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integrated it with primary/elementary education under its among others. The sample respondents were persuaded
5+3+3+4 primary-secondary education system replacing to award scores of 1-100 under all parameters except
the previous 10+2 model and making ECCE compulsory competence of faculty which is given double weightage. The
for all children from age three to eight. scores awarded under each parameter were totalled and
To maintain our record of conducting EWIPR annually preschools ranked accordingly. Preschools evaluated by less
since 2010, in July we commissioned the Centre for than 20 respondents are not ranked,” says Premchand
Forecasting & Research Pvt. Ltd (C fore) to interview Palety, promoter-CEO of C fore (estb. 2000), the high-
young parents, pre-primary principals and teachers across profile market research and public opinion polls company
the country to rate and rank the most admired preschools which over the past 22 years has established an excellent
in 17 cities where there’s sufficient and/or rising public national reputation.
awareness of the critical importance of professionally- In the pages following, we present league tables of
administered ECCE. Accordingly, field researchers of C most respected/admired preschools in 17 cities across
fore interviewed 7,543 sample respondents in 17 cities — India. The objective of EWIPR 2022-23 is to enable young
Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, parents to choose suitable pre-primaries for their children,
Gurugram, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Pune among others — and introduce a spirit of healthy competition between
to rate the most respected preschools in their cities on ten preschools and stimulate their managements to improve
carefully selected parameters of pre-primary schooling under all parameters of pre-primary education excellence.
excellence. As recounted above, in EducationWorld we accord
“The sample respondents database in each city comprised highest importance to professionally administered ECCE.
SEC (socio-economic category) ‘A’ parents with at least Therefore shortly after publication of EWIPR 2022-23
one child in preschool, principals and teachers. Every league tables, top-ranked preschools will be invited and
respondent was shown a list of well-known preschools in felicitated at the EWIPR 2022-23 Awards conclave in
her city, and was asked to rate them under ten parameters Delhi during which seminars and workshops will also be
of ECCE excellence. The parameters of assessment are: conducted. Continuous improvement and universalisation
competence of teachers, teacher welfare and development, of foundational education is our mission.
curriculum and pedagogy, infrastructure, individual
attention to children, leadership, safety and hygiene, With Paromita Sengupta, Reshma Ravishanker & Baishali Mukherjee

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