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Commendable focus I AM A regular reader of Education­World and want to thank you for publishing the comprehensive EW India Preschool Rankings 2022-23 (EW December), especially after the understandably truncated surveys over the pandemic years. I also welcome inclusion of the best government-run anganwadis in your survey. This will serve the purpose of focusing government attention on upgrading anganwadis which provide pre-primary education to youngest children from bottom-of-pyramid households. Sushmita Das KOLKATA God-sent surveys CONGRATULATIONS for the well-researched preschools rankings survey across 17 cities (EW Decem­ber)! In most metros and tier II cities of the survey, many newly ranked preschools have replaced those that downed shutters during the pandem­ic. In this scenario, your survey is a Godsend for parents looking to make informed admission decisions. You are also doing a commend­able job by felicitating budget private schools. Keep up the good work! Sushila Kale MUMBAI Comprehensive parameters THE LATEST December issue fea­turing the EW India Preschool Rank­ings 2022-23 is very valuable for parents of toddlers. It offers a reli­able benchmark as many parents are concerned about issues such as child safety, teaching-learning, parental involvement etc. Your parameters of preschool education excellence are very comprehensive. May I also suggest that you take this one step further and segregate preschools into budget, mid-range, and high-end? This will also help parents choose their child’s pre­school according to the fees struc­ture. Rakesh Prakash DELHI ‘Value for money’ is one of the ten parameters of preschool educa­tion excellence under which all preschools are assessed in EWIPR 2022-23. High scores under this parameter is a good indicator of a preschool’s affordability — Editor Please note name change IN THE latest EW India Preschool Rankings (EW December) you have ranked Little Millennium, Girish Park, Kolkata’s #2 franchised pre­school. I sincerely request you to verify your data before publishing. For your information, we are no longer associated with the Little Mil­lennium brand. We are now a play­school named Smilee Hearts. Please update your records accordingly. Bindu Daw Smilee Hearts, Girish Park KOLKATA Demoralised & demotivated THE ENTIRE team at Sunderji Nurs­ery School, Pune, is demoralised and demotivated by our demotion from the Top 5 in 2021-22 to #9 in the latest EW India Preschool Rankings 2022-23. Please advise how we can improve our scores on some critical parameters of preschool education excellence. Anahita Khambatta Sunderji Nursery School Off Shankar Sheth Road, PUNE Proclaim your school’s achievements and encomiums regularly — Editor Toilets for girls THE EDUCATION news (EW De­cember) on Karnataka based on the Union education ministry’s recently published UDISE report holds a mirror to the dismal primary educa­tion system not only of Karnataka, but the entire nation. While proudly flaunting the beti bachao beti pad­hao (‘save girls by educating them’) campaign nationwide, the least gov­ernment can do is ensure availability of basic amenities to girl children. It’s such a shame that in this day and age our girl children are de­prived of basic toilet facilities. The plight of millions of adolescent girl children who undergo daily physi­cal…

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