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will motivate us to work with greater
zeal and enthusiasm. Our high scores
for academic reputation, co-curricular
and sports education are especially
rewarding as we believe in discharg-
ing a well-rounded education which
develops both mind and body. I am
also very pleased with our top score
for parental involvement, as we make
special efforts to organise frequent
workshops for parents and encourage
their cooperation to provide the best
schooling experience for their chil-
dren,” says Mukherjee, an alumna of
Annamalai and Osmania universities
with over three decades of experience
in teaching and institutional adminis-
tration, appointed principal in 2021.
Currently, the school has 3,000 stu-
dents and 134 teachers on its musters. M.C. Kejriwal Vidyapeeth, Howrah’s Mallika Mukherjee: steady ascent
Yet the biggest leap forward in the
EW Boys Day Schools 2023-24 league who come from all strata of society. the EW Top 10 rank will motivate our
table is that of Loyola School, Our well-trained teachers are follow- staff and students to continuously im-
Thiruvananthapuram which has ing NEP mandates to provide expe- prove and strive for excellence,” says
spectacularly risen in public esteem riential and personalised learning to Fr. Salvin Augustine SJ, principal
from #23 in 2021-22 to #14 in 2022- children. This focus on enhancing the of Loyola School (estb.1961) which
23 to #10 this year. “We are humbled learning experience and outcomes of has an enrollment of 2,412 students
and honoured by the Top 10 rank our students is reflected in our highest and 104 teachers.
awarded to us by your survey respon- score on the academic reputation pa- Beyond the Top 10, several schools
dents this year. Loyola School is well- rameter. The ICSE and ISC board ex- have improved their rankings this
reputed for providing value-based amination results this year have been year. They include Sacred Heart
education to ensure the scholastic outstanding with an average score of Boys High School, Santacruz
and co-scholastic progress of students 91.28 percent. I am confident that (W), Mumbai ranked #13 (#17 in
2022-23), Bikaner Boys School
Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram’s Fr. Augustine: spectacular rise in public esteem
at #17 (#20) and Salwan Boys Sr.
Sec School, Rajinder Nagar,
Delhi #24 (26). Three previously un-
ranked schools have also debuted in
the 28-strong league table — Agra-
sain Boys’ School, Howrah at #25
and St. Bede’s Academy Sr. Sec
School, Chennai jointly ranked #26
with Bishop Scott Boys’ School,
Patna.
Parents and children are also ad-
vised to check out the state/city league
tables because for day schools state/
city ranks are more important than
national. For instance, Campion
School, Bhopal ranked India #22 is
the #1 school of Bhopal and Madhya
Pradesh and Bishop Scott Boys’
School, Patna, ranked #26 nation-
ally is the #1 boys day school of Patna
and Bihar.

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