School education improving in Maharashtra, show Centre's surveys; Kolhapur district shines, Mumbai ranks 6th in Performance Grading Index report
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Kolhapur district claimed the top spot in Maharashtra in learning outcomes in the Centre's PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan report released on Tuesday and it also secured the first rank among 22 districts in the state in Prachesta-I category, while Mumbai ranked 6th. In 2022-23, 13 districts in Maharashtra had achieved this grade.
Nationwide, a total of 107 districts achieved the Prachesta-I grade in 2023-24, stated the report.
Kolhapur district scored 345/600 in PGI 2023-24 placing it first in Prachesta-I category (meeting 51-60% of the set targets), followed by Satara, Solapur, Sangli, Ahilyanagar, Mumbai, Nagpur, Washim, Pune, and Jalgaon.
The PGI report evaluates public schools based on 600 marks across five parameters — outcomes, classroom transactions, infrastructure, digital learning and governance. The Prachesta-I category is one of the nine grades in the PGI framework, indicating a decent level of performance and efforts towards improvement.
Districts in this category are working towards achieving higher grades, such as Uttam and Utkarsh.
Kolhapur ZP chief executive officer S Karthikeyan said, "We studied the shortcomings based on the marks obtained in PGI 2020-21 and 2021-22, and framed a time-bound programme for improvement. Mission Utkarsh was one such programmes that we implemented. We made the funds available for the repairs of the school toilets, buildings, ramps and set up purified water units,"
Among the five parameters, outcomes have a total score of 290, including learning outcomes, quality and teacher availability.
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Kolhapur district received 161 marks in the outcomes, the highest in the state. Among the lowest-performing districts are Parbhani, Mumbai (suburban) and Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. There are 14 districts in the Prachesta-II grade for 2023-24.
Karthikeyan said, "Centre's PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan report also showed Kolhapur topping in learning outcomes. Last year, a central team conducted random exams. Through Mission Utkarsh, we prepared students with mock tests, teaching language, math, and general knowledge via digital mode, and even taught them math-solving tricks."
Kolhapur-based education expert Shankar Yadav said, "The eventual aim of the PGI is to find out the shortcomings, overcome them and ensure the students perform well at the end. The schools require infrastructure and various educational aids for effective learning. The activity-based learning needs a focus, as shown by the survey results. Schools from Maharashtra are performing well, but we need to inch closer to achieving Uttam and Utkarsh grades.
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Kolapur: Maharashtra's school education improved in 2023-24 compared to the previous year, according to the Union ministry of education's Performance Grading Index (PGI) report for 2023-24.
Kolhapur district claimed the top spot in Maharashtra in learning outcomes in the Centre's PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan report released on Tuesday and it also secured the first rank among 22 districts in the state in Prachesta-I category, while Mumbai ranked 6th.
In 2022-23, 13 districts in Maharashtra had achieved this grade.
Nationwide, a total of 107 districts achieved the Prachesta-I grade in 2023-24, stated the report.
Kolhapur district scored 345/600 in PGI 2023-24 placing it first in Prachesta-I category (meeting 51-60% of the set targets), followed by Satara, Solapur, Sangli, Ahilyanagar, Mumbai, Nagpur, Washim, Pune, and Jalgaon.
The PGI report evaluates public schools based on 600 marks across five parameters — outcomes, classroom transactions, infrastructure, digital learning and governance.
The Prachesta-I category is one of the nine grades in the PGI framework, indicating a decent level of performance and efforts towards improvement. Districts in this category are working towards achieving higher grades, such as Uttam and Utkarsh.
Kolhapur ZP chief executive officer S Karthikeyan said, "We studied the shortcomings based on the marks obtained in PGI 2020-21 and 2021-22, and framed a time-bound programme for improvement. Mission Utkarsh was one such programmes that we implemented. We made the funds available for the repairs of the school toilets, buildings, ramps and set up purified water units,"
Among the five parameters, outcomes have a total score of 290, including learning outcomes, quality and teacher availability.
Kolhapur district received 161 marks in the outcomes, the highest in the state. Among the lowest-performing districts are Parbhani, Mumbai (suburban) and Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. There are 14 districts in the Prachesta-II grade for 2023-24.
Karthikeyan said, "Centre's PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan report also showed Kolhapur topping in learning outcomes. Last year, a central team conducted random exams. Through Mission Utkarsh, we prepared students with mock tests, teaching language, math, and general knowledge via digital mode, and even taught them math-solving tricks."
Kolhapur-based education expert Shankar Yadav said, "The eventual aim of the PGI is to find out the shortcomings, overcome them and ensure the students perform well at the end. The schools require infrastructure and various educational aids for effective learning. The activity-based learning needs a focus, as shown by the survey results. Schools from Maharashtra are performing well, but we need to inch closer to achieving Uttam and Utkarsh grades.
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