Punjab, Chandigarh get the highest grades in education report, but no state claims the top grade

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Kerala and Maharashtra — taking the second best spot in the grading.Chandigarh took the top spot alongside Punjab, making a return to the summit. However, no state in the country managed to get top marks across the board, with the rankings featuring an overall category, based on various domains like access, learning outcomes, infrastructure, equity, teachers' training and governance processes. The education ministry on Friday released PGI-2021-22, which is an index for evidence-based comprehensive analysis of the school education system in India.

PGI, revamped in 2021-22 in the wake of the National Education Policy, has classified states/UTs into ten grades, where the highest achievable grade is Daksh — for states/UT scoring more than 940 out of 1000 points. The subsequent grades are Utkarsh (881-940), Atti-Uttam (821-880), Uttam (761-820), Prachesta 1 (701-760), Prachesta 2 (641-700), Prachesta 3 (581-640), Akanshi 1 (521-580), Akanshi 2 (461-520) and Akanshi 3 (401-460). Only two domains — access and equity — saw a state grab the top grade, with Delhi taking the spot.

Punjab, Chandigarh and Rajasthan were in the top grades for learning outcomes, a key indicator of good performance. No state/ UT could achieve the top grade for teacher education and training. In 2019-20, Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kerala topped the index, while the index during the Covid period (2020-21) recorded Kerala, Maharashtra and Punjab as the best performing states.