Lok Sabha Question No. 2961 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: Performance Grading Indexing for Districts
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, Manne Srinivas Reddy, Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2961

ANSWERED ON 07/08/2023

## Performance Grading Indexing for Districts

2961. SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY: SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY: SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  COVID-19  pandemic  led  to  a  decline  in  educational  performance/levels  of  many districts in the country as per the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGID) released recently which assessed the performance of school education system at the district level;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  under  which  districts  are  categorised,  with  Daksh,  Utkarsh,  AtiUttam, Uttam,  Prachesta1,  Prachesta2,  Prachesta3,  Akanshi1  and  Akanshi2  and  also  the  lowest  gradeAkanshi3 category/ State-wise;

(c) whether the report is expected to be helpful to State Education Departments especially in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Telangana to identify gaps at the district level and improve their performance in a decentralised manner;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the present status thereof, pre and post COVID-19 situation till date, State-wise/district-wise especially in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government for above mentioned categories?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) and (b): The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has developed  83-indicator  based  Performance  Grading  Index  for  District  (PGI-D)  to  measure  the performance  of  districts  in  school  education.  In  the  PGI-D,  proficiency  of  students  based  on National  Achievement  Survey  (NAS)  2021was  used  for  the  year  2021-22.  TheNAS  2021  was administered during November 2021 across all the States/UTs and prior to the NAS survey schools were closed during April  2020  to  November  2021  due  to  Covid  Pandemic.  As  a  result,  learning outcomes of the students in most of the States/UTs got affected. The score obtained by each district in PGI-D was then classified into 10 grades namely Daksh, Utkarsh, Atti-uttam, Uttam, Prachesta 1,  Prachesta  -2,  Prachesta  -3,  Akanshi-1,  Akanshi-2  and  Akanshi-3.  A  detailed  report  of  PGI-D2021-22, where in category/State wise details can be seen, is given at the link https://pgi.udiseplus.gov.in/PGID-2020-21\_2021-22.pdf.

(c) and (d): The DoSEL, Ministry of Education has shared the findings of PGI-D report with all the States/UTs for further improvement by prioritizing areas of intervention to ensure that the school education system is robust at every level. The PGI-D aims to help States and UTs including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Telangana, to pinpoint the gaps at the disaggregated level and to prioritize areas for intervention so as to ensure school education system is robust at every level.  It also provides insight  into  intra  State  comparison  of  progress  of  School  education  which  is  useful  to  assess  the intervention required at district level and to take mid-course correction, wherever required for the holistic development of district as a whole in school education. The grades attained by districtsin States/UTs includingAndhra Pradesh and Telangana for last four years is at Annexure-IIIin PGI-D combined  report  for  the  year  2020-21  &  2021-22  at  the  link  https://pgi.udiseplus.gov.in/PGID2020-21\_2021-22.pdf.

(e):  Central  Government  helps  States  and  UTs  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of SamagraShiksha, which is an overarching scheme of school education covering all levels from preprimary  to  senior  secondary.  Financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  States  and  UTs  for  various activities  to  improve  enrolment  in  Govt.  schools,  which  include  opening/strengthening  of  new schools up to senior secondary level, strengthening school infrastructure, setting up, up gradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyalayas (KGBV) uptoclas 12, setting up of residential schools/hostel  named  Netaji  Subhas  Chandra  Bose  AvasiyaVidyalayas,  transport  allowance, undertaking enrolment drives, seasonal hostels/residential camps, provision of vocational education and ICT facilities in schools, etc, financial assistance is also provided for aids and appliances for children with special needs.

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