NEW DELHI: Kerala, Maharashtra and Punjab have topped the 2020-21 Performing Grade Index (PGI) that assesses school education at the district level, with identical scores of 928 out of 1000. These states, alongside new entrants Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh, are at the L-II level which also includes Chandigarh. No state has been able to attain the highest level of L-I so far.
The education ministry on Thursday released PGI 2020-21, a unique index for evidence-based comprehensive analysis of the school education system in India.