Data Source

PGI-D is constructed based on identified indicators and domains. The data for PGI-D 2020-21 was drawn from several sources, viz., Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE +) 2020-21, National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2017 and data provided by respective Districts. Similarly, for PGI-D 2021-22, data from UDISE+ 2021-22, NAS 2021 and on few indicators data provided by respective Districts for 2021-22 are used.

Methodology

The PGI-D structure comprises of total weightage of 600 points across 83 indicators, which are grouped under 6 categories viz., Outcomes, Effective Classroom Transaction, Infrastructure Facilities & Student’s Entitlements, School Safety & Child Protection, Digital Learning and Governance Process. 

These categories are further divided into 12 domains, viz., Learning Outcomes and Quality (LO), Access Outcomes (AO), Teacher Availability and Professional Development Outcomes (TAPDO), Learning Management (LM), Learning Enrichment Activities (LEA), Infrastructure, Facilities, Student Entitlements (IF&SE), School Safety and Child Protection (SS&CP), Digital Learning (DL), Funds convergence and utilization (FCV), Enhancing CRCs Performance (CRCP), Attendance Monitoring Systems (AMS) and School Leadership Development (SLD). 

The category and domain wise summary of Indicators and its weightage in their performance in overall PGI-D index is as under:

The points assigned to indicators ranges from 2 to 20, whereas points assigned to each Domain ranges from 10 to 180. While structuring PGI-D weightage, qualitative indicators viz., Learning Outcomes & Quality (LOQ), Access Outcomes (AO), Teacher Availability & Professional Development Outcome (TAPDO), Learning Management (LM), Learning Enrichment Activities (LEA) put together have a weight of 380 point or 63% weightage. Therefore, PGI-D is expected to measure district level school performance more closely.

In PGI-D, the nomenclature for PGI score is classified into various grades.

Highest achievable Grade in PGI-D is Daksh, which is for Districts scoring more than 90% of the total points in that category or overall. 

The category overall scores are then reduced by an equal width of 10 % of total points of in that category or overall points for arriving to the next Grade. 

For example, Utkarsh is for the district having PGI score of 81% to 90%, Ati-Uttam: 71% to 80%, Uttam: 61% to 70%, Prachesta-1: 51% to 60%, Prachesta-2: 41% to 50%, Prachesta-3: 31% to 40%, Akanshi-1: 21% to 30%, Akanshi-2: 11% to 20% and the last one, namely Akanshi-3 is for scores upto10%. 

Thus, position of a district in different grading categories is relative and can change depending upon its performance in each year. 

At the same time, all districts can occupy the highest-Grade Daksh simultaneously, and that is the ultimate objective of this exercise.

PGI District reports