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ondaries with regional, if not national
reputations. They are a class apart
from other BPS which have remained
unsung and are often targeted by left-
liberals for allegedly ‘exploiting’ gull-
ible parents.
It’s hardly a secret that BPS are
routinely ripped off by education min-
istry officials for not adhering to the
language policy of state governments
and violation of fine-print discretion-
ary rules and regulations written by
bureaucrats. This unholy combination
which utilises government schools as
laboratories for hare-brained social
engineering experiments and lan-
guage chauvinism, would rather that
childreNRemain illiterate than attend
for-profit BPS. A 2014 Supreme Court
judgement to the effect that parents —
rather than the State — have the right Mother Divine Public, Rohini’s Buddhiraj (right): conducive environment consequence
to choose the medium of instruction
for their children, is ignored by most turn will attract best teachers and stu- to rise and shine.
state governments, where politicians dents. A case in point is the top-ranked
and bureaucrats are neck-deep in In the newly introduced EWIB- Shiksha Niketan School, Jam-
teacher recruitment and vernacular PSR 2022-23 Part-II national league mu (SKSJ, estb.1993) which prides
language textbooks printing rackets. table, the Top 10 ranked schools are itself for being a “true budget private
For these and other reasons relat- scattered countrywide. Shiksha school”. With top scores under the
ing to freedom of choice, your editors Niketan, Jammu, Lord Krishna parameters of teacher welfare and
are unapologetic champions of India’s School, Ambala (Punjab), Tulsi development, individual attention to
unique budget private schools which Public School, Ambala, Mother students, leadership, and near high-
provide the most affordable English – Divine School, Rohini, Delhi and est scores under safety and hygiene
even if less than perfect – education Triveni Talent School, Hyder- and value for money, SKSJ has been
worldwide. Therefore in the EWIBPSR abad are ranked the Top 5 in that or- voted the country’s #1 ‘other’ BPS in
2022-23 survey, the Super 30 apart, C der. With Super 30 BPS ranked sepa- EWIBPSR 2022-23.
fore field researchers have rated and rately, all of them have made a great “Credit for this achievement should
ranked another 654 BPS nationally, in leap forward in the EWIBPSR Part-II accrue to our teachers, parents and
their host states and cities. league table. For instance, the top students because they have harmoni-
We believe that not just the privi- ranked Shiksha Niketan, Jammu was ously combined and collaborated to
leged elite and middle classes — SEC ranked #27 in the composite EWIB- ensure high learning outcomes and
(socio-economic category) ‘A’ — but PSR 2021-22, and Mother Divine, Ro- holistic development of our children.
lower middle and working class hini, Delhi #38. Encouraging triangular cooperation
households should be presented with Beyond top table, the Top 10 is between these vitally important com-
information and evaluation data to completed by Hope Way Public munities enables SKSJ to provide bal-
enable them to choose BPS aptitudi- School, Dehradun at #6 (#25 in anced and joyful K-12 education to all
nally most suitable for their children. 2021-22); Hari Vidya Bhavan, our children. I’m especially satisfied
Moreover it’s also our belief that Sangham Vihar, Delhi #7 (27); that your sample respondents have
public presentation of the annual Rosary Angels, Talaulim, Goa awarded us the highest score under
EWIBPSR league tables will enable #8 (23); previously unranked Al the parameter of individual atten-
school managements to conduct in- Hira Model School, Chennai #9 tion to students. This is the prime
ternal SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, and Little Angels School, Darjeel- objective and culture of SKSJ for
opportunities and threats) studies and ing #10 (93). Evidently segregation of the past 30 years since my father, a
devise ways and means to improve se- budget private schools into the Super former bureaucrat who established
lected parameter scores and enhance 30 and others has enabled a large the first Central government school
their institutional rankings which in number of BPS in the latter category — now transformed into a Kendriya

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