Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Puducherry, Punjab and Tamil Nadu have improved overall PGI score by 10 per cent– or 100 or more points.

In Governance Process, 19 states have revealed enhancement by 10 percent or more.

The PGI rates performance in school education based upon information drawn from the Unified District Information System for Education Plus, National Achievement Survey, Mid-Day Meal, Public Financial Management System, and the Shagun portal– all preserved by the department of school education.

The Union Area of Chandigarh and the states of Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Kerala have triumphed in the current edition of the Performance Grading Index (PGI) launched by the Education Ministry on Sunday.

Thirteen uts and states have actually shown improvement by 10 percent or more in Infrastructure and Facilities, while Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Odisha have actually enhanced their ratings in the domain by 20 per cent or more, the Education Ministry stated. In Equity, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Odisha have actually shown an improvement of more than 10 percent.

In PGI, states are scored on a total of 1,000 points throughout 70 parameters, including access, facilities, equity and finding out outcomes.

In 2015, the top bracket (or Grade 1++) was occupied by Chandigarh, Gujarat and Kerala. In the latest edition, Gujarat has actually slipped to the 2nd bracket (Grade 1+), which is also occupied by Haryana, Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan, Puducherry and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.