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Performance Grading Index

Kumari Sonali

Performance Grading Index:

The Union Ministry of Education released the Report on Performance Grading Index 2.0 for States/UTs (PGI-S) and Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) for 2025-26.

  • Performance Grading Index is an index that measures the performance of states in school education undertaken by the Department of School Education &Literacy (DoSEL).
  • PGI strives to evaluate the relative performance of all the State/UTs and districts respectively in a uniform scale to encourage them to perform better.
  • The PGI 2.0 is constructed based on 73 indicators from 2 Categories containing 6 Domains.
  • PGI – States/UTs:
    • It is devised by the Department of School Education & Literacy, Union Ministry of Education.
    • It evaluates the performance of States and Union Territories by categorizing them into different grades or levels.
    • Total weightage: The PGI- States/UTs structure comprises of total weightage of 1000 points across 73 indicators.
  • It consists of 2 Categories: Outcome and Governance & Management; comprising six domains:
    • Learning Outcomes and Quality
    • Access
    • Infrastructure & Facilities
    • Equity
    • Governance Processes
    • Teachers Education & Training
  • The framework is fully aligned with data from the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+), PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024, PM POSHAN Portal, PRABANDH Portal, and Vidyanjali Portal.
  • PGI – Districts:
    • Assessing districts on a common parameter with attention now shifting towards outcome measurement of educational policies.
    • It comprises a total weightage of 600 points across 70 indicators, which are grouped under 6 categories, Outcomes, Effective Classroom Transaction, Infrastructure Facilities & Student Entitlements, School Safety & Child Protection, Digital Learning and Governance Process.
    • These categories are further divided into 11 domains
      • Learning Outcomes and Quality (LOQ), 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 Utilisation (FCU), Attendance Monitoring Systems (AMS) and School Leadership Development (SLD).
  • It is drawn from several sources, viz., Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE +), PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 (PRS 2024) and the PRABANDH Portal.