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Statistic: Tamil Schools
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Year
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# Schools
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# Students
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1938
|
547
|
22,820
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1947
|
741
|
33,945
|
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1956
|
877
|
47,407
|
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1957
|
888
|
50,766
|
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1958
|
874
|
53,098
|
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1959
|
840
|
56,297
|
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1960
|
815
|
60,726
|
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1961
|
784
|
63,917
|
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1962
|
745
|
66,504
|
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1963
|
720
|
67,649
|
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1964
|
704
|
69,362
|
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1965
|
700
|
72,828
|
|
1966
|
695
|
76,350
|
|
1967
|
686
|
79,203
|
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1968
|
666
|
81,428
|
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1969
|
662
|
80,750
|
|
1970
|
657
|
79,278
|
|
1971
|
647
|
77,192
|
|
1972
|
635
|
78,758
|
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1973
|
631
|
78,854
|
|
1974
|
618
|
79,674
|
|
1975
|
612
|
80,404
|
|
1976
|
606
|
80,103
|
|
1977
|
606
|
78,841
|
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1978
|
600
|
77,525
|
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1979
|
596
|
77,013
|
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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
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| source: Tamil Nesan
28/09/07 |
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