Education Headline indicator
Std V children who can read Std II text
Percentage of children enrolled in Std V (rural) able to read a Std II level text. ASER's headline learning-outcome measure: what students actually know vs what they're meant to be learning.
Tamil Nadu, latest
52.0%
2024
Change
+62.0%
2014 → 2024
Rank vs compared states
#3 of 5
TN vs MH, KA, GJ, UP · higher is better
Tamil Nadu's ASER reading (Std V) is 52.0% (2024), up +62.0% since 2014. It ranks #3 of 5 compared states (higher is better).
Tamil Nadu's ASER reading (Std V) rose from 32.1% (2014) to 52.0% (2024).
Source: Pratham (ASER Centre)
Compare with Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh
- 1 MH Maharashtra 58.1% 2024
- 2 KA Karnataka 52.5% 2024
- 3 TN Tamil Nadu 52.0% 2024
- 4 GJ Gujarat 51.0% 2024
- 5 UP Uttar Pradesh 45.5% 2024
Tamil Nadu highlighted. Each row shows that state's value and the year it is from — compare like years with care.
Where this data comes from
The provenance of every value above and how to cite it.
Source provenance
All observations come from a single source.
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2014 → 2024
Primary ↗Pratham (ASER Centre)
ASER 2024 Rural
25 observations across 5 states · Tier 3
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Methodology & notes
Citizen-led household survey, rural India only. Children aged 5-16 individually tested. Tamil/local language text in respective states.
All values
Every observation, by state and period. Newest first.
Tamil Nadu
- 2024 2024 52.0%
- 2022 2022 50.5%
- 2018 2018 45.5%
- 2016 2016 41.8%
- 2014 2014 32.1%
Maharashtra 5 values
- 2024 2024 58.1%
- 2022 2022 56.4%
- 2018 2018 66.0%
- 2016 2016 50.5%
- 2014 2014 44.0%
Karnataka 5 values
- 2024 2024 52.5%
- 2022 2022 50.0%
- 2018 2018 50.4%
- 2016 2016 46.5%
- 2014 2014 41.0%
Gujarat 5 values
- 2024 2024 51.0%
- 2022 2022 49.6%
- 2018 2018 53.5%
- 2016 2016 48.0%
- 2014 2014 41.4%
Uttar Pradesh 5 values
- 2024 2024 45.5%
- 2022 2022 43.8%
- 2018 2018 46.4%
- 2016 2016 42.0%
- 2014 2014 36.6%
Cross-state comparison (2024)
Sorted high → low. Tamil Nadu highlighted.