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Cover Story EW BUDGET PRIVATE SCHOOL RANKINGS 2022-23

Vidyalaya school — promoted SKSJ.
We pride ourselves for being a genu-
ine budget school which accords top
priority to educating children from
low-income households. Our fees are
limited within the Rs. 1,000-1,600 per
month range. In addition we provide
complimentary education to 150 chil-
dren every year. I am very satisfied
that our successful triangular coop-
eration model has beeNRecognised
by EW sample respondents,” says Ra-
meshwar Mengi, a maths and edu-
cation postgrad of Jammu University
and promoter principal of SKSJ. Cur-
rently this state board affiliated K-12
co-ed day school has 5,300 students
and 237 teachers on its muster rolls.
Mannan Buddhiraj, director of
the Mother Divine Public School,
Rohini, Delhi (MDPS, estb.1991), Al Hira Model School’s Safina Parveen (centre): enjoyable wholesome education
ranked #4 nationally and #1 in Del-
hi NCR, is also enthused by the top and 95 teachers on its muster rolls. am delighted that your sample respon-
table rank awarded to this CBSE af- Steadfast belief in creating favour- dents have acknowledged our efforts
filiated co-ed school. In particular he able conditions for holistic educa- to provide our children wholesome,
is pleased with the top score awarded tion to ensure excellent academic enjoyable education,” says Parveen.
by EW sample respondents to MDPS outcomes is also the watchword of Bearing in mind that the over-
under the parameter of academic Safina Parveen, a commerce and whelming majority of media neglect-
reputation. education postgrad of Madras Uni- ed, low-profile BPS are day schools,
“Although our class XII cohort who versity and principal of the CBSE- their civic and state rankings are ar-
wrote the CBSE school-leaving exam affiliated Al Hira Model School, guably more important than national
this year fared very well with a __ Chennai (AHMS, estb.2004) which rankings. Therefore parents and stu-
percent average, our focus is not on has 1,183 boys and girls mentored by dents are advised to accord high im-
high exam scores. In MDPS the em- 60 teachers. Unranked previously, portance to state and city league tables
phasis is on providing our children AHMS has sufficiently impressed this of EWIBPSR 2022-23 when scouting
a happy, holistic learning experience year’s southerNRegion EW sample for most suitable primary-secondaries
at affordable price. We believe that if respondents who have awarded it for their precious progeny.
a conducive learning environment is high scores under the parameters of Therefore it’s pertinent to note
provided by the management, excel- academic reputation, co-curricular that many BPS modestly ranked in
lent academic outcomes will follow education, leadership and value for the national league table enjoy king-
automatically. Therefore as indicated money (average fee: Rs.2,500-3,000 size reputations in their host cities and
by our high scores under several pa- per month) vaulting it into the nation- states. For instance, St. Theresa’s
rameters including curriculum and al Top 10 and ranked it #1 in Chennai Convent High, Mumbai ranked
pedagogy, co-curricular and sports and Tamil Nadu. #18 nationally is the #1 BPS in India’s
education and infrastructure, we have “In AHMS we offer children a wide commercial capital and and the highly
consistently invested in whole school range of co-curricular education op- industrialised state of Maharashtra
development. Academic reputation tions, debates, poetry, art and crafts as (pop.115 million).
and high scores in board exams are also coding education from early age. Similarly Nandini Public
the natural outcome,” says Buddhiraj, This plus the choice of a large number School, Bengaluru ranked India
an English postgrad of Kurukshetra of field games such as cricket, hockey, #20 is the #1 BPS of the IT city of
University who also has a diploma in football and track and field facilities Bengaluru and Karnataka (pop.63
leadership from the Harvard School of enables our children to develop mind million). And Radha Madhav Pub-
Education. Currently, this CBSE co-ed and body holistically. Excellent aca- lic School, Bareilly, ranked #43
day K-12 school (total fees: Rs. 5,000- demic outcomes flow naturally from nationally is #1 in Uttar Pradesh
5,500 per month) has 3,201 children conducive learning environments. I (pop.220 million).

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