Education

Since this district is adjacent to the city of Chennai, there are remarkable number of Educational Institutions in the district. Many professional institutions particularly the veterinary university add honour to this district is the field of education. The literacy rate is about 68% of the total population as per 2001 census and 76.08% of the total population as per 2011 census (provisional). The list of educational Institutions are given below.

Universities		1
Arts and Science Colleges		11
Colleges for Professional Education
1.	Medicine (Allopathic)	3
2.	Engineering colleges	23
3.	Polytechnic	12
Primary Schools		1397
Middle Schools		264
High and Higher Sec. School		602
Teacher's Training Institute		1

Schools

In Tiruvallur District 2263 Schools are functioning. The details of schools are given below

Elementary Schools	1397
Middle Schools	264
High Schools	148
Higher Secondary Schools	454
Total	2263

Students

In the above schools, 154552 Boys and 163057 Girls. Totally 317609 students are studying.

The Literacy rate of this District has increased from 66.22% in 1991 to 76.54% in 2002. 86.73 % in 2011

The Literacy rate if SC/ST in this District 52.7% both male and female literacy rate have also increased.
The density of the District is 800 Sq.km. The decade population growth rate of this district 11.19%.

In Tiruvallur District there are 3527 Male Teachers and 7119 Female Teachers.

Totally 10646 Teachers are working in various kinds of management schools. (Government High/Higher Secondary Primary Schools)

Computer Education

All the High and Higher Secondary Schools are equipped with Computer to impart computer literacy to the students and to the public.

New Schools

Total number of new schools opened during the year 2009-2010 & 2010-2011 are given below :

Details	2009-2010	2010-2011
Middle schools (1^st-8^th Std.) made as High Schools (6^th to 10^th Std.)	11	16
High Schools (6^th-10^th Std.) made as Higher Secondary Schools (6^th to 12^th Std.)	3	2
Bifurcated Higher Secondary Schools in to Girls High Schools	-	-

Schemes

Under various Tamil Nadu Government Schemes students are benefited as detailed below:

Scheme	Benefited students
Chief Minister�s nutrition�s Noon Meal Program	164328
Free Uniforms	109773
Free Books	326369
Free Cycles (XI -XII Standard Students are given free bicycles to attend the school by bicycles under this scheme.)	9968
Rural Talented Scholarship 2009-10 (Rs. 1000X311) = Rs.3,11,000	311
Agriculture Labour Social Welfare Scheme Boys (Rs. 1750 X 77) Girls (Rs. 2000 X 92)	169

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan ("Education for All")

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan which is other wise called "Education for all" is a movement rather than a scheme to universalize elementary education by community-ownership of the school system. This movement aims at improving human capabilities of children through provision of community-owned quality education in a mission mode. Objectives of Education for All (EFA)

The first and foremost objective is to enroll all children by 2003. No child may be left out.
All children complete five years of primary schooling by 2007
All children complete eight years of elementary education by 2010
Quality education is ensured
Bridge all gender and social category gaps
Universal retention by 2010