THE PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX FOR SCHOOLS IN INDIA 2019-2020
THE INDIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE LARGEST EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD. THE SYSTEM HAS MORE THAN 250 CRORE STUDENTS, 97 LAKH TEACHERS AND 15 LAKH SCHOOLS. THE EDUCATION MINISTRY OF INDIA HAS RELEASED THE PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX FOR PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS IN INDIA. THE INDEX MEASURES THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION BASED ON LEARNING OUTCOMES, INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, MANAGEMENT, GOVERNANCE, ACCESS AND EQUITY. THE STATES PUNJAB, TAMIL NADU AND KERALA TOPPED THE RANKINGS. AMONG UNION TERRITORIES CHANDIGARH, ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR AND DELHI HOLD THE SAME POSITIONS. IN JOINT RANKINGS THE STATE GUJARAT DROPS TO 8TH POSITION FROM 4TH. AMONG STATES MEGHALAYA, NAGALAND, ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND UNION TERRITORIES LADAKH, LAKSHADWEEP, JAMMU AND KASHMIR ARE THE BOTTOM OF THE INDEX.
THE PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX RANKING OF STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES
| RANK | STATE | SCORE/1000 | RANK | UNION TERRITORY | SCORE/1000 |
| 1 | PUNJAB | 929 | 1 | CHANDIGARH | 912 |
| 2 | TAMIL NADU | 906 | 2 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 901 |
| 3 | KERALA | 901 | 3 | DELHI | 898 |
| 4 | GUJARAT | 884 | 4 | PUDUCHERRY | 889 |
| 5 | MAHARASHTRA | 869 | 5 | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI | 867 |
| 6 | HARYANA | 862 | 6 | DAMAN AND DIU | 816 |
| 7 | RAJASTHAN | 859 | 7 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 763 |
| 8 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 839 | 8 | LAKSHADWEEP | 754 |
| 9 | ODISHA | 838 | 9 | LADAKH | 545 |
| 10 | WEST BENGAL | 834 | |||
| 11 | KARNATAKA | 813 | |||
| 12 | ANDHRA PRADESH | 811 | |||
| 13 | UTTAR PRADESH | 804 | |||
| 14 | TRIPURA | 801 | |||
| 15 | JHARKHAND | 790 | |||
| 16 | GOA | 783 | |||
| 17 | TELANGANA | 772 | |||
| 17 | SIKKIM | 772 | |||
| 19 | MANIPUR | 767 | |||
| 20 | UTTARAKHAND | 752 | |||
| 21 | MADHYA PRADESH | 748 | |||
| 22 | BIHAR | 747 | |||
| 23 | ASSAM | 738 | |||
| 24 | MIZORAM | 723 | |||
| 25 | CHATTISGARH | 700 | |||
| 26 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 698 | |||
| 27 | NAGALAND | 667 | |||
| 28 | MEGHALAYA | 649 |
