News: The Education Ministry’s Performance Grade Index 2.0 report for 2023-24 shows improvements by 24 States/UTs, and declines by 12.
About Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 Report
- It is an assessment of school education across States and Union Territories (UTs) on a scale of 1,000 points.
- It measures the performance based on 73 indicators from 2 Categories containing 6 Domains as shown in the table below-
- The PGI was introduced in 2017, and the ministry revamped it as PGI 2.0 in 2021.
- Aim: It aims to enable data-driven policymaking, promote evidence-based interventions, and encourage States/UTs to improve learning environments and outcomes in schools.
- Domains: It is constructed based on 73 indicators from 2 Categories containing 6 Domains:
- Aligned with: It is completely aligned with Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE +), National Achievement Survey (NAS), PM POSHAN portal, PRABAND portal and Vidyanjali Portal.
Groupings based on rankings
- The states and UTs were grouped into different performance bands. E.g. States ranging from 951–1,000 points are termed level 1 or ‘daksh‘ or 401–460 points is termed level 10 or ‘akanshi-3′, which is the lowest.
Standings
- No state/UT has scored in the higher ranges of 761 and above.
- Top performers
- Chandigarh achieved a score of 703, and is the sole State to reach Grade Prachesta-1, for scores between 701 to 760.
- Ten States and Union Territories — Punjab, Delhi, Gujarat, Odisha, Kerala, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, Haryana, Goa, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan — have scored between 581 and 640, called Grade Prachesta-3.
- Bottom rankings
- Meghalaya (417.9) scored the lowest, falling into the category of scorers between 401 and 460, labelled as Akanshi-3.
- Telangana, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Manipur, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh, who have been put in the Akanshi-2 category, as they have scored between 461 and 520.
- Middle rankings:
- Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Ladakh — which scored between 521 and 580, labelled Akanshi-1.
- Best improvers across domains
- Bihar and Telangana have made the highest improvement in the domain of – “providing access to school education”.
- Delhi, J&K, Telangana have made highest progress in the “infrastructure” domain.
Scoring methodology
- The score of each indicator is calculated by multiplying the proportionate score of the indicator with its weightage.
- For example, for the indicator of proficiency in Mathematics in Grade 5, the weightage is 20. Thus, if a State has 50% students of Grade 5 who achieved minimum proficiency in Mathematics, its score for this indicator would be 20 times 0.5, which equals 10.
