Kerala, Andhra high faculty efficiency index, Tamil Nadu slips: Report

By Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Kerala and Andhra Pradesh are among the many high seven best-performing states and union territories on faculty schooling together with Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan, in keeping with the most recent report by the Union Ministry of Education revealed Thursday.

Tamil Nadu, which was additionally on this class final yr, has slipped, in keeping with the report of the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2020-21, a novel evidence-based, complete evaluation of college schooling methods throughout the Indian states and union territories.

“A total of 7 States and UTs, including Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh, have attained Level 2 (score 901-950) in 2020-21 as compared to none in 2017-18,” the report mentioned.

Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh are the brand new entrants to the best degree of any state to this point.

Tamil Nadu has been graded in Level 3 (851- 900) in 2020-21, a notch under final yr when it had discovered a spot in Level 2 together with Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh, Andaman and Nicobar.

The states have been graded on totally different band ranges, ranging from 951-1000 or Level 1 rating, which not one of the states or union territories scored, to 550 or Level 10 (0-550), which was the bottom degree and once more, no state or UT scored so low.

The grading system was launched in 2017-18, and no state has appeared at Level 1 to this point.

The report mentioned {that a} whole of 27 states and UTs had improved their whole PGI rating in 2020-21 as in comparison with 2019-20 In Level 3, 12 states and union territories attained this rating. These are – Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Lakshadweep, Delhi and Odisha. Arunachal Pradesh was the one state which appeared in Level 7 (651-700).

The report highlighted that probably the most important performer in 2020-21 is Ladakh, a newly fashioned union territory, which attained Level 4 in 2020-21, leaping from Level 10 in 2019-20.

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The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, has devised PGI for states and UTs to supply insights and data-driven mechanisms on the efficiency and achievements of the success of college schooling throughout all States/UTs.

The prime goal of PGI is to advertise evidence-based policymaking and spotlight course correction to make sure high quality schooling for all. The final goal of PGI is to propel states and UTs in the direction of endeavor multi-pronged interventions that may convey concerning the much-desired optimum schooling outcomes masking all dimensions. The PGI is predicted to assist states and UTs to pinpoint the gaps and accordingly prioritise areas for intervention to make sure that the varsity schooling system is strong at each degree.

The PGI construction contains 1000 factors throughout 70 indicators grouped into two classes – outcomes and governance administration (GM). These classes are additional divided into 5 domains – studying outcomes (LO), entry (A), infrastructure and services (IF), fairness (E) and governance course of (GP).

NEW DELHI: Kerala and Andhra Pradesh are among the many high seven best-performing states and union territories on faculty schooling together with Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan, in keeping with the most recent report by the Union Ministry of Education revealed Thursday.

Tamil Nadu, which was additionally on this class final yr, has slipped, in keeping with the report of the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2020-21, a novel evidence-based, complete evaluation of college schooling methods throughout the Indian states and union territories.

“A total of 7 States and UTs, including Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh, have attained Level 2 (score 901-950) in 2020-21 as compared to none in 2017-18,” the report mentioned.

Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh are the brand new entrants to the best degree of any state to this point.

Tamil Nadu has been graded in Level 3 (851- 900) in 2020-21, a notch under final yr when it had discovered a spot in Level 2 together with Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh, Andaman and Nicobar.

The states have been graded on totally different band ranges, ranging from 951-1000 or Level 1 rating, which not one of the states or union territories scored, to 550 or Level 10 (0-550), which was the bottom degree and once more, no state or UT scored so low.

The grading system was launched in 2017-18, and no state has appeared at Level 1 to this point.

The report mentioned {that a} whole of 27 states and UTs had improved their whole PGI rating in 2020-21 as in comparison with 2019-20 In Level 3, 12 states and union territories attained this rating. These are – Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Lakshadweep, Delhi and Odisha. Arunachal Pradesh was the one state which appeared in Level 7 (651-700).

The report highlighted that probably the most important performer in 2020-21 is Ladakh, a newly fashioned union territory, which attained Level 4 in 2020-21, leaping from Level 10 in 2019-20.

COLUMN | How Dravidian motion scripted Tamil Nadu’s success in schooling

The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, has devised PGI for states and UTs to supply insights and data-driven mechanisms on the efficiency and achievements of the success of college schooling throughout all States/UTs.

The prime goal of PGI is to advertise evidence-based policymaking and spotlight course correction to make sure high quality schooling for all. The final goal of PGI is to propel states and UTs in the direction of endeavor multi-pronged interventions that may convey concerning the much-desired optimum schooling outcomes masking all dimensions. The PGI is predicted to assist states and UTs to pinpoint the gaps and accordingly prioritise areas for intervention to make sure that the varsity schooling system is strong at each degree.

The PGI construction contains 1000 factors throughout 70 indicators grouped into two classes – outcomes and governance administration (GM). These classes are additional divided into 5 domains – studying outcomes (LO), entry (A), infrastructure and services (IF), fairness (E) and governance course of (GP).