Punjab has topped the country by getting the highest grade A++ in 2019-20 in the field of school education as per the Performance Grading Index (PGI) of the States and UTs, released on Sunday by the Union Ministry of Education (MoE).

Punjab has not only scored maximum points for Governance and management, but has also shown improvement by at least 20 percent points.

The smart school policy, online teacher transfer policy, direct recruitment of administrator level posts through Ppsc, introduction of pre-primary classes, recruitment of teachers, online Education and distribution of free smartphones under Punjab Smart Connect scheme have become the base of the improvement in the level of education in the schools.