Report highlights impact of pandemic on education

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Last Updated11/07/2023

According to a report from the Ministry of Education (MoE), the pandemic led to a decline in educational performance of many districts in the country
It released the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) as a combined report for 2020-21 and 2021-22
None of the districts were able to earn the top two grades viz. Daksh and Utkarsh

This report assesses the performance of the school education system at the district level.
Much like the PGI for States, this report too has 10 grades under which districts are categorised, with Daksh being the highest grade (above 90%)
- The lowest performance grade is Akanshi-3, for districts that score less than 10%.
The PGI-D structure has a total weightage of 600 points comprising 83 indicators under six categories
- Outcomes
- Effective Classroom Transaction
- Infrastructure Facilities and Student’s Entitlements
- School Safety and Child Protection
- Digital Learning
- Governance Process.
These categories are further divided into 12 domains
The PGI-D report is expected to help State education departments identify gaps at the district level and improve their performance in a decentralised manner.
- There are indicator-wise PGI scores that show the areas where a district needs to improve.
The ultimate objective of PGI-D is to help the districts to prioritise areas for intervention in school education and thus improve to reach the highest grade