Lok Sabha Question No. 968 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Performance Grading Index in School Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 968 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## Performance Grading Index in School Education

968. SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  ranked  the  States  and  UTs  on  the  basis  of Performance Grading Index (PGI) in the field of school education;
- (b) if so, the details thereof for the last three years, State/year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to assist the States/UTs that stand low in the PGI ranking;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)  and  (b):  Ministry  of  Education  has  designed  a  70  indicators  based    Performance Grading  Index  (PGI)  to  grade  the  States  and  Union  Territories  in  the  field  of  school education. The scores obtained by the States/UTs in PGI 2017-18, 2018-19 & 2019-20 is given at Annexure-I.
- (c) and (d): The Performance Grading Index (PGI) of each and every State and UT has been discussed in detail during the Project Approval Board (PAB) meetings. Some of the activities suggested to all States/UTs, including those with lower PGI ranking, for improving  learning  levels  are:    community  participation  for  improving  the  learning levels,  teacher  training  in  assessment  as  learning,  State text  book  analysis,  use of early language kit and early mathematics kit developed by NCERT, training in child

friendly  assessment  practices  for  teachers,  documentation  of  best  practices  in  PreNAS and Post-NAS in the States/UTs, Use of NAS data to prepare their AWPB. The Department of School Education and Literacy has launched an Integrated Scheme for School  Education  -  Samagra  Shiksha  which  subsumes  three  erstwhile  Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) from 1st April, 2018. Samagra Shiksha focuses  inter  alia  on  improvement  in  all  aspects  of  school  education  including parameters  considered  in  the  PGI.  Further,  education  being  a  concurrent  subject, States and Union Territories are also expected to undertake this activity.

(e):  In view of (c) and (d) above, does not arise.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 968 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021 ASKED BY HONB'LE MP SHRI  THIRUNAVUKKARASAR  SU  REGARDING  'Performance  Grading  Index  in School Education '.

PGI scores of States/UTs: 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20

|   Sr. No. | State                       |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |       645 |       678 |       901 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh              |       728 |       725 |       811 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh           |       554 |       570 |       698 |
|         4 | Assam                       |       707 |       710 |       738 |
|         5 | Bihar                       |       613 |       689 |       747 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                  |       841 |       896 |       912 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                |       732 |       732 |       700 |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |       756 |       784 |       867 |
|         9 | Daman and Diu               |       669 |       738 |       816 |
|        10 | Delhi                       |       747 |       829 |       898 |
|        11 | Goa                         |       717 |       782 |       783 |
|        12 | Gujarat                     |       808 |       870 |       884 |
|        13 | Haryana                     |       787 |       783 |       862 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh            |       736 |       799 |       839 |
|        15 | Jammu and Kashmir           |       644 |       703 |       763 |
|        16 | Jharkhand                   |       650 |       761 |       545 |
|        17 | Karnataka                   |       706 |       755 |       790 |
|        18 | Kerala                      |       826 |       862 |       813 |
|        19 | Ladakh                      |       644 |       703 |       901 |
|        20 | Lakshadweep                 |       626 |       688 |       754 |
|        21 | Madhya Pradesh              |       713 |       775 |       748 |
|        22 | Maharashtra                 |       700 |       802 |       869 |
|        23 | Manipur                     |       608 |       642 |       767 |
|        24 | Meghalaya                   |       584 |       610 |       649 |
|        25 | Mizoram                     |       677 |       692 |       723 |
|        26 | Nagaland                    |       557 |       621 |       667 |
|        27 | Odisha                      |       734 |       749 |       838 |
|        28 | Puducherry                  |       687 |       786 |       889 |
|        29 | Punjab                      |       753 |       769 |       929 |
|        30 | Rajasthan                   |       752 |       767 |       859 |
|        31 | Sikkim                      |       683 |       751 |       772 |
|        32 | Tamil Nadu                  |       774 |       791 |       906 |
|        33 | Telangana                   |       676 |       757 |       772 |
|        34 | Tripura                     |       643 |       727 |       801 |
|        35 | Uttar Pradesh               |       603 |       708 |       804 |
|        36 | Uttarakhand                 |       704 |       712 |       752 |
|        37 | West Bengal                 |       617 |       746 |       834 |

Source:- https://www.education.gov.in/en/statistics-new?shs\_term\_node\_tid\_depth=391&Apply=Apply  PGI 2019-20