1 in 14 schools here has an issue in the government’s record
11 of 157 girls’ and co-ed schools
about the Tiruvannamalai average (1 in 13)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHS (MUSLIM) CHENGAM Classes 6–10 | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no playground | 4 | 53 |
| GHS CHE.NACHIPATTU Classes 6–10 | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no female teacher | 7 | 171 |
| GHS KUPPANATHAM Classes 6–10 | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet, nowhere to wash hands, no playground | 14 | 305 |
| GHSS PARAMANANDAL Classes 6–12 | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no playground | 13 | 500 |
| GOVT ADW PRIMARY SCHOOL MELPUZHUTHIYUR Classes 1–5 · Melpulidiyur | no girls’ toilet, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, nowhere to wash hands, no female teacher | 4 | 109 |
| PUMS CHE. TIRUVALLUVARNAGAR Classes 1–8 | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet | 8 | 154 |
| PUMS K.ANNANAGAR Classes 1–8 · Paramanandal | no girls’ toilet, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no playground, a classroom needing major repair | 5 | 86 |
| PUMS THEETHANDAPATTU Classes 1–8 | no girls’ toilet, no accessible toilet | 4 | 247 |
| PUPS ALAPUTHUR Classes 1–5 | no girls’ toilet, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no ramp, a classroom needing major repair | 2 | 34 |
| PUPS MELKARIYAMANGALAM Classes 1–5 · Kariyamangalam | no girls’ toilet, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, nowhere to wash hands, a classroom needing major repair, one teacher for the whole school | 1 | 59 |
| PUPS OLD QUILAM Classes 1–5 | no girls’ toilet, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no playground, a classroom needing major repair | 2 | 30 |
Of the 11 schools in Chengam listed here, this is what their own UDISE+ 2024-25 records show. These counts describe those schools, not every school in Chengam.
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).