SCHOOL EDUCATION QUALITY INDEX (SEQI)

About:

• Bodies involved: SEQI has been developed by NITI Aayog through a collaborative process, including key stakeholders such as Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) and World Bank.
  
  
• Objective: The index aims to evaluate the performance of States and UTs in the school education sector.
  
  
• Methodology: The index consists of 30 critical indicators that assess the delivery of quality education. These indicators are categorized as below:
  • Category 1: Outcomes (Domain 1: Learning outcomes; Domain 2: Access outcomes; Domain 3: Infrastructure and facilities for outcomes and Domain 4: Equity outcomes).
    
    
  • Category 2: Governance processes aiding outcomes
    
    
  
  
  
• The data for the index was collected for three categories: large states, small states and Union Territories (UTs).
  
  

Findings:

• Among the large States, Kerala bagged the top spot with 76.6 per cent and while Uttar Pradesh with 36.4 per cent scored the lowest for 2016-17. Rajasthan bagged the second position with 72 per cent, followed by Karnataka with 70 per cent.
  
  
• Among the small States, Manipur (68.8 per cent) emerged as the top performer while Arunachal Pradesh (24.6 per cent) came last in the category.
  
  
• Among Union Territories, Chandigarh (82.9 per cent) stood at the top position while Lakshadweep ranked lowest (31.9 per cent).
  
  
• Haryana, Meghalaya, Daman & Diu showed most improvement.