GS PAPER II: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.

Context: Union Education Minister approves the release of Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 for States and Union Territories

Performance Grading Index (PGI)

• The Government has introduced It with a set of 70 parameters to catalyse transformational change in the field of school education.
• The PGI for States and Union Territories was first published in 2019 with reference year 2017-18.
• The PGI : States/UTs for 2019-20 is the third publication in this series.
• The PGI exercise envisages that the index would propel States and UTs towards undertaking multi-pronged interventions that will that will bring about the much-desired optimal education outcomes.
• The PGI helps the States/UTs to pinpoint the gaps and accordingly prioritise areas for intervention to ensure that the school education system is robust at every level.
• Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Kerala occupy the highest grade (Grade A++) for 2019-20.
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Puducherry, Punjab and Tamil Nadu have improved overall PGI score by 10%, i.e., 100 or more points.
• Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Odisha have shown more than 10% improvement in the PGI domain: Equity.
• Nineteen States and UTs have shown improvement by 10% (36 points) or more in the PGI domain: Governance Process. Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal have shown improvement by at least 20% (72 points or more).

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724890

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