Gurgaon tops school edu rankings, but its south Hry neighbours are at bottom
Gurgaon: Infrastructure, quality and standards of education were highest in Gurgaon's schools among all Haryana districts in 2022-23 and 2023-24, according to the central govt's Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0.
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The report, released by the Union education ministry on Friday, showed that Gurgaon scored 354 out of 600 points in 2023–24, improving from 346 in 2022–23 – both in the Prachesta 1 (51-60%) category in educational outcomes. On the other end, Nuh (259) and Palwal (295) districts scored the lowest in the state, placing them in the Prachesta 2 (41-50%) category.
The 2022–23 report, also released on Friday, reflected a similar trend, with Gurgaon leading and five districts — Nuh, Fatehabad, Palwal, Sirsa and Ambala — falling into the lower-performing Prachesta 2 grouping.
Under PGI, assessment is made for each district out of 600 points divided into six broad categories – outcomes, effective classroom transaction, infrastructure facilities & student entitlements, school safety & child protection, digital learning and governance process.
These categories have 11 separate domains, including learning outcomes and quality, access outcomes (AO), teacher availability, attendance monitoring systems, etc.
Based on cumulative points, each district is given grades – the highest being 'Utkarsh' (for scoring over 90% of total points), and the lowest, Akanshi-3 (up to 10%).
According to the Haryana education department, Gurgaon scored well in overall outcome, classroom transaction, infrastructure and facilities, and digital learning.
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senior education department official said rankings are avoided in the report.
"The ultimate objective of PGI is to help the districts priorities areas for intervention in school education and improve to reach the highest grade," he said.
PGI, which assesses both govt and private schools, was first released in 2017. It was later revamped as PGI 2.0 in 2021.
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