THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has improved its performance in the Union Ministry of Education’s Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 for states and Union territories for the year 2024-25. The state received the grade Prachesta - 2 grade, an improvement from Prachesta-3 in 2023-24.
Along with the improved grade, the state’s scores have also increased from 594.2 in 2023-24 to 687.7 in 2024-25, according to a report brought out by the Ministry’s Department of School Education and Literacy.
Former general education minister V Sivankutty said the increase in performance grading index scores by 93.5 in a short span was a matter of pride, especially since it had been able to match states and UTs such as Punjab and Chandigarh in some domains.
He said the state’s improved performance was a recognition of the comprehensive changes implemented by the LDF in the public education sector. “It is notable that without implementing the National Education Policy 2020, Kerala has matched the performance or bettered the states that have implemented it,” Sivankutty said.
Prachesta-2 grade is awarded for scores in the range of 641-700. This denotes an achievement of 41% to 50% of the total 1,000 points across 70 indicators under two categories. The categories include outcomes with four domains and governance management with two domains.
The top-scoring states that achieved Prachesta - 1 grade were Chandigarh (739.1) and Punjab (709.1). Besides Kerala, the states and UTs that achieved Prachesta - 2 ranking were Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Odisha, Maharashtra, and Himachal Pradesh. However, Kerala achieved the highest score in the Prachesta - 2 category.
Kerala shared the topmost Utkarsh grade in the ‘access’ domain along with Puducherry. In the ‘teacher education and training’ domain, Kerala achieved the topmost grade of Uttam-1 along with Chandigarh, Delhi, and Lakshadweep. Kerala also bagged Uttam-1 grade in the ‘equity’ domain. Kerala also secured Prachesta-1 grades in two domains - ‘learning outcomes’ and ‘infrastructure and facilities’. The state secured Prachesta-3 grade in the ‘governance processes’ domain.
