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Transition rate (Upper Primary → Secondary)

Share of Grade 8 students who progressed to Grade 9 in the following year. Higher is better. A leading indicator of secondary dropout risk.

Tamil Nadu's transition rate is 96.6% % (2024-25), per Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.

Tamil Nadu, latest

96.6%

2024-25

Last verified 2026-05-15

Change

-2.8%

2022-23 → 2024-25

Rank vs compared states

#3 of 5

TN vs MH, KA, GJ, UP · higher is better

Tamil Nadu's Transition rate is 96.6% (2024-25), down +2.8% since 2022-23. It ranks #3 of 5 compared states (higher is better).

Source Official Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education Coverage 2022-23 – 2024-25 Sources & methodology ↓

About this indicator

This measures the share of Grade 8 students who move on to Grade 9, capturing whether children continue past the upper-primary stage into secondary school. It is an important pinch point because secondary school often involves changing institutions, longer travel, and higher costs, which can push vulnerable students out. A high transition rate shows students are progressing, but it does not confirm they stay through or complete the secondary stage.

Transition rate · 2022-23 – 2024-25

Tamil Nadu's Transition rate fell from 99.4% (2022-23) to 96.6% (2024-25).

Source: Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education

Compare with Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh

1 MH Maharashtra 98.4% 2024-25
2 KA Karnataka 96.7% 2024-25
3 TN Tamil Nadu 96.6% 2024-25
4 GJ Gujarat 85.0% 2024-25
5 UP Uttar Pradesh 78.1% 2024-25

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.

FY23 → FY25

Primary ↗

Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education

UDISE+ Booklets (Existing Structure), Ministry of Education

15 observations across 5 states · Tier 2

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Methodology & notes

Upper Primary to Secondary (Grade 8 to 9) transition, Total, from UDISE+ Booklet Table 6.14 (Existing Structure), parsed from the official PDF. Series starts 2022-23 (UDISE+ student-wise database era).