Affiliated with offshore examination boards such as Cambridge International (UK) and IB (Geneva), India’s best international day-cum-boarding schools 2019-20 offer the benefits of high-end day and boarding school education have attracted the attention of the upper-middle class. Though within the broad category of international schools affiliated with foreign examination boards such as Cambridge International, Edxcel (UK) and International Baccalaureate (Geneva), the day schools league table is the most competitive and populous (89), international day-cum-boarding and wholly residential schools constitute the high-end glamour segment. Built on sprawling capital-intensive campuses providing state-of-the-art academic, sports and co-curricular education infrastructure and five-star optional residential accommodation, international day-cum-boarding schools have attracted the attention of India’s upper middle class as they offer the benefits of day as well as holistic boarding school education. Since the annual EW India School Rankings were divided into three main categories — day, boarding and international — and further sub-divided into ten sub-categories to create level playing fields for comparison in 2013, the international day-cum-boarding schools national league table has been topped by the state-of-the-art Indus International School, Bangalore (IIS-B, estb.2003). This year too, the 12,213 sample respondents polled by the Delhi-based C fore have voted IIS-B India’s #1 international day-cum-boarding school with top scores on the parameters of community service and teacher welfare and development across all categories of international schools. Set in a 40-acre green campus in suburban Bangalore, this Cambridge International and IB-affiliated K-12 international school provides its 1,200 students from 33 countries globally comparable academic, sports, co-curricular and performing arts education. “It’s always great news when IIS-B is ranked India’s #1 international day-cum-boarding school, more so that we are #1 for a record eighth year. The well-chosen 14 parameters of the EW survey have set new benchmarks for providing comprehensive K-12 education in India, and it’s very satisfying that IIS-B has excelled in all of them. Our top score on the parameter of teacher welfare and development is especially gratifying as we have invested heavily in continuously training our faculty and staff. To supplement the efforts of our teachers, in 2018 we became the first school in India to introduce robot teachers in classes VII-IX. They deliver routine syllabus content and perform mechanical assessment tasks, enabling teachers to focus on enhancing students’ creativity, problem-solving and life skills. I am happy your survey respondents have recognised our commitment to innovation in school education by awarding us the #1 rank once again,” says Sarojini Rao, an economics and education alumna of Pune and Annamalai universities and principal of IIS-B since 2005.ble of international day-cum-boarding schools are the IB-affiliated Pathways School, Aravali, Gurgaon, which retains its #2 national rank and Genesis Global School, Noida promoted to #3 (4 in 2018). Beyond the Top 3, there’s been a major reshuffle of seating in the league table of India’s Top 10 international day-cum-boarding schools. The International School, Bangalore has edged up to #4 (#5), Greenwood High International, Bangalore is ranked #5 (2), Stonehill, Bangalore is promoted to #6 (9) tied with Jayshree Periwal…
