PGI 2.0 aims to propel States & UTs towards undertaking multi-pronged interventions to achieve optimal education outcomes in terms of improving quality and also to motivate States and UTs to adopt best practices followed by the top performing States/UTs which can be replicated wherever possible in shortest possible time. To give emphasis to teacher education in school education, a separate category and domain on Teacher Education & Training (TET) is now added in PGI 2.0.

DATA SOURCE

The PGI 2.0 is constructed based on 73 indicators from 2 Categories containing 6 Domains. The PGI 2.0 is completely aligned with Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE +), National Achievement Survey (NAS), PM POSHAN portal, PRABAND portal and Vidyanjali Portal data which now enables automatically to fill values of 69 indicators directly from UDISE+/NAS report. Out of these 69 indicators the States/UTs can now focus on verification of values and fill the data in respect of only 4 indicators as against 70 indicators in the previous PGI.

METHODOLOGY

The architecture of the PGI emanates from the rationale that an efficient, inclusive, and equitable school education system is contingent upon the regular monitoring of interconnected matrices of inputs, outputs and outcomes related to school education indicators, and the development of a quick response system for course correction in the entire system.

The PGI structure comprises of total weightage of 1000 points across 73 indicators, which are grouped under 2 Categories viz., Outcomes and Governance & Management. These categories are further divided into 6 domains, viz.,

Category 1 - Outcomes 

• Learning Outcomes (LO) 

• Access (A) 

• Infrastructure & Facilities (IF) 

• Equity (E)

Category 2 - Governance & Management 

• Governance Processes (GP) 

• Teacher Education & Training (TET). 

The points assigned to indicators range from 5 to 20, whereas points assigned to each Domain ranges from 80 to 260. PGI 2.0 structure ensures for representative weightage for qualitative indicators viz., Learning Outcomes (LO), Equity and Teacher Education & Training put together have a weight of 600 points. Therefore, PGI 2.0 is expected to measure State/UT level school performance more closely in the qualitative indicators. 

PGI Grades

In PGI 2.0, the nomenclature for PGI scores is classified into various grades. To have a representative grade, the least score obtained by State/UT was taken as the starting point and then deducted from total score to get the grade range (i.e., 1000- least score of state). 

The resultant value was then divided into 10 equal class intervals to get grade range. For instance, the least score scored in PGI 2.0 is 420, hence 1000-420 = 580, now dividing 580 into 10 equal parts we get 58(rounded off to 60), which is the difference to be taken between two grades. Now starting from 400 (since the least value scored is 420) we will divide our grades with a gap of intervals of 60. The highest achievable Grade is called Daksh, which is for State/UT scoring more than 90% of the grade range. The details of grades and grade ranges so obtained as under:

The lowest grade Akanshi-3 is for scores upto10% grade range. Thus, the position of a State/UT in different grading categories is relative and can change depending upon its performance in each year. At the same time, all States/UTs can occupy the highest-Grade Daksh simultaneously, and that is the ultimate objective of this exercise. 

Since the grading and the indicators have undergone changes, the results of PGI 2.0 are not strictly comparable with the previous PGI reports, though the pattern of achievement seems to be like the previous PGI results.