Number of Tamil School

Tamil Schools

Year # Schools # Students 1938 547 22,820 1947 741 33,945 1956 877 47,407 1957 888 50,766 1958 874 53,098 1959 840 56,297 1960 815 60,726 1961 784 63,917 1962 745 66,504 1963 720 67,649 1964 704 69,362 1965 700 72,828 1966 695 76,350 1967 686 79,203 1968 666 81,428 1969 662 80,750 1970 657 79,278 1971 647 77,192 1972 635 78,758 1973 631 78,854 1974 618 79,674 1975 612 80,404 1976 606 80,103 1977 606 78,841 1978 600 77,525 1979 596 77,013 1980 589 73,958 1981 583 73,513 1982 579 73,897 1983 575 74,255 1984 571 75,028 1985 566 76,653 1986 555 81,051 1987 553 83,228 1988 548 87,837 1989 548 92,243 1990 547 96,120 1991 544 99,876 1992 543 102,493 1993 541 104,638 1994 539 103,963 1995 538 102,776 1996 531 99,525 1997 530 98,072 1998 530 94,907 2000 524 89,175 2006 523 101,972 2007 523 105,618 source: Tamil Nesan 28/09/07