ThePerformance Grading Indexfor 2021-22 prepared by the Centre that ranks states on the status of the school Education has flagged the countrys three bottom states (Akanshi-3 grade) Arunachal Pradesh,MeghalayaandMizoramto put more effort to reach the top slot.
The index is aimed to propel states and UTs towards undertaking multi-pronged interventions to bring about the much-desired optimal education outcomes that is based upon five categories Learning outcomes and quality,
access, and facilities, Equity and Governance processes.The highest achievable grade is called Daksh, which is for a scoring of more than 90% of the grade range and the lowest grade Akanshi-3 is for scores up to 10% grade range. None of the states and UTs has attained the top five grades Daksh (91%-100%), Utkarsh (81%-90%), Atti-Uttam (71%-80%), Uttam (61%-70%) and Prachesta-1 (51%-60%).
In 2021-22, only two states and UTs, Punjab and Chandigarh, are at the top, both attaining Grade Prachesta -2 (41%-50%).
Six states/UTs are in grade Prachesta-3 (31%-40%), 13 states/UTs in grade Akanshi -1 (21% to 30%), 12 in grade Akanshi – 2 (11% to 20%) and three (all from NE) are in grade Akanshi 3 (Up to 10%). The remaining four NE statesAssam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura are just
one notch above the bottom in Akanshi 2 grade.The report published on Friday stated that the maximum and minimum scores obtained by the states and UTs in 2021-22 are 659.01 and 420.64 respectively and deviation is 238.37 or 23.8% of the maximum points.