NUEPA Survey on Elementary Education
March 4th, 2008
From a Ministry of HRD press release:
To assess progress of States and Union Territories towards universalization of elementary education, an Educational Development Index (EDI), has been developed by National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA). The EDI is based on four broad parameters of access, infrastructure, teacher related indicators and elementary education outcomes. State-wise ranking on a composite index for primary and upper primary level of education for the year 2006-07 data, is at Annexure.
The following plot shows the EDIs of the surveyed states. Orissa is ranked 28th out of 35 with an EDI of 0.512.
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