Thursday, June 19, 2014

UNION HRD MINISTER RELEASES FLASH STATISTICS 2013-14 FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN INDIA

Sikkim ranks 3rd
New Delhi, 18 June [PIB]: The Union Human Resource Development Minister today released the “Flash Statistics: Elementary Education in India: Progress towards UEE for the year 2013-14”. The Statistics are prepared annually by National University of Educational Planning & Administration (NEUPA). They were presented to the Minister by the Vice Chancellor of NEUPA, Prof. R. Govind in the presence of Secretary (SE&L) R Bhattacharya, Additional Secretary (EE) Vrinda Sarup and other senior officials of the Ministry.
The State ranking based on the EDI reveals that Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh & Karnataka are ranked in the first five.
The Statistics cover 1.45 million schools spread over 662 Districts across all States and UTs. The District Information System for Education (DISE) is a district based data base and gives information for school, block, district, State & national disaggregates.
The Flash Statistics: 2013-14 also contain an Educational Development Index (EDI) based on four constituents of Access, Infrastructure, Teachers and Outcomes.

The DISE 2013-14 data can be accessed at website www.dise.in.

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