Guwahati, June 19 -- The Ministry of Education has ranked Meghalaya as the lowest-performing state in the 2023-24 Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D), which evaluates school education at the district level nationwide.

Among Meghalaya's districts, East Khasi Hills earned the highest score with 212 out of 600 points, followed by East Jaintia Hills, Eastern West Khasi Hills, and Ri-Bhoi, each with 180 points. Other districts recorded similarly low scores: East Garo Hills (170), West Khasi Hills (169), West Jaintia Hills (168), South Garo Hills (168), West Garo Hills (167), South West Khasi Hills (166), and South West Garo Hills (162).

North Garo Hills, with 155 points, ranked as the second-worst performing district in the count...