Indian Medicine (Siddha, Ayurvedic, Unani, Homoeopathy &Naturopathy and Yoga)	5
Engineering and Technology (including NIT, IIT and Self-Financing)	255
Agriculture (2005-06)	11
Veterinary and Fisheries	3
Law (including Central Law College & School of Excellence in Law)(2005-06)	8
Colleges for Special Education	38
Schools for General Education	51807
Schools for Professional Education	59
Schools for Special Education	102
Institutions for Other Professions	1194

SCHOOL AGE POPULATION AND ENROLMENT2005-06

Age Group	Sex	Population in Lakhs	Enrolment in Lakhs	Percentage of Enrolment
6 TO 11	Boys	33.73	32.94	97.66
	Girls	31.42	30.84	98.15
	Total	65.15	63.78	97.90
11 TO 14	Boys	20.44	18.93	92.61
	Girls	19.38	17.41	89.83
	Total	39.82	36.34	91.26
14 TO 16	Boys	12.60	10.00	79.36
	Girls	12.24	9.25	75.57
	Total	24.84	19.25	77.49
16 TO 18	Boys	12.50	5.24	41.92
	Girls	12.15	5.59	46.01
	Total	24.65	10.83	43.93
6 TO 18	Boys	79.27	67.11	84.66
	Girls	75.19	63.09	83.91
	Total	154.46	130.20	84.29

COLLEGES FOR GENERAL EDUCATION 2005-06

Type of Institution	No. of Institutions	Students			Teachers
		Boys	Girls	Total
Government Colleges Aided Colleges Self Financing Colleges	60 133 297	46023 137583 67593	57483 137790 101676	103506 275373 169629	2829 7432 11311
TOTAL	490	251559	296949	548508	21572

Source: Director of CollegiateEducation, Chennai-6
COLLEGES FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION2005-06
(Excluding Engineering Colleges)

Type of Institution	No. of Institu­tions	Students Male Female Total			Teachers
1. Medical Colleges (Govt.) :
a) M.B.B.S and P.G. Diploma , P.G. Degree and Higher specialities Courses	13	5183	3455	8638	3477
b) B.D.S. and P.G. Courses	1	260	173	433	41
c) B.Pharmacy, Diploma and P.G. Courses	3	312	208	520	60
d) B.P.T. & P.G. Courses (Physiotheraphy)	2	86	106	192	10
e) B.Sc. (Nursing), Diploma in Nursing & M.Sc (Nursing)	18	141	3580	3721	91
f) Siddha	2	254	703	957	127
g) Ayurvedha	-	-	-	-	-
h) Unani	1	69	65	134	14
i) Homoeopathy	1	69	194	263	29
j) Naturapathy and Yoga	1	19	35	54	22
2. Agricultural Colleges	11	1520	1457	2977	1030
3. Veterinary Colleges	-	-	-	-	-
4. Fisheries College	-	-	-	-	-
5. a) Govt. Law Colleges & School of Excellance in Law	N.A.	6054	1919	7973	N.A.
b) Central Law College, Salem	1	1364	359	1723	31
6. Music Colleges	5	178	190	368	N.A.
7. Colleges of Arts and Crafts (Chennai &Kumbakonam)	2	660	75	735	N.A.
a) Mamallapuram	1	23	3	26	N.A.

Source: Respective Heads of EducationalInstitutions
16.6 COLLEGES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION2005-06

Type of Institution	No. of Institu­tions	Students			Teachers
		Male	Female	Total
Colleges for Oriental Studies	10	3071	4949	8020	159
Institutions for Social Education	2	305	302	607	23
Institute for Rural Education	1	1257	1035	2292	126
Colleges of Education	160	3090	7168	10258	877
Colleges of Physical Education	8	548	285	833	42
Total	181	8271	13739	22010	1227

Source: Director of CollegiateEducation Chennai and Registrar, Gandhigram Rural Institute,(Deemed University), Dindigul
SCHOOLS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION2005-06

Type of Institution	No. of	Students			Teachers
	Institu­tions	Boys	Girls	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Primary Schools	34208	1990557	1891535	3882092	115568
2. Middle Schools	8017	1190875	1157266	2348141	62156
TOTAL	42225	3181432	3048801	6230233	177724
3. High Schools
a) State Board	2918	605375	632746	1238121	33314
b) Anglo Indian	12	2283	7306	9589	281
c) Matriculation	2053	338221	278591	616812	38068
d) Central Board Kendriya Vidyalayas CBSE)	63	29055	21832	50887	2505
TOTAL	5046	974934	940475	1915409	74168
4. Higher Secondary Schools
a) State Board	2990	1839133	1735269	3574402	94518
b) Anglo Indian	29	19552	22434	41986	1081
c) Matriculation	1421	622020	504192	1126212	50740
d) Central Board (Kendriya Vidyalayas CBSE)	96	74530	57435	131965	6235
TOTAL	4536	2555235	2319330	4874565	152574
GRAND TOTAL	51807	6711601	6308606	13020207	404466

* Includes Nursery and Pre-Primary Schools
Source:   Director of School Education, Chennai-6Policy Note on School Education 
SCHOOLS FOR PROFESSIONALEDUCATION2005-06

Type of Institution	No. of Institu­tions	Students			Tfa- chers
		Boys	Girls	Total
1.   Music Schools	17	192	50	242	N.A.
2.   Govt, Teachers Training Schools	1	45	45	90	8
3.   District Institutefor Education and Training	29	1200	1200	2400	475
4.   Anglo Indian Teacher TrainingSchool for Women	-	-	-	-	-
5.  Teachers TrainingCentre for Blind	1	4	9	13	1
6.  Teachers TrainingCentre for Deaf*	1	8	20	28	2
7.  Teachers TrainingCentre for Mentally Retarded *	1	5	8	13	2
8.   Industrial TrainingCentre for Adult Blind	1	13	3	16	3
9.   Industrial TrainingCentre for Adult Deaf (Two years duration)	1	16	-	16	1
10.Government I.T.I.	9	120	200	320	64
11.Teacher Training Schools Aided	39	960	2280	3240	234
12.Teacher Training Institute Self Finance	200	4375	8025	12400	1730

NUMBER OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS INTAMIL NADU 2005-06

Type	Polytechnics			Engineering Colleges
	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Government	22	22	22	10	10	10
Government aided	34	34	34	3	3	3
Affiliated Institutions	5	5	3	-	-	-
Self-financing Institutions	146	146	155	222	222	227
Deemed Universities	-	-	-	-	17	17
IIMCT (SF)	-	-	14	-	-	-
National Institutes	-	-	-	2	2	2
TOTAL	207	207	228	237	254	259

Source: Director of TechnicalEducation, Chennai-25