Salient Features
- Aims to improve monitoring and measurement in school education systems.
- Supported by the World Bank with $500 million funding.
- Focuses on six states: Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Odisha.
- Establishes PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) as a National Assessment Centre.
- Beneficiaries: Students, teachers, and education administrators.
- Implementing Authority: Respective Departments.