Summary
Around 37% of these students are children of migrant workers whose families relocated for employment.
The dropouts occurred because parents either returned to their home state or moved to a different area for work.
Key Points
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2,914 students left state-run schools in Kerala during the 2024‑25 school year.
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36.65% of them are children of migrant workers.
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Kerala's Education Minister N. Samsudheen reported these figures in a written response to the state legislature.
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The trend shows challenges for mobile families trying to keep children in school.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsmigrant
a person who moves to a new place for work
mobile families
families that move often because of jobs
education minister
the government official in charge of schools
legislature
the group of people who make laws for the state
reported
gave information or news
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