The Ministry of Education released the Performance Grading Index (PGI) for 2020-21.
The Ministry of Education released the Performance Grading Index (PGI) for 2020-21.
The Performance Grading Index (PGI) for 2020-21, an evidence-based comprehensive analysis of school education system across states and Union Territories.
Objective Of PGI:
To promote evidence-based policymaking and highlight course correction to ensure quality education for all.
Importance Of This:
“The Indian Education System is one of the largest in the world with about 14.9 lakh schools, 95 lakh teachers, and nearly 26.5 crore students from varied socio-economic backgrounds
How The Index Has Been Built:
The PGI structure comprises of1,000 points across 70 indicators grouped into two categories Outcomes, and governance management.
How The Index Has Been Built:
These categories are further divided into 5 domains, viz,Learning Outcomes (LO), Access (A), Infrastructure& Facilities (IF), Equity (E) & Governance Process (GP)
How The Index Has Been Built:
The previous years, PGI 2020-21 classified the States/UTs into ten grades viz., highest achievable Grade is Level 1, which is for State/UT scoring more than 950 points out of total of 1000 points.
A total of 7 States and UTs, Viz, Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh have attained Level II (score 901-950) in 2020-21
Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh are the new entrants to the highest achieved level of any state so far