With co-ed schools becoming increasingly popular, the league table of all-boys schools has been steadily shrinking. Nevertheless they continue to enjoy outsized reputations for excellent academic, sports and co-curricular education Even though the EWISR league table of India’s best all-boys day schools is shrinking with the great majority of new schools promoted being co-ed institutions, boys-only schools continue to enjoy outsized reputations for delivering excellent academic, sports and co-curricular education. EWISR 2023-24 rates and ranks the country’s 28 best boys-only day schools inter se (and another 24 in the vintage legacy category created last year, see p.364). This year the 18,928 sample respondents — parents, principals, teachers and senior students — interviewed by the Delhi-based Centre for Forecasting & Research (C fore), have once again voted St. John’s High School, Chandigarh India’s #1 boys day school with top scores under the parameters of competence of faculty, leadership, infrastructure and mental/emotional well-being. Promoted in 1959 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers on a 30-acre campus in the heart of Chandigarh, this CBSE-affiliated K-12 school has 2,120 students mentored by 102 teachers on its musters. “It’s a significant achievement for our entire school community that St. John’s High is ranked India’s #1 boys day school for the second consecutive year. It reflects our consistent commitment to high-quality education to positively impact students’ lives. It’s also very satisfying to learn that the school is top-ranked for competence of faculty, effective leadership, infrastructure and mental and emotional well-being services because these parameters are critical for well-rounded education. Our faculty is well-trained to innovate and adapt to changing educational trends and technologies and our green campus is equipped with state-of-the-art enabling infrastructure and facilities. These high parameter rankings indicate that St. John’s provides a rigorous academic curriculum and also a supportive and nurturing environment preparing students, not just for scholastic achievement but also for life,” says Br. Ryan Fernandes, appointed principal of St. John’s High earlier this year. Further down the Top 10 league table, there’s minor change in seating order. Campion School, Mumbai has retained its #2 rank of last year while Birla High School, Moira Street, Kolkata, ranked #3 and St. Columba’s School, Delhi at #4 have interchanged their last year’s ranks. DAV Boys Senior Secondary, Gopalapuram, Chennai has retained its #5 rank, Don Bosco School, Park Circus, Kolkata has been promoted to #6 (#7 in 2022-23) as has M.C. Kejriwal Vidyapeeth, Howrah to #7 (#8), NASR Boys, Hyderabad to #8 (#9) and Don Bosco School, Siliguri to #9 (#10). DAV Boys Senior Secondary, Mogappair, Chennai has lost ground this year and is ranked #9 (#6) even as Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram has received a huge promotion to #10 (#14). Mallika Mukherjee, principal of the CISCE-affiliated M.C. Kejriwal Vidyapeeth, Howrah (MCKV, estb.1997), is delighted with the school’s steady ascent in the EW league table from #12 in 2021-22 to #8 in 2022-23 and #7 this year. “We are honoured to be ranked among India’s Top 10 boys day schools in the prestigious EducationWorld India…
