Kerala and Rajasthan have emerged as States with the best quality of school education in the country, with scores of 76.6% and 72.9% respectively, in the NITI Aayog’s rankings released on Monday.
But the Union Territory of Chandigarh pipped them overall with a score of over 80%. Reflecting the huge differences in quality across the country, Uttar Pradesh scored the lowest among 20 large States, with just 36.4%, although the small State of Arunachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep had even lower scores.
The School Education Quality Index (SEQI) is part of the NITI Aayog’s effort to rank the performance of States in across various indicators, including water, health and the ease of doing business, to encourage data-driven policy reforms.
The Centre plans to collaborate with the World Bank to offer performance-linked grants as incentives for the States with high rankings, School Education Secretary Rina Ray said.
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