GUWAHATI: Assam has been ranked among the top-six best-performing states by NITI Aayog's School Education Quality Index (SEQI).
Assam top the category of daily attendance of teachers, however, state has been found to have the least percentage of toilets for girl students in the country.
Reportedly only Assam and Meghalaya has the lowest percentages of toilets under this category indicator 83.4% and 84.1% while 32 states and Union Territories reported that at least 95% of their schools had girls' toilets.
The school education quality index, developed through a collaborative process including key stakeholders the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, the World Bank and sector experts, consists of 30 critical indicators that assess the delivery of quality education.