Take a look at the essential events, concepts, terms, quotes, or phenomena every day and brush up your knowledge. Here’s your knowledge nugget for today on performance grading index 2.0.
(Relevance: UPSC Frequently Asks Questions on Reports and Indices. The key takeaways from these reports are also essential fodder for the mainness examination, and quoting data from these reports can significantly enrich answers. Additionally, indices are important for prelims, as in 2012, a question was asked on the multidimensional poverty index; in 2019, the question was on the global competentness report.)
Why in the news?
The ministry of education is relently released latest Assessment of School Education Indicators, The Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 Report for 2023-24.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
1. The PGI was intrusive in 2017and the ministry revamted it as pgi 2.0 in 2021. Outcomes and Governance and Management. These categories are further divided into 6 Domains:
(i) Learning Outcome and Quality,
(ii) access,
(iii) infrastructure and facilities,
(iv) equity,
(v) Governance processes,
(vi) Teacher Education, and Training.
2. The latest Report, Covering The Years 2022-23 and 2023-24, Draws Data from the National Achievement Survey 2021, The Unified District Information System for Education Plus+), and Information On the Mid-ME. Programme (PM-Poshan).
3. States/utts are scored out of 1,000 points. In PGI 2.0, the nomenclature for PGI scores is classified into variable grades. The Highest Achievable Grade is Called Dakshawhich is for state/ut scoring more than 90% of the grade range. The details of grades and grade ranges so obtonated.
The details of grades and grade ranges. (Source: PGI State 2021-22 Report)
4. Notably, no state/ut has scored in the high ranges of 761 and above. Chandigarh scored 703 pointsAchieving Practes-1 – The Highst Grade Achieved in the latest PGI. Chandigarh scored 703 points, as opposed to 687.8 in 2022-2023, to emlerge as the only state or utchesta-1 grade that has the score range of 7001 to 760.
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5. Chandigarh is followed by Punjab AT 631.1, and Delhi At 623.7. Kerala, Gujarat, Odisha, Haryana, Goa, Maharastra, and Rajasthan also scored in the 581-640 Range.
6. The state that scored the lowest was Meghalaya (417.9). Just Above it was Arunachal Predesh (461.4), Mizoram (464.2), Nagaland (468.6), and Bihar (471.9).
7. In the Middle Range of 521-580 (Akanshi-1 Grade) Were Uttar Predesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Predesh, Himachal Predesh, and Uttarakhand.
8. Referring to the Inter-State Disparity, The Report Said, “The Maximum and Minimum Scores obnetted by the states/UTS in 2023-24 are 719 and 417 respectively.”
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9. The scores are meant to help states/uts identification areas where they need to make interventions. Of the 36 states/utts, 25 saw an improvement in their scores in 2023-24 compared to 2022-23.
Beyond the nugget: Ullas scheme and pm shri
1. Mizoram, Goa and Tripura have attained the “Full Literacy” tag under understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society (ullas) – NAV Bharat Saksharta Karyakram.
2. Ullas – nav bharat saaksharta karyakram or new India literature program (nilp) is a centrally sponsored scheme Implemented from 2022-2027. It aims to equip 5 crore ‘non-literate independent independently’ over the age of 15 acroses the country with foundational literacy and numeragy skills, which means basic reading and writing and simple arithmeetic liwari. Classes.
3. Ullas is basically on the spirit of kartvya body and is being implemented on volunteerism. It consists of five components:
(i) Foundational Literacy and Numeracy,
(ii) Critical Life skills,
(iii) basic education,
(iv) vocational skills, and
(v) Continuing Education.
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PM Schools for Rising India (PM Shri)
1. It is an initiative run by the union ministry of school education and literacy. It intends to improve 14,500 schools to “showcase” the nep, 2020, and be “exemplars” for other schools in their region.
2. The Scheme is for existing elements, secondary, and senior secondary schools Run by the central government and state and local governments around the country.
Post Read Questions
(1) consider the following:
1. Learning outcome and quality
2. Governance processes
3. Access,
4. Infrastructure and facilities,
How many are the domains used for Assessment of School Education Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 Report?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) all three
(d) all four
(2) Which of the following provisions of the constitution does India have a bearing on education? (UPSC CSE 2012)
1. Directive Principles of State Policy
2. Rural and Urban Local Bodies
3. FIFTH SCHEDULE
4. Sixth schedule
5. Seventth schedule
Select the Correct Answer Using the Codes Given Below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3, 4 and 5 only
(c) 1, 2 and 5 only
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
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(Sources: Chandigarh, Punjab, Delhi Toppers in Center’s PGI School Education Report; Meghalaya at Bottom, PGI State 2021-22)
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