India, Oct. 14 -- In 1991, the National Literacy Mission had declared Kerala a 100 per cent literate state. More recently the School Education Quality Index (SEQI), released by the NITI Aayog has placed Kerala in the first position among 20 major states in overall performance in the education sector. SEQI, prepared on the basis of 30 indicators, among others, ranging from learning, access, infrastructure/facilities, equity outcomes to governance processes aiding outcomes etc., used 2016-17 as the reference year and 2015-16 as the base year to evaluate the performance of states and Union Territories in the school education sector.
Kerala is followed by Rajasthan and Karnataka, being the other the top performers in learning outcomes. Amongst...