Pooja Kwatra and Charu Malhotra, Primus Partners, analyse how India’s education systems have made significant progress in governance, infrastructure, teacher deployment, and administrative efficiency, with Meghalaya emerging as an example of steady improvement. However, the article highlights that stronger systems must ultimately translate into better learning outcomes for children.
The article discusses the role of the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 and PGI-D in identifying disparities and enabling evidence-based interventions at the state and district levels. It calls for a greater focus on competency-based education, AI and digital skills, common learning standards, and funding linked to identified learning gaps. The next phase of education reform, according to the article, should measure success not only by how effectively schools function but by how well they prepare students with the knowledge and skills needed for the future.
