Yet again, Karnataka schools get the ‘Athi Utham’ tag for providing quality education. The schools of Chitradurga, Belagavi and Dharwad from Karnataka are ranked among 'Athi Utham' (very good) districts in the country in school-education performance according to the ministry of education.
The ministry of education officials further stated that the Performance Grading Index for Districts of India for 2019-20 was prepared by the department of school education and literacy, department of education, government of India. It analysed the performance of districts in six domains: Outcomes, effective classroom transaction, infrastructure facilities and student's entitlements, school safety and child protection, digital learning and governance process, reports and based on scores, the districts were graded as follows:
- Daksh (90-100%),
- Utkarsh (80-90%),
- Athi Utham (71-80%),
- Utham (61-70%),
- Prachesta 1 (51-60%),
- Prachesta 2 (41-50%),
- Prachesta 3 (31-40%),
- Akanshi 1 (21-30%),
- Akanshi 2 (11-20%)
- Akanshi 3 (up to 10%).
The officials further stated that three districts from Karnataka were labelled as ‘Athi-Utham’. Twenty-five districts from Karnataka were declared ‘Utham (50-60%)’. Bengaluru Urban North, Mysuru, Udupi, Raichur, Chikkamagaluru and Kalaburagi were among the country's 238 ‘Prachesta-1’ districts.
They further added that Belagavi was among the top 10 in the country in outcomes. This includes learning outcomes and quality, access, teacher availability and professional development.
The schools of Karnataka, along with Chandigarh, fared second in the outcome category for the states. Rajasthan scored 168/180 and led the country. Dharwad fared best in Karnataka in governance; and Chitradurga, Uttara Kannada and Chikkaballapur topped the state in infrastructure.
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