The average number of students in Plus One classes in northern Kerala districts is going to be over 60 after the recent second supplementary allotment for admissions even as the corresponding figure in some districts in southern Kerala will be fewer than 50.
According to the data collected by the Malabar Education Movement (MEM), a non-governmental organisation based in Kozhikode, the average number of students in a Plus One class in Palakkad, Malappuram, and Kozhikode will be 63. In Wayanad and Kannur, it will be 62. In Kasaragod, it will be 61.
In districts such as Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, and Idukki, however, the average number will be 42, 47 each, and 45 respectively. In Thrissur, Kollam, and Ernakulam, it will be 56 and the figure for Thiruvananthpuram will be around 62.
