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Punjab topped the NITI Aayog’s School Education Quality Index (SEQI) 2026 due to an improvement in infrastructure, learning outcomes, and NEET results.
About
- Under the Mission Samarth, almost 12 lakh students and more than 70,000 teachers have benefitted.
- The number of government-school students clearing the NEET exam has risen from 80 in 2021 to 882 in 2026.
- A total of Rs 2,638 crore has been spent on infrastructure development in 19,125 schools.
