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Cover Story EW BOYS BOARDING SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2023-24

INDIA’S TOP-RANKED

BOYS BOARDING SCHOOLS

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

gainst the backdrop of
a rising global tide of
gender egalitarianism and
Awomen’s empowerment
— on September 20, Parliament
overwhelmingly passed the 108th
Constitutional Amendment enabling
reservation of 33 percent quota for
women in the Lok Sabha and state
legislative assemblies — gender TDS’ Dr. Jagpreet Singh: “community service is built into the DNA of the school”
segregated schools are becoming
old-fashioned. Even the hallowed and management of the school to attention to students, leadership,
Harrow School, UK (estb.1572), tra- convert it into a co-ed institution, safety & hygiene, infrastructure and
ditionally an all-boys school which it’s evident that the plea has fallen mental and emotional well-being
has struck roots in India (Benga- on deaf ears. Because in its present services.
luru) and admitted its first batch in avatar as a boys boarding school, “The success secret of TDS is that
August, has metamorphosed into a TDS (estb.1935), has done very over the past eight decades, succes-
co-ed school in its India avatar. well, thank you, and has acquired sive principals and managements of
With almost all upscale greenfield an excellent reputation as the gold the school have focused on the vision
schools promoted in the new millen- standard of boys boarding school and mission of the founders of TDS,
nium being co-ed, the annual Edu- education. viz, to educate and nurture future
cationWorld India School Rankings Ever since the pioneer Educa- leaders invested with best Indian
2023-24 league tables of the boys tionWorld India School Rankings values and culture. I am pleased that
and girls boarding (and day schools) (EWISR) survey was initiated in your sample respondents have cor-
has been shrinking with every 2007, except once, TDS has topped rectly awarded us the highest scores
passing year. Coterminously co-ed the Boys Boarding school league under seven of the 14 parameters
schools league tables in all categories table with total scores well-ahead of school education excellence. Of
— day, boarding and international — of rivals. This year is no different. them, I am especially satisfied about
are growing and expanding. TDS has topped the EWISR 2023-24 the highest score under the pastoral
But although in his recently boys boarding school league table care parameter. This is the outcome
published Memoirs of a Maverick, with highest scores on seven of the of the tutorial system adapted from
bureaucrat-turned politico Mani 14 parameters of school education the globally reputed Eton College,
Shankar Aiyar, a former student of excellence including competence of UK, where I served as teacher in
The Doon School, Dehradun teachers, co-curricular education, 1991. Under this system, every TDS
(TDS), recalls requesting the board curriculum and pedagogy, individual student is one of seven tutees who

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