{"id":213007,"date":"2022-11-04T18:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=213007"},"modified":"2022-11-04T18:30:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T13:00:45","slug":"ministry-of-education-releases-report-on-performance-grading-index-for-states-uts-for-the-year-2020-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ministry-of-education-releases-report-on-performance-grading-index-for-states-uts-for-the-year-2020-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Education releases report on Performance Grading Index for States\/UTs for the year 2020-21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the following articles:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201c<\/b><b>Ministry of Education releases report on Performance Grading Index for States\/UTs for the year 2020-21<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> PIB <\/b>on<b> 3rd November 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><b>PGI 2020-21 for school education: Punjab among top 7 states; outperforms Delhi once again\u201d<\/b> <b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> Indian Express <\/b>on <b>4th November 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education has released the Performance Grading Index(PGI) for States\/UTs for 2020-21.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the Performance Grading Index(PGI)?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide insights and data-driven mechanisms on the performance and achievements of the success of school education across all States\/UTs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To promote evidence-based policymaking and highlight course correction to ensure quality education for all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Parameters: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PGI structure comprises 1000 points across 70 indicators grouped into 2 categories: Outcomes, Governance Management(GM).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 These categories are further divided into 5 domains, viz., Learning Outcomes (LO), Access (A), Infrastructure &amp; Facilities (IF), Equity (E) &amp; Governance Process (GP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Classification:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> PGI 2020-21 classified the States\/UTs into ten grades viz., 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 scores below 551.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What are the key findings of the PGI 2021-22?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A total of 7 States and UTs namely Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh have attained Level 2 (score 901-950) as compared to none in 2017-18 and 4 in 2019-20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The newly formed UT Ladakh has made significant improvements in PGI from Level 8 to Level 4 in 2020-21.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the significance of PGI 2021-22?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is expected to help States and UTs to pinpoint the gaps and accordingly prioritize areas for intervention to ensure that the school education system is robust at every level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will also encourage states to perform better and to adopt best practices followed by performers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the following articles: \u201cMinistry of Education releases report on Performance Grading Index for States\/UTs for the year 2020-21\u201d published in PIB on 3rd November 2022. \u201cPGI 2020-21 for school education: Punjab among top 7 states; outperforms Delhi once again\u201d \u00a0published in Indian Express on 4th November 2022. 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