Steps taken by Union Government for monitoring of quality of education in Government schools –
- ShaGun (SHAala and GUNvatta): It is a web portal having two parts –
- One is a Repository of good practices to showcase success stories and also to provide a platform for all stakeholders to learn from each other.
- The second part is the online monitoring module of Shagun which measures state-level performance and progress against key educational indicators.
- National Achievement Surveys: These are carried out by NCERT to assess learning achievement of children in Classes – III, V, VIII, and X.
- Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA): Government of India has decided to participate in the PISA to be conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2021.
- Shaala Siddhi: It is a School Standards and Evaluation Framework, developed by the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), which enables the schools to self-evaluate based on seven key domains.
- Performance Indicators for Elementary School Teachers (PINDICS): The NCERT has developed PINDICS, a framework for assessing teacher performance and providing constructive feedback for further improvement.
- Performance Grading Index (PGI): In order to objectively evaluate the performance of the school education system in the States/UTs, MHRD has designed a 70 indicators-based matrix to grade the States/UTs.
