The performances of various districts in Himachal has marginally improved and Mandi figured in the Uttam category in the performance grading index for districts released by the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, on Monday.
The index has been released for 2018-19 and 2019-20 and Mandi district, which improved its score from 357 out of 600 in 2018-19 to 388 in 2019-20, figures in the Uttam category (61-70 per cent).
Meanwhile, Kangra, Shimla, Hamirpur, Una, Kullu, Bilaspur, Kinnaur and Chamba with scores between 300 and 359 are in the PrachestaI category (51 to 60 per cent) and Sirmaur, Solan and Lahaul and Spiti with scores between 270 and 300 are in the PrachestaII category (41 to 50 per cent).
The score card is based on performance of districts on 83 indicators in six domains, namely outcome, effective classroom transaction (ECT), , facilities, student entitlements, school safety and child protection, digital Learning and Governance process.