Performance Grading Index (PGI)
Source : PIB
GS II : Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources
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Union Education Minister approved the release of Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 for States and Union Territories of India today.
Key Facts
- PGI for States and Union Territories was first published in 2019 with reference year 2017-18.
- The PGI States/UTs for 2019-20 is the third publication in this series.
- Third year in a row, none of the states or Union territories reached Level-1.
- The PGI exercise envisages that the index would propel States and UTs towards undertaking multi-pronged interventions that will that will bring about the much-desired optimal education outcomes.
- The PGI helps the States/UTs to pinpoint the gaps and accordingly prioritise areas for intervention to ensure that the school education system is robust at every level.
Performance Grading Index (PGI) Details
- Most of the States/UTs have improved their grade in PGI 2019-20 compared to the earlier years.
Image by AkshayaPatra Foundation from Pixabay - Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Kerala occupy the highest grade (Grade A++) for 2019-20 at Level 2.
- A score between 901 to 950 on a scale of 1,000.
- Seven regions, including Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Gujarat, Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, scored 851-900, coming in Level-3.
- Access : Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Puducherry, Punjab and Tamil Nadu have improved overall PGI score by 10%, i.e., 100 or more points.
- Equity : Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Odisha have shown more than 10% improvement in the PGI domain.
- Governance Process : Nineteen States and UTs have shown improvement by 10% (36 points) or more in the PGI domain.
- States such as Nagaland and Chhattisgarh which have scored less than 50%.
- Infrastructure and Facilities : As many as thirteen States and UTs have shown improvement by 10% (15 points) or more in the PGI domain.
- Bihar and Meghalaya, recorded the lowest scores in the infrastructure and facilities domain.
Performance Grading Index (PGI
- The PGI exercise aims at encouraging states and Union territories to undertake multipronged interventions
- This will bring about optimal education outcomes.
- PGI provides grades to the states and Union territories, as opposed to ranks.
- Allowing several states and Union territories to be considered at the same level.
- The PGI is structured in two categories
- Outcomes
- Governance and management
- Comprises 70 indicators on aggregate, with a maximum score of 1,000.
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