Thiruvananthapuram : Public schools witnessed record admission numbers of two decades this year. A total of 28,492 children joined school class I level additionally this year. Admissions into government schools plunged steeply in 1990. By contrast, it is the first time that children in such vast numbers are entering 1st grade in govt schools.
The previous LDF government promised to protect public schools in the state. The proclamation saw 12,798 students join 1st std additionally in the academic year of 2017-18. However the next year witnessed a 3422-decrease in admission numbers during 2019-20. Later, an addition of 8459 1st std admissions were seen in 2020-21 There were a total of 2,76,932 1st std admissions last year. That figure climbed to 3,05,414 this year. 6.80 lakh students joined schools between 2017-18 to 2020-21. This year saw an added 2,24,242 admissions into state schools.
