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Teacher-Parent-Student Engagement Future-Ready Preschools
Preschools which encourage and facilitate interaction and Pre-primaries which have demonstrated high potential to
exchange of ideas between teachers, parents and children quickly adopt, upgrade and integrate 21st-century ECCE
to enable holistic development of students. best practices.

Rank

Rank India State City

India State City 1 1 2 1 The Ardee School (Pre-Primary), Delhi
Mount Abu Junior School, Delhi
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1 1 1 Chintels Preschool, Kanpur 2 1 1 Sunbeam Pre-Primary, Bhagwanpur, Varanasi
2 1 1 Amarjyoti Saraswati International School, 3 2 1 Little Chipper International, Agra
(Pre-Primary), Bhavnagar 4 1 1 Invictus Early Years, Amritsar
3 1 1 Children’s Nook, Tardeo, Mumbai 4 1 1 Small Wonders, Khar, Mumbai
4 1 1 Touch Sky-The International Preschool, Kolathur, Chennai 5 2 2 The Mindful Multi Activity Center & Foundation School,
5 1 1 Semillero International Preschool, Bengaluru Mumbai
6 2 1 Aura Learning Mantra, Vadodara 6 1 1 DPS Castle of Dreams, Indore
7 1 1 Insignis Transnational School, Chanda Nagar, Hyderabad 6 1 1 Touch Sky — The International Preschool, Vinayaga
8 2 2 Bright Minds Activity Centre, Gamdevi, Mumbai puram, Chennai
8 2 2 Leaping Feat Preschool & Multi-Activity Centre, Mumbai 7 1 1 Birla Open Minds Preschool, Nallagandla, Hyderabad
9 2 1 Little Scholars Preschool, Dharmapuri 8 1 1 Kabiraa The Preschool, Bengaluru
10 3 1 Atelier International Preschool & Child Care, 9 3 3 Vedant Toddler Tech Preschool, Borivali (West), Mumbai
Magarpatta, Pune 9 2 1 M-Kids by Manchester, Coimbatore
10 3 3 Kothari Starz, Mumbai 10 3 3 Chubby Baby Preschool, Delhi
10 4 4 Green Bean Academy, Mumbai
The entire Chintels Group of Schools is honoured by
the India #1 rank conferred by the EW grand jury
“under this important parameter. It is endorsement
of our belief that deep, constructive synergy between
teachers, students and parents is vital for the holistic
development of youngest children. Our parents trust and
fully support the management and teachers to implement
innovative pedagogies and activities. The objective of
parents and teachers is children’s nurturance and all-
round development. We are fortunate that our parents —
including male parents — participate in school activities
and collaborate with teachers to organise extra-curricular
programmes” — Meenal Sarna, headmistress, The
Chintels Preschool, Kanpur (540 children and 38
teachers) We are humbled that a high-powered EW
Grand Jury has ranked Ardee India’s #1 future-
“ready preschool. This is expert approval of our
philosophy of nurturing children’s natural discovery and
exploration skills to develop self-learning and critical
thinking capabilities at youngest age to prepare them for
new world challenges. To this end, the school’s senior
leadership and teams of teachers are continuously
updating, researching, and implementing pedagogies
suitable for our 21st-century learners while staying true
to Montessori precepts and practices. Our prime objective
is to provide a stress-free joyful learning environment
which optimises children’s latent potential” — Chanda
Raisinghani, president and trustee, The Ardee
Schools (Preschool: 240 children and 24 teachers)

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