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I am a regular reader of EducationWorld. Your rankings of India’s best preschools across ten parameters of early childhood education excellence (EW December), offers valuable information to parents.

Congratulations for a well-researched survey and for adding many new cities such as Coimbatore, Jamnagar, Gwalior, Nashik, Raipur, Rajkot, Surat and Greater Noida, where public awareness of the importance of early childhood education is growing. I hope to see many more tier II and tier III cities included in next year’s survey.

Sinchana R.
Jamnagar

Proud milestone

On behalf of our entire school fraternity, I extend my sincere gratitude to EducationWorld for ranking our preschool #6 in Mumbai.

This recognition is truly an honour and a proud milestone for us. Such encouragement motivates us to continue to strive to improve the quality of early childhood education we provide to enable holistic development of our children.

Namarta Shah

Brightminds Activity Centre
Mumbai

Insightful essay

The Expert Comment essay ‘Higher education challenge and response’ (EW December) was insightful. Authors Pramath Sinha and Dipanita Malik rightly emphasise that India’s most transformative ideas in higher education have come from universities that dared to start differently.

In the face of mounting pressures — from global competition and rising student expectations to the need for relevance, quality, and employability — forward-thinking colleges and universities need to respond with bold strategies that blend academic rigour with real-world adaptability.

Meaningful reform must prioritise curriculum modernisation, industry alignment, research culture, and global engagement to prepare students for 21st century workplaces.

Nadiya Begum
Bengaluru

Genuine apprehension

I am a private school teacher in Chennai’s T. Nagar. Your news dispatch from Tamil Nadu titled ‘New curriculum anxiety’ (EW December) reflects genuine apprehension about students’ academic future after the state government rejected NEP 2020 and implemented its own State Education Policy (SEP) 2025.

Many parents are worried whether the SEP 2025 curriculum will be on a par with NCERT/CBSE. More importantly, whether the curriculum will prepare students adequately to write national competitive exams such as IIT-JEE and NEET, which are based on the NCERT syllabus. We sincerely hope the curriculum committee will heed parents’ fears.

Deepika Kumar
Chennai

Welcome TREE Awards

Congratulations to EW for instituting the EducationWorld India TREE Awards 2025-26 (EW December) and shining a much-needed spotlight on the extraordinary teachers, researchers, edupreneurs, and educationists (TREE) who are the true pillars of learning and innovation in India’s education ecosystem.

The awards not only honour dedicated individuals doing groundbreaking work but also inspire others in the field to raise the bar of quality, creativity, and impact in education.

Such recognition serves as a powerful reminder that nurturing talent and championing transformative practices are key to building a future-ready educational landscape.

Debanjali Ghosh
Kolkata

Over-simplification

Your Editorial ‘Bihar electorate’s Stockholm syndrome’ (EW December), which criticises voter behaviour in the state’s recent legislative election, disappointingly falls into the trap of over-simplification by likening an entire electorate’s political choice to a psychological disorder.

It trivializes complex social factors that influence voter behaviour.

Monica Kashyap
Patna

Practical advice

The Teacher-2-Teacher essay ‘Preparing for early years education’ (EW December) was insightful and offered practical advice to parents on ways and means to prepare youngest children for formal education.

Author Arshleen Kalra has nicely balanced emotional and educational readiness, making it clear that parents shouldn’t prepare children to acquire only academic skills but also develop confidence, curiosity, and love for learning. I also appreciated her emphasis on thoughtful preschool selection and advice to build a strong foundation before formal schooling begins — something that is often overwhelming for new parents.

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