Gurgaon: The district led Haryana in infrastructure, quality and standards of education in 2024-25, according to the central govt’s Performance Grading Index for Districts of India (PGI-D), released by the education ministry in May.
The district scored 375 out of 600 points, placing it in the Uttam 3 category (61–70%). This is an improvement from 354 in 2023-24 and 346 in 2022-23, both of which had placed Gurgaon in the Prachesta 1 category (51–60%).
Four districts — Panchkula, Faridabad, Karnal and Jind — joined Gurgaon in the Uttam 3 category. The remaining 16 districts fell in the Prachesta 1 band.
Nuh was the state’s weakest performer, scoring 275, though it improved from 259 in 2023-24. It was the only district in Haryana placed in the lower Prachesta 2 category.
Despite the improvements, no district in Haryana has crossed the Uttam 3 threshold. The higher grades — Uttam 2, Uttam 1 and Utkarsh — remain out of reach for every district in the state, reflecting scope for improvement across indicators.
Nationally too, no district has achieved the Utkarsh or Uttam 1 grades. Only 16 districts across India have reached Uttam 2, while 75 fall in Uttam 3.
“A total of 653 districts improved their PGI score in 2024-25 as compared to 2023-24. Out of these, 251 districts have made grade level improvement. Overall, 508 districts remained in the same grade in both 2024-25 and 2023-24, and 20 districts slipped one level in 2024-25 as compared to 2023-24,” the report stated.
PGI-D ranks districts on 600 marks across six domains: outcomes, effective classroom transactions, infrastructure and facilities, school environment, school safety and child protection, digital learning, and governance processes. Data is drawn from UDISE+, the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024, the PRABANDH portal, and NCERT.
