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edgeable sample respondents have
voted EHIS India’s #1 day-cum-
boarding school for the second year
running. The secret of our success is
our focus on genuinely integrated,
holistic education — a near-optimal
blend of academic, co-curricular
and sports schooling to our children.
This together with the individual at-
tention our teachers accord to every
child — our teacher-pupil ratio is
maintained at 1:20 — and our culture
of winning, not merely participating,
in academics, debates, quizzing and
sports championships, has enabled
us to provide a stimulating learning
environment to our students,” says
Siddharth Singh, the youthful Di-
rector of EHIS promoted by his par-
ents in 1984. Since taking charge of
the school in 2011, the highly quali-
fied (finance and economics postgrad Greenwood High’s Niru Agarwal: #2 2022-23 rank retained
of Stonybrook University, New York
and Harvard leadership programme), Road, Delhi is ranked #9 (6); Ma- it’s important to teach children who
Singh has equipped the school set on harana Mewar Public School, come from upper middle class homes
a green campus in suburban Indore Udaipur has retained its #9 rank and to receive high quality education, to
with superb latter-day infrastructure Geekay World School, Vellore make time and effort to give back to
and highly trained and motivated ranked #10 (10) jointly with ODM society,” says Agarwal, an alumna
teachers. Public School, Bhubaneswar and of Tinsukia University who has also
“Every year our school-leavers are SSVM School, Coimbatore. promoted seven pre-primaries and
admitted into the best American uni- Ms. Niru Agarwal, promoter-di- the Cuddle Foundation which runs a
versities including Harvard, Brown rector of Greenwood High School, fully equipped hospital for children af-
and U Cal, some of them on full schol- Bangalore (GHS, estb.2004), is flicted with cancer. Currently GHS has
arship,” says Singh. Currently, EHIS “very happy” this CISCE and IB-affil- 4,500 girls and boys mentored by 480
with highest scores under the param- iated co-ed day-cum-boarding school teachers on its muster rolls.
eters of academic reputation, indi- set on a green 39-acre campus in sub- Likewise Dr. Alka Sharma, pro-
vidual attention to students, parental urban Bangalore has retained its #2 moter-director of the Central Public
involvement and infrastructure, has ranking of 2022-23 in “a very com- School, Udaipur (CPS, estb. 1989), is
4,200 boys and girls — 780 of them petitive category”. “extremely happy” to learn that CPS
boarders — mentored by 200 teachers “Since we took over this school is steadily rising in the esteem of the
on its 40-acre campus. in 2010 we have spared no effort to informed public. “In CPS our educa-
Further down the Top 10 table, the ensure that our children are given an tion philosophy is to ensure that chil-
Sanskaar Valley School, Bhopal education experience that develops dren have a sense of belonging and
at #6 has traded rank this year with mind, body and soul. This is testi- enjoy their learning experience with
Neerja Modi, Jaipur while the con- fied by our top scores under the pa- us. Therefore we take pains to involve
sistently well-managed The Mann rameters of academic reputation, co- our parents’ community and partner
School, Delhi with excellent scores curricular and sports education. To with us to ensure their children’s
for co-curricular education and lead- ensure a fully integrated education mental and emotional well-being.
ership, has retained its #7 rank to- for our children we invest heavily in To this end, we also invest consider-
gether with Yadavindra Public teacher welfare and development, so able resources in teacher welfare and
School, Mohali at #7 (7). Hyder- that our teachers teach innovatively training and have developed an insti-
abad Public School, Ramnatha- and with confidence. I am also pleased tutional culture wherein teachers re-
puram is co-ranked #8 (8) with with our high score under the param- spect children and vice versa. There is
Central Public School, Udaipur eter of community service because our great emphasis in CPS on our children
promoted to #8 (9). DPS Mathura management and teachers believe that having a peaceful and happy learning

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