Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20

Context

The Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 for States and Union Territories of India has been released by the Ministry of Education. 

About Performance Grading Index (PGI)

• The 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.
• The Performance Grading Index has a set of 70 parameters to catalyse transformational change in the field of school education.
• Objective: It envisages that the index would propel States and UTs towards undertaking multi-pronged interventions 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.

Key outcomes

• Highest graders: Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Kerala occupy the highest grade (Grade A++) for 2019-20.
• Other performers: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Puducherry, Punjab and Tamil Nadu have improved overall PGI score by 10%, i.e., 100 or more points.
• Domain wise performance:
  • Access - Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Punjab have shown improvement by 10% (8 points) or more in the PGI domain: Access.
• Infrastructure and Facilities - As many as thirteen States and UTs have shown improvement by 10% (15 points) or more in the PGI domain: Infrastructure and Facilities. Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Odisha have shown improvement by 20% or more. 
• Equity - Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Odisha have shown more than 10% improvement in the PGI domain: Equity.
• Governance Process - Nineteen States and UTs have shown improvement by 10% (36 points) or more in the PGI domain: Governance Process. Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal have shown improvement by at least 20% (72 points or more).