Ministry of Education releases a report on Performance Grading Index 2.0 for States/UTs for the year 2021-22

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Last Updated10/07/2023

The Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, devised the Performance Grading Index (PGI) for States and UTs.
It assesses the performance of the school education system at the State/UT level by creating an index for comprehensive analysis.
It was first released for the year 2017-18
So far, it has been released up to the year 2020-21.

Over the period, many of the indicators in PGI – States/UTs have been outlived and become redundant.
The structure of PGI – States/UTs has been heavily tilted towards the indicators related to Governance Processes rather than the Quality indicators.

Aim: To propel States & UTs towards undertaking multi-pronged interventions that will bring about the much-desired optimal education outcomes covering all dimensions.
Comprises of 1000 points across 73 indicators, focused more on qualitative assessment, including digital initiatives and teacher education, grouped into 2 categories
- Outcomes
- Governance Management (GM)
These categories are further divided into 6 domains
- Learning Outcomes (LO)
- Access (A)
- Infrastructure & Facilities (IF)
- Equity (E)
- Governance Process (GP)
- Teachers Education and Training (TE&T)
PGI 2.0 for 2021-22 classified the States/UTs into ten grades with highest achievable Grade Daksh, which is for State/UT scoring more than 940 points out of total of 1000 points.
- The lowest grade is Akanshi-3 which is for a score up to 460.
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.
Indicators have been aligned to policy initiatives and interventions introduced post National Education policy (NEP) 2020 for proper tracking of the progress.