Early Times Report
Jammu, June 6: Notwithstanding tall claims of the authorities, Jammu and Kashmir failed to improve its position in the Performance Grade Index (PGI) of the Union Education Ministry.
Although J&K along with other ten states and Union Territories (UTs) have improved PGI score between 53 to 103, there no change in position of the UT because 33 states and UTs have improved score in PGI Released on Sunday by Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
Five states and union territories namely Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chandigarh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands achieved the highest grave for 2019-20 in PGI.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Punjab and Arunachal Pradesh have improved their score by 20 percent. For the first time, five states and UTs have crossed the threshold of 90 percent PGI score and reached Grade I++. A total of 33 states and UTs have improved their total PGI score in 2019-20 as compared to 2018-19. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Punjab and Arunachala Pradesh have improved their score by more than 203.
Ten States/UTs, namely, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and NCT of Delhi have improved their PGI score by 53 to 103.
Eleven states and UTs, namely Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Utter Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, West Bengal, Odisha, Rajasthon , Haryana, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu have improved their score by 103 to 203. Nine states and UTs. namely, Mizoram, Assam, Sikkim, Telangana, Goa, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Kerala, and Chandigarh have improved their score by 0.13 to 53. Only two States, namely Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have scored less than 2018-19. PGI grades for one UT, Ladakh has been computed for the first time in 2019-20. |
