Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: PIB
Context: The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSE&L), under the Ministry of Education, has released the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) combined report for 2020-21 and 2021-22.
- This index assesses the performance of the school education system at the district level by creating a comprehensive analysis.
- PGI is aligned with new initiatives of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to monitor indicators relating to Goal 4 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Findings:
- None of the districts secured the top two grades — Daksh and Utkarsh. Most districts were in the bottom three grades (less than 10% to 30%).
- It is grouped under 6 categories, Outcomes, Effective Classroom Transaction, Infrastructure Facilities & Student’s Entitlements, School Safety & Child Protection, Digital Learning and Governance Process.
This is the PGI 2.0. The first PGI was released in 2017-18. PGI 2.0 has classified states/UTs into ten grades, where the highest achievable grade is ‘Daksh’ and the lowest grade is ‘Akanshi-3’.
Assessment is done in the 6 domains, viz., Learning Outcomes (LO), Access (A), Infrastructure& Facilities (IF), Equity (E), Governance Process (GP) and Teachers Education and Training (TE&T).
Source of Data: the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+), National Achievement Survey (NAS), PM POSHAN portal, PRABAND portal and Vidyanjali Portal.
