PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX (PGI) - REPORTS AND INDICES
News: Pandemic
led to districts slipping in quality ranks in school education
What's in the news?
● The
pandemic led to a decline in educational performance of many districts in the
country, reveals a report from the Ministry
of Education (MoE).
Key takeaways:
● The
MoE released the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) as a combined report for 2020-21 and 2021-22
which assesses the performance of school education system at the district
level.
Grades:
● The
report has 10 grades under which
districts are categorized, with Daksh being the highest grade (above 90%),
followed by Utkarsh (81%-90%); Ati-Uttam (71%-80%); Uttam (61%-70%);
Prachesta-1 (51%-60%); Prachesta-2 (41%-50%); Prachesta-3 (31%-40%); Akanshi-1
(21% to 30%); and Akanshi-2 (11% to 20%). The lowest performance grade is
Akanshi-3, for districts that score less than 10%.
Findings of the report:
● While
none of the districts were able to earn
the top two grades — Daksh and Utkarsh — in the latest report, 121
districts were graded as Ati-Uttam for 2020-21, though this number fell by more
than half in 2021-22, with just 51 districts making the grade.
● Tamil
Nadu has several districts in the fourth-best grade (Uttam) and three categorized
under Prachesta-1 (Ramanathapuram, Pudukkottai and Theni).
● Uttar
Pradesh has several districts under Uttam and Prachesta-1, and four under
Prachesta-2.
● Assam’s South
Salmara-Mankachar district was the only district under Akanshi-1 for 2021-22
(antepenultimate grade) while the two grades at the bottom had no districts.
Performance Grading Index
for Districts (PGI-D):
Objective:
● To
help State education departments
identify gaps at the district level and improve their performance in a
decentralized manner.
● To
help the districts to priorities areas for intervention in school education and
thus improve to reach the highest grade.
Released by - Ministry of Education
Indicators and Categories:
● The
PGI-D structure has a total weightage of 600
points comprising 83 indicators under six categories such as
a. Outcomes
b. Effective
Classroom Transaction
c. Infrastructure
Facilities and Student’s Entitlements
d. School
Safety and Child Protection
e. Digital
Learning and
f.
Governance Process.
12 domains:
● The
above-mentioned categories are further divided into 12 domains - learning
outcomes and quality; access outcome, teacher availability and professional
development outcomes; learning management; learning enrichment activities;
infrastructure; facilities; student entitlement; school safety and child
protection; digital learning; funds convergence and utilization; attendance
monitoring systems; and school leadership development.