Commendable service I am a regular reader of EducationWorld and want to thank Team EW for publishing the well-researched preschools rankings survey in 17 cities (EW December). In most metros and tier II cities, I noticed the inclusion of a large number of new preschools in the league tables which shows that there is huge demand for early years education. You are doing a commendable job of keeping the parents’ community well-informed about preschools. Keep up the good work! Eesha Narayan Bengaluru Surprising rank I used to run and manage EuroKids Preschool, Lokhandwala, Mumbai for the past two decades until 2022. This year I rebranded my school under the name and style of Green Bean Montessori Academy, a proprietary preschool. But I was shocked to learn that our preschool is ranked #19 in the latest EW India Preschool Rankings 2023-24, unlike its Top 5 ranking over the past several years. Given my vast experience, our preschool doesn’t deserve this rank. Please delete our preschool from this year’s rankings. Dr. Priya Lalit Mittal on email The EW India Preschool Rankings are based on the perceptions of 8,173 informed parents, educators, and teachers polled by the Delhi-based Centre for Forecasting & Research (C fore) in 17 cities including Mumbai. It’s likely that respondents are not sufficiently aware of your new preschool. Secondly since your preschool is open to the public, deletion is not an option — Editor Methodology ignorance Ekam Early Learning Centre, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad is ranked #21 in the EW India Preschool Rankings 2023-24, even though we had not been contacted by your organisation, nor have we participated in any survey or evaluation related to this ranking. In light of this situation, we request you to eliminate our schools’ name from the rankings. Team Ekam on email See response above — Editor Great disappointment In the latest EW India School Rankings 2023-24 (EW September), Lotus Valley International School, Noida is ranked #24 nationally, #14 in Delhi NCR and #3 in Noida city. Upon scrutinizing our scores under each parameter, we discovered that we are poorly rated under the parameters of mental & emotional well-being services and special needs education. This has come as a surprise to us considering that we have a strong Special Education Department comprising a team of competent special educators and occupational therapists. We also have a dedicated counselling team which ensures the mental and emotional well-being of students and teachers. I have a doctorate in psychology from IIT-Delhi and take personal interest in working closely with my counselling team. I am also a member of the CBSE Committee for preparation of a Mental Health Manual. Given EducationWorld’s excellent reputation, we expected transparency and accuracy in the scores awarded under various parameters while ranking schools. We are honestly disappointed. Dr. Ruchi Seth Director-Principal, Lotus Valley International School, Noida The EW India School Rankings are based on the perceptions of 18,928 informed parents, educators, teachers and senior school students polled by the Delhi-based Centre for Forecasting & Research…
