“We are honoured to be once again voted India’s #1 Central government boarding school by your sample respondents. It is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire RIMC community — students, faculty, staff, and parents. One significant initiative that sets us apart is the recent induction of girl cadets into RIMC. […]
“It’s a matter of great pride and jubilation that Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, Sector 10, Dwarka has retained its rank as India’s #1 state government day school. At the same time, it brings great responsibility to continue raising the bar and work towards excellence. Our dedicated faculty has demonstrated high levels of professional competence which […]
“It’s great that the hard work invested by our staff who are the backbone of this institution is recognised. The faculty works closely with families to ensure all-round well-being of our special needs children. Faculty competence is the outcome of ongoing professional development programmes, participation in seminars and rehabilitation training programmes. Recently, some of our […]
“We are delighted beyond measure to be ranked India’s #1 Central government day school once again. I attribute our success to high-quality teachers, enthusiastic students and a well-connected parents’ association. It’s very gratifying that your survey respondents have awarded us high scores for faculty competence, academic reputation and parental involvement. Also our top score for […]
Among international schools the league table of day schools is the lengthiest. Not surprising. They provide globally benchmarked international certification at relatively affordable prices compared to international day-cum-boarding and wholly residential schools.
Within the broad category of international schools, the league table of international day schools is the lengthiest and most competitive in the annual […]
With almost all upscale greenfield schools promoted in the new millennium being co-ed, the league tables of boys (and girls) boarding have been shrinking with each passing year. This year is no different.
Against the backdrop of a rising global tide of gender egalitarianism and women’s empowerment — on September 20, Parliament overwhelmingly passed the […]
“We’re thrilled to be ranked India’s #1 vintage legacy international residential school by EducationWorld. The schools in this category are incredibly stable and through their blend of heritage and innovation have delivered sustained excellence in education. We are especially pleased that the school has attained highest scores under the parameters of faculty competence, academic reputation, […]
“Though we are thankful to EW survey respondents for once again ranking Mussoorie International School (MIS) India #2, although we were expecting the #1 rank this year. MIS is now a full-fledged IB continuum school offering the IB primary years, middle years and IB diploma programmes; a member of the elite Council of International Schools […]
“Thank you to your sample respondents for the trust they have reposed in us. RVS is a close knit community of students and teachers where children learn in a non-competitive and stress-free environment, guided by the philosophy of J. Krishnamurti. Though all your survey parameters are important, it’s good to know that we have done […]
“It’s very gratifying to learn that Mayo College is ranked India’s #1 legacy boys boarding school again. I attribute this to the school being agile, anticipatory in responding to challenges and forward-looking in adapting contemporary technology and education practices. For instance we were one of the first schools to set up an Artificial Intelligence lab […]
Educating girl children should be a high national priority. And the country’s girls boarding schools do it best. It’s pertinent to note that the total score awarded to top-ranked girls’ boarding schools in EWISR 2023-24 is higher than of top-ranked boys and co-ed boarding schools
Although the globally multiplying woke brigade is unlikely to approve […]
With each passing year, the EWISR league tables of gender segregated all-boys and all-girls schools are shrinking while the league tables ranking co-ed day and co-ed boarding schools are expanding, indicating that the slow march towards gender equality is accelerating
One of the major positive developments in K-12 education in post-independence India has been widespread acceptance […]
In the new digital age of ubiquitous social media, there is an upsurge in violent behaviour among children of all age groups. Reports of teens committing outrageous crimes of rape and murder have become de riguer in the media. Younger children are also visiting violence on their peers writes Aruna Raghuram & Summiya Yasmeen
Last month (September) in Part I of EWISR 2023-24, we featured league tables rating and ranking over 3,000 day schools. In this issue we present national, state and parameter league tables of boarding schools (co-ed, boys and girls), international (day, day-cum-boarding and wholly residential), vintage legacy, government, special needs, philanthropy and budget private schools, writes […]
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
St. John’s High, Chandigarh’s Br. Ryan Fernandes: #1 second consecutive year
Even though the EWISR league table of India’s best all-boys day schools is shrinking […]
“I am pleased though not surprised that Daly College is ranked India’s #1 legacy day-cum-boarding school for the second year consecutively. This is well-deserved because the school has successfully built upon its rich history and legacy to transform into a contemporary, progressive K-12 institution providing world-class all-round education. I believe our top ranking is the […]
The country’s best all-girls day schools have built formidable reputations for dispensing not merely rigorous academics but also co-curricular, sports and life skills education to prepare girl children for leadership positions in society
Because they offer the advantages of valuable gender interaction, life skills education, the excellent co-curricular and sports infrastructure of boarding schools and student body diversity, day-cum-boarding schools are becoming increasingly popular countrywide.
The Emerald Heights’ Siddharth Singh: “genuinely integrated holistic education”
Among primary-secondary education institutions, day-cum-boarding schools offer children several unique advantages. Firstly, without […]
The league table of co-ed day schools is invariably the lengthiest in the annual EW India School Rankings (EWISR), introduced in 2007. In EWISR 2023-24, over 3,000 co-ed day primary-secondary schools in 433 cities and towns countrywide are ranked nationally, in the states and cities
The uniqueness of EWISR, introduced in 2007, is that institutional rankings are based on careful evaluation of 14 discrete parameters of school education excellence. Moreover, schools are grouped within their own categories to eliminate apples and oranges type comparisons, writes Dilip Thakore & Summiya Yasmeen.
It’s the time of year when the annual EducationWorld India School […]
With officialdom and society stacked against children with disabilities, parenting children with special needs requires and demands steely resolve, determination, patience, time, and often physical effort writes Cynthia John & Mini P.
On May 31, national roller skating champion Advaith Ramesh (15), who is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, was denied permission to board a […]
NCFSE outlines ways and means to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in the country’s 1.5 million primary-secondary schools. By the end of this calendar year, two additional NCF drafts, for teacher education (NCFTE) and adult education (NCFAE) are scheduled to be produced , writes Dilip Thakore & Summiya Yasmeen
In India, where there is a tradition of patriarchal, interfering parenting, free-range parenting has come like a fresh breath of air with a rising number of new millennial parents rebelling against anxiety-driven, risk-averse child rearing writes Cynthia John, Mini P. & Khushboo Nehal Jashnani
Which parenting style is the best? For new as well as experienced […]
Even as the government school system has proved a monumental failure with a steady exodus of children into private schools, in all 28 states and eight Union territories rents-seeking bureaucrats are tying up private school promoters and managements in red tape and nit-picking minutiae, writes Abhishree Choudhary, Bhavna Mundhra & Prisha Saxena
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, over 13,000 children & youth committed suicide in 2021 — a five-year high and a rise of 4.5 percent from the 12,526 deaths recorded in 2020 when a minor died by suicide every 42 minutes writes Khushboo Nehaal Jashnani, Mini P. & Cynthia John
The primary focus of Indian students tends to be on Ivy league and large universities on the East and West coasts. However, America’s 600 inland higher education institutions — many as good as the best — are unknown quantities to our school leavers and graduates, writes Dilip Thakore & Summiya Yasmeen
Gandhiji’s advice that education must teach children to work with their heads, hearts and hands has been almost totally ignored by the omniscient framers of post-independence India’s education policies. However, it’s not too late to teach generation next to adopt a DIY (do-it-yourself) culture starting this summer vacation writes Khushboo Nehaal Jashnani, Mini P. & […]
The annual EducationWorld India Higher Education Rankings provide comprehensive league tables ranking the country’s Top 500 arts, science and commerce colleges, Top 100 private engineering colleges, Top 300 government and private universities in 15 discrete categories, and Top 100 private B-schools. However, these are all-inclusive rankings rating the country’s most well-reputed higher ed institutions across […]
Since last year when government varsities were segregated according to their subject specialisations, the National Law Universities (NLUs) have dominated EW India Gov. Law & Humanities league table
NLSIU’s Dr. Krishnaswamy (centre right): “unparalled legal learning environment”
Even as India’s legal system is collapsing under the weight of pending caseload — a record 47 million […]
The 4,223 knowledgeable EW sample respondents have reconfirmed the new genre O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU, estb.2009) India’s #1 Liberal Arts and Humanities University. Sited on an 80-acre campus in Sonipat (Haryana), JGU is awarded top score on six of the ten parameters of higher education excellence including […]
Since the Central government-promoted IIMs admit a minuscule 2 percent of the 2.2 lakh graduates who write their annual CAT (Common Admission Test), in 2016 your editors took a considered decision to rank only non-government private B-schools which admit the vast majority of business management students, writes Dilip Thakore
The 2023-24 league table of India’s best private medical and health sciences (including health management) universities comprises 11 exclusive higher ed institutions conferred university status by the Centre/state governments for excellence in medical/health sciences teaching and research.
The reaction of vice chancellors of the topper universities.
“We are pleased to learn that Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher […]
In this issue we have rated and ranked 36 private engineering and technology universities which provide superior quality education and have been awarded deemed university status
BITS-Pilani’s Prof. Ramgopal Rao (centre): IITs parity
In all assessments about the growth and development potential of Indian industry and emergence of India as a superpower of the 21st […]
With the National Education Policy 2020 mandating the transformation of all colleges and universities into multidisciplinary institutions by 2035, they are the flavour of the season
Amity’s Dr. Atul Chauhan: brand building mastermind
Multidisciplinary universities are the flavour of the season. The new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has mandated that all specialised or […]
Although they dominate this sector, government agriculture universities have not been able to sufficiently raise per hectare yields to best global levels
NAU VC Z.P. Patel (right): extension services pride
India’s government agriculture universities are one of the big disappointments of the post-independence national development effort. Although the apex-level Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), […]
It’s pertinent to note that India’s 657 government including 235 Central and 422 state government universities educate 73.1 percent of the total 41.3 million students in higher education
UoM’s Pro VC Prof. Ajay Bhambre (centre right): commitment proof
Although India’s fast multiplying new genre private universities constitute the glamour section of the annual EducationWorld […]
The EWIHER 2023-24 league tables ranking India’s best private and public universities are presented at a time of great flux in Indian education, especially higher education. NEP 2020 mandates that all colleges and universities gradually transform into multidisciplinary, autonomous higher education institutions, writes Dilip Thakore and Summiya Yasmeen
Almost imperceptibly, Indian education is experiencing a sea […]
Against the backdrop of Indian engineering education set to experience a revival and overdue contemporisation of curriculums, EducationWorld presents its EW India Private Engineering Institutes Rankings 2023-24, to enable higher secondary school-leavers to pick and choose the most aptitudinally suitable private colleges for undergrad engineering education , writes Summiya Yasmeen
A rash of new research studies indicate that natural, holistic therapies are especially suitable for reducing stress and improving the emotional resilience and self-esteem of children writes Ramiya Sakthivel, Mini P. & Cynthia John
A silver lining of the Covid-19 pandemic is that it brought the issue of children’s mental health and well-being into national focus. […]
An estimated 894 Arts, Science and Commerce (ASC) undergraduate colleges have been conferred autonomous status by the University Grants Commission. They have full freedom to introduce new courses and draw up their own syllabuses and curriculums
Under s.3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, UGC has the discretionary power to confer academic and administrative autonomy […]
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