Vilupuram - Schools
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Vilupuram - Schools
School education facilities are available in this district through 1777 primary schools ( including nursery schools) 311 Middle schools, 150 High Schools, 100 Higher Sechoondary Schools. Regarding higher education Arts Colleges, engineering Colleges, Poly-Techniques, Industrial Training Institute and Teacher Training Institutes are available in this district. The Government has run hostels for boys and girls for SC., ST., MBC and Backward classes. The Literacy rate of Viluppuram District is 64.7% Compared to the State figure of 73.47% in the year 2001.
While the overall literacy rate has gone up from 48.4% in 1991 to 64.7% in 2001, the male literacy rate has increased from 60.9 to 70.5% what is encouraging is that the female literacy rate has gone up by more than 17% points from 35.4 in 1991 to 52.5 in 2001.
The District level Variations in Gender Education Ration (GER) for primary classes in Viluppuram district is 85.86% for the year 1998-1999. The GER for girls is below 90% in Viluppuram district. The gender differential is most visible in Viluppuram District.
In addition to the Arignar Anna Government Ats College , Villupuram has quite a few professional colleges like Elumalai Polytechnic ,IFET engineering College, V.R.S Engineering College, Mailam Engineering College attractiong candidates from other states like Andhra Pradhesh and a few NRI students also.
It has many leading schools like Sacred Heart Convent Higher Secondary School,Ramakrishna Matriculation School,E.S matriculation schools etc.Siga Residential School attracts students from other districts also. The general geological formation of the District appears to be simple. The greater part of it is covered by the Metamorphic rocks belonging to Genesis family. There are also three great groups of sedimentary rocks belonging to different geological periods. The Kalrayan Hills in the North represents a continuous range of hills covered with some thorny forests and vegetation. Among the hills, the most beautiful part of the district lies round about the Gingee Hills.
Vilupuram - Schools
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