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Outstanding leadership Nature-Friendly Preschools
For early childhood education leaders of preschools who Preschools which have environment-friendly campuses
have displayed outstanding leadership in upgrading and and promote classes / activities in open, outdoor green
improving their institutions. spaces.

Rank Rank

India State City India State City

1 1 1 Gurukul The School, Crossings Republik, Ghaziabad 1 1 1 The Bharath Academy — Elements Preschool, Mangaluru
2 1 1 The Elegancia Play School, Hyderabad 2 1 1 The Coral School, Thane
3 1 1 Chimes Montessori, Bengaluru 3 1 1 Beansprouts,Sector 50, Gurugram
4 1 1 Shanti Juniors Preschool, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur 4 2 1 Vidyasagar Preschool, Bhoopasandra, Bengaluru
5 1 1 Saint Sai Preschool, Ahmedabad 5 1 1 Somnath International School, Pre-Primary, Kodinar
5 1 1 Sunshine World, Ludhiana 6 2 1 Aura Kids Castle, Vadodara
6 2 2 Spring Valley — An Apt Preschool, Hyderabad 7 2 2 Idiscoveri Preschool, Sector 46, Gurugram
7 1 1 Indus Valley World School, Pre-Primary, Kolkata 8 1 1 Bachpan A Play School, Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad
8 2 1 Toddlers N Kids, Ramkatora, Varanasi 8 1 1 Allen Kids, Kakadeo, Kanpur
8 1 1 Delhi Public Wonder World Preparatory School, Srinagar 9 2 1 Shemrock Hazelwoods Preschool, Nanded
9 3 1 La Joie Early Learning Habitat, Lucknow 10 1 1 Saplings School, Bhojpur Road, Bhopal
10 1 1 New Digambar Public School (Pre-primary), Indore
10 1 1 Podar Jumbo Kids, Andheri(East), Mumbai
We are delighted that your EW Grand Jury of
eminent educationists has ranked TBA Elements
“India’s #1 nature-friendly preschool. Since we
promoted this preschool in 2020, it has been our
conscious endeavour to restrict our carbon footprint to
the bare minimum and be close to nature in terms of
campus facilities and pedagogies. Our school is sited on a
two-acre campus of which 80 percent is open green area.
We provide a play area, skating rink, vegetable garden
patch, bright well-ventilated classrooms and an open
sky amphitheatre. Peacocks, sparrows and parakeets
are some frequent visitors on the campus. We have also
introduced a post-Covid ‘Learning beyond classroom’
programme for children to learn experientially through
outdoor nature activities” — Anjana Kamath,
principal, TBA Elements Preschool, Mangaluru (78
children and ten teachers)

I am delighted and humbled that The Gurukul,
Crossings Republik is ranked #1 for outstanding
“leadership. I dedicate this award to our management
and teachers who collaborate to achieve institutional
goals. I am especially thankful to the management for
providing teachers full support and freedom to innovate
child-centred and experiential pedagogies. I believe in
participatory leadership that involves and motivates
teachers to deliver balanced holistic education” —
Sushmita Ahlawat, head of school, The Gurukul,
Crossings Republik, Ghaziabad (300 children and
30 teachers)

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