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and in Maharashtra (pop.115 million),
India’s most industrialised state.
“We highly appreciate the endorse-
ment that your knowledgeable sample
respondents have given to JNS. It
will inspire our teachers and students
to improve our holistic teaching-
learning model year by year,” says
Jairaj, an alumnus of University of
Strathclyde (UK) and trustee of the
Narsee Monjee Educational Trust
which has spared no effort or expense
to develop the CISCE, Delhi-affiliated
JNS into Mumbai’s most admired co-
ed day school.
Jairaj believes that JNS’ good rep-
utation in India’s commercial capital
— the school receives over 1,100 ap-
plications for 240 nursery admissions
every year — is attributable to the in- Jamnabai Narsee, Mumbai’s Sujay Jairaj: teacher development outcome
stitutional management’s insistence
upon providing a balanced blend of training weekly and one week of pro- its #12 national rank and #1 in Kolkata
high-quality academic, co-curricular, fessional development before the start and West Bengal (pop.91 million) of
sports and life skills education of in- of every academic year. The inevitable several years, Ahlcon Interna-
ternational standard rooted in Indian outcome is the excellent board exam tional, Delhi has risen in the public
values. In particular, Jairaj is en- results our students record in the ISC esteem to #11 (16); Suchitra Acad-
thused by the high score awarded to and IB school-leaving exams every emy, Hyderabad to #14 (15) tied
JNS under the parameter of teacher year,” says Jairaj, adding that JNS also with Future Kids, Hyderabad (21);
welfare and development. “We accord has the “best school sports education Strawberry Fields High, Chandi-
highest importance to the welfare and infrastructure” in Mumbai. Currently, garh to #16 jointly with the Sishya
continuous professional development JNS has 5,000 students mentored by School, Adyar, Chennai (18).
of our teachers. All JNS teachers un- 520 teachers on its muster rolls. Among other co-ed day schools
dergo three weeks in-service training Beyond the Top 10, while Heri- which have risen high in the esteem of
annually, two hours of enrichment tage School, Kolkata has retained EWISR 2022-23 sample respondents
are Vidya Niketan, Bengaluru #17
Blue Bells, Gurugram’s Dr. Suman Saroj & Ashish Gulati (centre right): big promotion
(29); Lotus Valley International,
Noida #18 (28) and Gyanshree
School, Noida #18 (28).
In the highly competitive co-ed
day school league table of 2022-23
two other schools have zoomed into
the Top 20, viz, Udgam School for
Children, Thaltej, Ahmedabad
#18 (35) tied with DPS, Bengaluru
North (44). Significantly, for the
first time Udgam School, Ahmedabad
has outranked Eklavya School,
Ahmedabad as #1 in Ahmedabad
and Gujarat state.
Similarly, five schools in Delhi NCR
have moved up the co-ed day league
table and are jointly ranked #20, viz,
Amity International, Sector 46,
Gurugram (47); Blue Bells, Gu-
rugram (47); Lotus Valley Inter-

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