CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The School Education Quality Index (SEQI) has been developed to provide insights and data-based feedback on the success of school education across the States and Union Territories of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Performance Grading Index (PGI) is a tool to provide insights into the Indian school education system. One of the goals of the PGI is to offer information on the state of school education in States & UTs, including key levels that influence performance and important performance categories.

Detailed explanation-3: -The PGI divides states and union territories into 10 grades. The highest achievable grade is Level 1, which has states and UTs scoring more than 950 points out of 1,000 points. The lowest grade is Level 10, which has states and UTs scoring less than 551.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the PGI, Level II means PGI score 901-950, Level III: 851-900, Level IV: 801-850, and so on up to Level IX: 551-600. The last one, namely Level X is for scores 0-550. 4. Summary of PGI: States/ UTs.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Ministry of Education has released the Performance Grading Index (PGI) for States and Union Territories for 2020-21. It is a unique index for evidence-based comprehensive analysis of school education systems across States and UTs.