Kerala records 2,914 State school dropouts in 2024-25
Kerala's State-syllabus schools reported 2,914 dropouts in 2024-25, with children of migrant workers forming the largest group.
- Kerala State-syllabus schools recorded 2,914 dropouts in the 2024-25 academic year.
- Children of migrant workers formed the largest group among Kerala’s school dropouts.
- The Kerala reply recorded 29 dropouts among children of foreign workers, mostly from Nepal and Bangladesh.
- Ernakulam had the highest number of migrant-worker-child dropouts, followed by Malappuram and Idukki.
What happened
Kerala’s State-syllabus schools recorded 2,914 dropouts in the 2024-25 academic year. The largest group was children of migrant workers, showing that school retention in Kerala is closely linked to labour migration and family mobility.
The data also show that dropouts are not caused by one factor alone. The reasons include migration, family instability, health problems, learning disengagement, financial stress, and preference for religious education.
Kerala’s school-dropout data can be used to discuss access to education, migration-linked vulnerability, and the challenge of retaining children in school through targeted support, tracking, and convergence between education and social-welfare systems.
