1 in 14 schools here has an issue in the government’s record
6 of 85 girls’ and co-ed schools
2.5× the Tenkasi average (1 in 35)
Every school here is on this list for one reason: its own UDISE+ 2024-25 return shows no working girls’ toilet. The rest of its record is listed beside it.
| School | What its record shows | Teachers | Children |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL, MELANEELITHANALLUR Classes 6–10 | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet, nowhere to wash hands, a classroom needing major repair | 5 | 112 |
| GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL, PANDIYAPURAM Classes 6–10 · Vellalankulam | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet, nowhere to wash hands, no playground | 6 | 102 |
| GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL, PERIYA KOVILANKULAM Classes 6–10 · Periyakovilankulam | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet, a classroom needing major repair | 7 | 88 |
| GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL, VENTRILINGAPURAM Classes 6–10 · Pattadaikatti | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet | 16 | 300 |
| GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, THIRUMALAPURAM Classes 6–12 · Vadakkuppanaivadali | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet, nowhere to wash hands | 31 | 608 |
| PANCHAYAT UNION PRIMARY SCHOOL, DURAISAMIYAPURAM Classes 1–5 · Kulasekaramangalam | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet, a classroom needing major repair | 2 | 7 |
Of the 6 schools in Melaneelithanallur listed here, this is what their own UDISE+ 2024-25 records show. These counts describe those schools, not every school in Melaneelithanallur.
The sitting members for the assembly seats these schools fall in. Listed because they are who to ask — not as a claim that they caused it.
Photographs from Election Commission of India affidavits, as published by MyNeta (ADR).