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Performance Grading Index

Department of School Education and Literacy

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Why in the News?

The Ministry of Education has released the Performance Grading Index (PGI) for States and Union Territories for 2020-21.

Key Points:

About the PGI Report:

Released by: The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSE&L), Education Ministry

So far, DoSE&L has released the PGI report for the year 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20.
It is a unique index for evidence-based comprehensive analysis of school education systems across States and UTs.
It sourced data from Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE), National Achievement Survey (NAS), and Mid Day Meal (MDM).
Objective: To promote evidence-based policy-making and highlight course correction to ensure quality education for all.
Indicators: The PGI structure comprises 1000 points across 70 indicators grouped into two categories viz., Outcomes, Governance Management (GM).
- The highest achievable Grade is Level 1, which is for State/UT scoring more than 950 points out of a total of 1000 points.
- The lowest grade is Level 10 which is for a score below 551.

Findings:

A total of seven States and Union Territories namely Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh have attained Level -2 grading in 2020-21.
The newly formed UT, Ladakh has made significant improvement in PGI from Level 8 to Level 4 in 2020-21.