Goa 2nd in edu infrastructure, but 21st in quality of edu

PANJIM, March 7 -- Infrastructure facilities provided in Goan schools are considered as amongst the best in the country as the State ranks second in the category of facilities offered to students as per the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2017-18, released by Union Ministry for Human Resources Development (MHRD) on Wednesday. However, the State was ranked 21st in quality of education indicator.

Goa obtained Grade III with a total of 738 points, out of 1000, together for quality of education (21 rank), access to school (7 rank), infrastructure and facilities (2 rank), governance processes (26) and equity (13 rank).

Goa ranked second on the infrastructure and facility front with 138 points out of 150. Punjab tops the list chart having score...