Ladakh sets a new benchmark in education: PGI 2020-2021

The Ministry of Education congratulated Ladakh, the newly formed United territory for remarkable progress in the Performance Grading Index 2022-2021.

Ladakh sets a new benchmark by showing immense improvement in the PGI 2020-2021 which was recently released. The Performance Grading Index 2020-2021 launched by the ministry of education provides the vision and abstract mechanism for the performance and achievement of school education. The PGI of Ladakh has gone up from Level 8 to Level 4 in 2020-21 and has improved its score by 299 points in 2020-21 as compared to 2019-20 resulting in highest ever improvement in a single year.

The PGI comprises 1000 points over 70 indicators. The 70 indicators are further grouped into two different categories: 1. Outcomes And 2. Governance Management. These are again divided into five domains, which are as follows: Learning Outcomes (LO), Access (A), Infrastructure and Facility (IF), Equity (E), and Governance Process (GP). Performance Grading Index classifies the state and union territories into 10 Grades – the highest achievable grade is Level 1 with more than 950 points. The states and union territories scoring more than 950 points out of 1000 points can achieve Level 1.

“Kudos to Ladakh for setting new benchmarks in education as it attains Level 4 with a score of 844 in the Performance Grading Index 2020 – 21. India’s youngest Union Territory is emerging as ‘one of the most promising’ UTs. Congratulations!”, shared the education minister on social media. The education minister also congratulated Ladakh for this achievement.

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Over time, many other states and union territories have shown great progress in the PGI. States like Kerala, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujrat, Rajasthan, and union territory Chandigarh have shown exceptional development as compared to previous years by reaching Level 2 in the year 2020-2021. They scored 901-950 in the year 2020 – 2021 as compared to previous years.