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EW Grand Jury India School Rankings 2022-23

SDGs Committed Schools Library & Reading Culture
Primary-secondaries which have successfully integrated Schools which provide generous library facilities and
United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) actively promote reading culture.
into their curriculums to equip students with the knowl-
edge, values, and skills necessary to shape a sustainable Rank
and prosperous world.
India State City
Rank
1+ 1 1 Gurukul The School, Ghaziabad
India State City 1 1 1 Ryan International Academy, Hinjewadi, Pune
2
1
2
Diamond Jubilee High School for Girls, Mumbai
1 1 1 GEMS International School, Gurugram 3 1 1 Jain Vidyalaya, Madurai
2 2 2 Blue Bells Model School, Gurugram 4 2 1 Indraprastha Global School, Noida
3 1 1 World Way International School, Bhopal 5 1 1 Swarnim International School, Kolkata
3 1 1 The Green School, Bengaluru 5 1 1 Bal Bharati Public School, GRH Marg, Delhi
4 1 1 Arya Gurukul, Kalyan 6 1 1 Laurel High Global School, Rajahmundry
4 1 1 Delhi Public School, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad 6 1 1 Vikash Residential School, Bhawanipatna
5 2 1 Educon International School, Pune 7 3 2 Cambridge School, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad
5 2 1 St. Joseph's High School, Panvel, Navi Mumbai 7 3 2 Swami Vivekanand International School, Kandivali,
6 1 1 Vidya Bharati School, Delhi Mumbai
6 1 1 Mount Abu Public School, Rohini, Delhi 8 1 1 Avalon World School, Dabhoi, Vadodara
7 2 2 Air Force School, Jalahalli, Bengaluru 8 4 1 Chinmaya International Vidyalaya, Boisar, Palghar
7 1 1 DCM Presidency, Ludhiana 9 2 1 Shree Saraswathi Vidhyaah Mandheer Matriculation
8 2 1 Crimson World School, Varanasi Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore
8 2 2 Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi 10 5 1 St. Aloysius High School & Junior College of Science and
9 1 1 Navrachana Vidyani Vidyalaya, Sama, Vadodara Commerce, Nalasopara (Maharashtra)
9 1 1 Anand Niketan, Maninagar Campus, Ahmedabad 10 1 1 BDW International School, Shillong
10 1 1 GD Goenka Public School, Anantnag
10 1 1 S ringfield International School, andlag da, ydera ad

Our staff and students are elated with this award. In
GIS, the United Nations SDGs are integrated into
“every lesson in all classrooms. Apart from being
integrated into all subjects, SDGs are also an integral part
of our Global
Citizenship
Education
Curriculum.
Under this
programme,
students are
encouraged to
identify and It is a matter of great pride to be ranked #1 on the
reflect on lo- parameter of library and reading culture as devel-
cal problems, “oping a love for reading is one of the school’s core
reimagine and objectives. We have introduced reading in pre-primary
ideate projects for designing a sustainable world. Our classes where youngest children are read storybooks
students have initiated local community projects to ease aloud. This reading culture is sustained through primary,
road traffic congestion, waste management, rain-water middle and senior school through several programmes
harvesting, soil conservation and spread literacy. For us such as the Reading Circle. Moreover, the school’s library
at GEMS, holistic education is about developing respon- with 48,000 volumes and numerous quiet reading
sible citizens committed to building a more sustainable corners across the campus are dynamic learning spaces
A
world” — m rita V oh ra , director education — GEMS where children read, discuss and share knowledge. We
India & executive principal, EM S I n te rn a tion a l have made every effort to make books easily accessible
G
k
S c h ool , G u ru g ra m (1,589 students and 123 teachers) to students — in their classrooms, library and atha-
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