Teacher Related Indicators & EDI - DISE

Educational Development Index
Part V
in the infrastructure index. Higher infrastructure index
indicates that most of the schools in Delhi have got
drinking water, common toilets and girls’ toilet facility,
which is also true for other top ranking states. It may be
recalled that Assam has very high ranking with respect
to access indicators at Primary level but the same is not
Table E4(B)
Composite Educational Development Index
Primary and Upper Primary Level: Major States
All Schools: All Managements
overall rank regarding infrastructure indicators, that is,
it is ranked fifth (EDI, 0.808) at Primary and seventh
(EDI, 0.819) at Upper Primary level, compared to its
overall third rank (EDI, 0.771). It may be observed that
infrastructure index in Bihar is as low as 0.233 at Primary
and 0.343 at Upper Primary levels of education. This
EDI & Rank EDI & Rank Composite EDI & Rank
State/UT Primary Level Upper Primary Level (Primary & Upper Primary)
2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08
Andhra Pradesh 0.639 9 0.698 8 0.700 7 0.781 5 0.670 8 0.740 7
Assam 0.433 19 0.461 19 0.521 15 0.568 17 0.477 18 0.515 18
Bihar 0.309 21 0.389 21 0.334 21 0.424 21 0.321 21 0.406 21
Chhattisgarh 0.517 16 0.573 14 0.526 14 0.567 18 0.521 15 0.570 17
Delhi 0.767 1 0.767 1 0.747 3 0.793 2 0.757 2 0.780 2
Gujarat 0.655 5 0.718 5 0.699 8 0.778 7 0.677 6 0.748 5
Haryana 0.591 12 0.730 4 0.632 12 0.780 6 0.612 12 0.755 4
Himachal Pradesh 0.675 4 0.642 12 0.739 4 0.747 10 0.707 4 0.695 10
Jammu & Kashmir 0.599 11 0.648 10 0.667 9 0.708 12 0.633 10 0.678 11
Jharkhand 0.360 20 0.456 20 0.402 20 0.527 19 0.381 20 0.491 19
Karnataka 0.653 6 0.699 7 0.708 6 0.787 4 0.680 5 0.743 6
Kerala 0.756 2 0.741 3 0.788 1 0.842 1 0.772 1 0.791 1
Madhya Pradesh 0.478 18 0.572 15 0.483 17 0.607 14 0.481 17 0.590 14
Maharashtra 0.644 8 0.685 9 0.710 5 0.770 8 0.677 7 0.727 9
Orissa 0.529 15 0.554 17 0.445 18 0.589 16 0.487 16 0.572 16
Punjab 0.649 7 0.712 6 0.659 10 0.751 9 0.654 9 0.732 8
Rajasthan 0.532 14 0.593 13 0.632 13 0.714 11 0.582 13 0.653 13
Tamil Nadu 0.724 3 0.752 2 0.757 2 0.790 3 0.741 3 0.771 3
Uttar Pradesh 0.538 13 0.568 16 0.514 16 0.603 15 0.526 14 0.586 15
Uttarakhand 0.615 10 0.643 11 0.643 11 0.677 13 0.629 11 0.660 12
West Bengal 0.500 17 0.536 18 0.416 19 0.441 20 0.458 19 0.488 20
true for infrastructure index. The state ranked 20 th both
at Primary (EDI, 0.316) and Upper Primary level (EDI,
0.386) in this aspect. Punjab with an overall rank of
eighth (composite Primary and Upper Primary) is placed
first (EDI, 0.917) at Primary level and third at Upper
Primary level (EDI, 0.917) with regard to infrastructure
index. By and large, Tamil Nadu could also maintain its
clearly reveals that schools in the state are not better
placed. This is also true for a few other states, such as
Assam, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Jammu and
Kashmir. It may be recalled that Jammu and Kashmir
which is ranked second in the case of Access index at
Primary level is ranked 17 th in the case of infrastructure
index. Further, infrastructure index reveals that by and
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