Ma'anar ƙamus na "Grade Point Average" (GPA) shine matsakaicin makin da ɗalibi ya samu a cikin darussa na ilimi, ƙididdiga akan sikelin 0 zuwa 4 (ko wani lokacin 5) ko tsarin darajar haruffa (A). , B, C, D, F) tare da ma'auni masu ma'ana.A cikin cibiyoyin ilimi kamar makarantu, kolejoji, da jami'o'i, GPA ana amfani da shi azaman ma'auni na aikin karatun ɗalibi. Ana ƙididdige shi ta hanyar sanya ƙima na lamba ga kowane darajojin harafi, yawanci akan sikelin 4.0, sannan a ƙididdige waɗannan ƙimar a duk darussan da aka ɗauka a cikin lokacin da aka bayar (kamar semester ko shekara ta ilimi). Babban GPA gabaɗaya yana nuna kyakkyawan aikin ilimi, yayin da ƙaramin GPA na iya ba da shawarar cewa ɗalibi yana kokawa ko kuma baya yin ƙoƙari sosai.