Context:
Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL) under Ministry of Education released report on Performance Grading Index 2.0 for States/UTs for the year 2021-22.
About PGI 2.0:
- PGI – State structure for 2021-22 has been revised and renamed as PGI 2.0.
- Objectives –
- To align with new initiatives of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020
- To monitor indicators relating to Goal 4 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- 1st PGI – released in 2017-18.
- Total weightage – 1000 points
- 73 indicators under 2 Categories – Outcome and Governance Management (GM).
- 6 domains –
- Learning Outcomes (LO)
- Access (A)
- Infrastructure& Facilities (IF)
- Equity (E)
- Governance Process (GP)
- Teachers Education and Training (TE&T)
- 10 Assessment Grades –Daksh(Highest) andAkanshi-3 (Lowest)
About Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D):
- It assesses the performance of the school education system at the district level by creating an index for comprehensive analysis.
- Total weightage – 600 points
- 83 indicators under 6 categories – Outcomes, Effective Classroom Transaction, Infrastructure Facilities & Student’s Entitlements, School Safety & Child Protection, Digital Learning and Governance Process. (12 domains)
Source: PIB
India’s ranking in the Ease of Doing Business Index’ is sometimes seen in the news. Which of the following has declared that ranking?
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- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- World Economic Forum
- World Bank
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
