Meghalaya Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui on Wednesday announced that the State has moved up two grades in the Government of India’s Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 for 2025-26, rising from Akanshi-3 to Akanshi-1 with its score improving from 448 to 525.7.
Rymbui said it is the first time the state has moved out of the lowest grade since the PGI framework was introduced.
The Minister attributed the improvement to reforms such as the Structured Pay Framework for teachers, school rationalisation, CM IMPACT, infrastructure upgrades, strengthened teacher training, digital governance, and focused efforts to improve learning outcomes.
He said the state’s overall PGI score has risen steadily from 401.62 in 2022-23 to 417.89 in 2023-24, 448 in 2024-25 and 525.71 in 2025-26, registering an increase of over 124 points, or nearly 31 per cent, in three years.
The Minister added that while the achievement is significant, the government will continue working to further improve the quality of school education across Meghalaya.
“The Government of Meghalaya has achieved a historic milestone in school education with the state moving out of the lowest grade in the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 for the first time since the framework was introduced,” the Education department said in a statement.
The government said the rationalisation and clustering of schools had optimised the state’s school network from 14,641 schools in 2024-25 to 11,443 in 2025-26, enabling more efficient utilisation of educational resources and improved management.
According to the report, the sharpest improvement was recorded in governance processes, where the state’s score rose from 40.5 to 85.6 in a year.