PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX FOR DISTRICTS
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- The Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) has been released by the Ministry of Education.
- Rajasthan’s Sikar is the top performer in the Index.
About Performance Grading Index for Districts
- The index analyses the performance of the school education system at the District level.
- The Indian Education System;
- One of the largest in the world.
- Nearly 15 lakh schools.
- Approx 97 lakh teachers.
- About 26 crore students from varied socioeconomic backgrounds.
- The data for the assessment is filled by districts through the online portal.
- It assesses institutes across 83 indicators, which are grouped under 6 categories;
- Effective Classroom Transaction.
- Infrastructure Facilities and Student’s Entitlements.
- School Safety and Child Protection.
- Digital Learning.
- Governance Process.
- These categories are further divided into 12 sub-categories;
- Learning Outcomes and Quality.
- Access Outcomes.
- Teacher Availability and Professional Development Outcomes.
- Learning Management.
- Learning Enrichment Activities.
- Infrastructure, Facilities, Student Entitlements.
- School Safety and Child Protection.
- Digital Learning.
- Funds convergence and utilization.
- Enhancing CRCs Performance.
- Attendance Monitoring Systems.
- School Leadership Development.
- The index grades the districts into 10 grades.
- Daksh is the Highest achievable Grade for Districts scoring more than 90% of the total points in that category or overall.
- Akanshi-3 in the lowest grade for scores up to 10% of the total points.
- The Index shows that schools across India performed poorly digital learning category.
- Around 61% of districts of the country, Students had very little exposure to digital learning due to limited availability of computers, Internet facilities and teachers trained to handle technological tools in schools.
- Nearly 180 districts scored less than 10% on digital learning,
Way Forward
- The Index would help in identifying the gaps at the district level and improve their performance in a decentralized manner.
- It will encourage education institutions to perform better and raise the quality of education.