Lok Sabha Question No. 42 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Performance of School Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Pratima Bhoumik, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 42 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.09.2020 Performance of School Education

## † 42.   SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the performance of school education in various States of the country year-wise and state-wise reported during the last three years and in current year;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  is  satisfied  with  the  performance  of  the  school education;
- (c)  if not, the scheme being formulated to improve the educational performance;
- (d)  whether the sufficient budgetary provision has been made to instigate the effect of covid-19 in the current financial year or it is required to be increased; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a)  Ministry of Education has designed a 70 indicators based matrix Performance Grading Index  (PGI)  to  grade  the  States/UTs.  The  PGI  was  first  published  in  2019  for  the reference year 2017-18. The PGI with reference year 2018-19 was published in 2020. The  score  obtained  by  the  States/UTs  in  PGI  2017-18  and  2018-19  is  given  at Annexure-I.
- (b)  Most of the States/ UTs have improved their total PGI score in 2018-19 compared to 2017-18.
- (c) In view of (a) and (b) above, does not arise.
- (d)   and (e) To mitigate the effect of covid-19, Department of School Education and Literacy have allocated Rs. 818.17 crore to promote online learning through digital initiatives, Rs. 267.86 crore for online teacher training to ensure continuous professional development of teachers,  Rs.  304.05  crore  for  training  of  members  of  School  Management Committees  (SMC)/  School  Management  and  Development  Committees  (SMDC)  to make them aware of Covid 19 situation and to create awareness amongst the students and parents, Rs. 153.68 crore for media and community mobilization, Rs. 51.03 crore for Safety and Security at school level as per Covid-19 Guidelines, Rs. 417.44 crore for orientation of teachers on safety and security and Rs. 3771.82 crore under  composite school grant which inter-aila includes safe school operations, sanitization and ensuring basic wash  facilities, safe drinking water, availability of essentials like alcohol rub/sanitizer disinfectant, cleaning  material, thermal screening facilities etc.

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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 42 TO BE ANSWRED ON 14.09.2020 ASKED BY SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA REGARDING 'Performance of School Education '.

PGI scores of States/UTs: 2018-19 and 2017-18

|   Sr. No. | State                       |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |       645 |       678 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh              |       728 |       725 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh           |       554 |       570 |
|         4 | Assam                       |       707 |       710 |
|         5 | Bihar                       |       613 |       689 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                  |       841 |       896 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                |       732 |       732 |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |       756 |       784 |
|         9 | Daman and Diu               |       669 |       738 |
|        10 | Delhi                       |       747 |       829 |
|        11 | Goa                         |       717 |       782 |
|        12 | Gujarat                     |       808 |       870 |
|        13 | Haryana                     |       787 |       783 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh            |       736 |       799 |
|        15 | Jammu and Kashmir           |       644 |       703 |
|        16 | Jharkhand                   |       650 |       761 |
|        17 | Karnataka                   |       706 |       755 |
|        18 | Kerala                      |       826 |       862 |
|        19 | Ladakh                      |       644 |       703 |
|        20 | Lakshadweep                 |       626 |       688 |
|        21 | Madhya Pradesh              |       713 |       775 |
|        22 | Maharashtra                 |       700 |       802 |
|        23 | Manipur                     |       608 |       642 |
|        24 | Meghalaya                   |       584 |       610 |
|        25 | Mizoram                     |       677 |       692 |
|        26 | Nagaland                    |       557 |       621 |
|        27 | Odisha                      |       734 |       749 |
|        28 | Puducherry                  |       687 |       786 |
|        29 | Punjab                      |       753 |       769 |
|        30 | Rajasthan                   |       752 |       767 |
|        31 | Sikkim                      |       683 |       751 |
|        32 | Tamil Nadu                  |       774 |       791 |
|        33 | Telangana                   |       676 |       757 |
|        34 | Tripura                     |       643 |       727 |
|        35 | Uttar Pradesh               |       603 |       708 |
|        36 | Uttarakhand                 |       704 |       712 |
|        37 | West Bengal                 |       617 |       746 |

Source:- https://www.mhrd.gov.in/statistics-new?shs\_term\_node\_tid\_depth=391 PGI 2018-19 Questions Scores