Key Points
In the recently released Performance Grading Index (PGI) report for school education, Punjab retained its position at the top of the rankings, with last years' top performers - Kerala and Maharashtra - taking the second best spot in the grading...
However, no state in the country managed to get top marks across the board, with the rankings featuring an overall category, based on various domains like access, learning outcomes, infrastructure, equity, teachers' training and governance processes...
PGI, revamped in 2021-22 in the wake of the National Education Policy, has classified states/UTs into ten grades, where the highest achievable grade is Daksh - for states/UT scoring more than 940 out of 1000 points..
In 2019-20, Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kerala topped the index, while the index during the Covid period (2020-21) recorded Kerala, Maharashtra and Punjab as the best performing states...
Punjab and Chandigarh, though on top of the heap in the latest report, find themselves placed in the sixth grade (Prachesta- 2) while six states are in the seventh grade (Prachesta-3)...
