Growth Pattern and District-Wise Comparative Analysis of Educational Development in Haryana

Abstract

Education is one of the three components of Human Development Index (HDI) for comparing the human development indicators in countries around the world. It is a fact that attainment of education facilitates better human development, enhanced productivity, more job opportunities, and lesser crime rate. Education for All - Development Index (EFA - DI), 2011 is the index employed by UNESCO to compare the status of school education among countries on international level. The assessment of education deprivation or development at national or state level gives idea of the problem at surface level while the analysis of the same at district level helps in designing comprehensive and grass root level policies for improving the educational and other welfare services. In this paper, an attempt has been made to compare districts of Haryana on the account of development in education. Methodology adopted for this purpose is based on methodology used by UNESCO for developing EFA-DI and framework suggested by National University of Educational planning and Administration (NUEPA). EFI-DI is an outcome-based index which used proxy measure for each of the four EDI components and each component is assigned equal weight in the overall index whereas NUEPA’s suggestive framework (2009) used as many as 23 indicators as input, process variables and output measures. Using the UNESCO methodology as well as the suggestive framework given by NUEPA, this paper examines the temporal growth pattern and key challenges in overall education sector in Haryana.