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  • 07 June, 2021

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Performance Grading Index for 2019-20

Punjab, T.N. and Kerala top education index ranking

  • Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Kerala have all scored higher than 90% in the Education Ministry’s Performance Grading Index for 2019-20, which was released.
  • Gujarat dropped from second to the eighth rank in the index, while Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are the only States which have seen actual regression in scores over this period.
  • The index monitors the progress that the States and Union Territories have made in school education with regard to learning outcomes, access and equity, infrastructure and facilities, and governance and management processes.
  • Punjab recorded the highest score of almost 929 out of a possible 1,000, showing a huge jump from 769 last year.
  • The State topped the charts in terms of equity, infrastructure and governance, and shared the top spot in the domain of access with Kerala.
  • In fact, Punjab overtook the Union Territory of Chandigarh, which topped both previous editions of the index, but has now slid to second place with a score of 912.
  • Tamil Nadu also overtook Kerala, with a score of 906, largely driven by improvements in the State’s educational governance and management, as well as in terms of infrastructure and facilities.
  • Gujarat, which had the second highest score in the previous edition, dropped to eighth place. It regressed in the key domain of access, which measures the enrolment of students in school and the ability to keep them from dropping out as well as mainstreaming out-of-school students. Its progress in other areas also did not keep pace with other states.
  • Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh saw a glaring drop in their scores, pushing both States to an overall performance that was worse than in the previous edition. The new Union Territory of Ladakh was included separately for the first time in this edition and had the lowest score of just 545.

Source: TH


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