Top 10 educated states in India 2026: Chandigarh at the top, Kerala at No. 2
In 2025-26, Chandigarh and Kerala secured the top two spots in the School Education Development Index (SEDI) rankings in India. Chandigarh topped the chart with an overall score of 0.826, followed closely by Kerala with a score of 0.798. Puducherry claimed the third position, while Goa ranked fourth and Delhi landed in fifth. The rankings remained largely consistent with Tamil Nadu retaining the seventh spot and Goa climbing to fourth, after improving its score by 0.005.
The remaining states, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, and Haryana, occupied the sixth, eighth, ninth, and tenth positions respectively. The SEDI framework evaluates school education across five domains - access, participation, retention, quality and infrastructure - which includes factors such as school availability, enrollment, equity, student retention, learning outcomes, and school facilities.
Despite infrastructure having the highest average score of 0.748, it also exhibited the widest regional gap, ranging from 0.982 in Chandigarh to 0.159 in Meghalaya.
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