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Cover Story EW CHENNAI PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2022-23

Chennai’s best franchised preschools

Rank Competence of teachers (200) Teacher welfare & development (100) Infrastructure Individual attention to students (100) Value for money (100) Parental involvement (100) Curriculum & pedagogy (hybrid learning readiness) (150) Safety and hygiene (100) Leadership / management Special needs education (100) TOTAL SCORE (1125)
2019 2020 2021 2022 provision (75) quality (100)
2 4 1 1 Podar Jumbo Kids, Thoraipakkam 163 65 62 76 73 71 116 77 73 63 839
7 3 2 2 SEED School, Gandhi Nagar 160 63 61 72 71 72 114 78 72 62 825
4 4 3 3 Kangaroo Kids International Preschool, Velachery 162 64 60 73 72 70 115 73 71 61 821
NR NR 6 4 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Thalambur 161 63 61 75 69 69 113 75 69 62 817
NR NR NR 5 TIME Kids, Kilpauk 159 65 60 74 68 68 111 67 66 49 787
3 5 4 6 SEED School, LIC Madipakkam 157 64 59 66 66 67 110 65 67 61 782
NR NR NR 7 Hello Kids — Smiley, Sembakkam 158 61 60 68 67 64 109 68 65 55 775
NR NR NR 8 Kidzee, Ambattur 156 65 58 67 65 66 107 64 64 58 770
NR NR NR 9 Shanti Juniors, Ambattur 155 60 57 72 64 68 108 66 63 55 768
NR NR NR 10 SEED School, Ramapuram 153 62 56 67 63 66 106 63 64 62 762
6 7 8 10 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Perumbakkam 154 63 55 69 65 64 104 64 63 61 762
NR NR NR 11 Little Elly Preschool, Velachery 151 63 54 66 61 67 105 63 62 56 748
NR NR NR 12 SEED School, Madambakkam 152 61 55 64 63 64 103 63 61 58 744
NR NR 10 13 SEED School, Medavakkam 150 62 54 65 60 66 101 64 62 56 740
NR NR NR 13 SEED School, Thiruvanmiyur 149 61 53 62 59 64 102 65 61 64 740
NR NR NR 14 SEED School, Ayyapanthangal 147 56 52 65 58 63 101 67 60 61 730
NR NR NR 15 Hello Kids – Sparkle Preschool, Kolapakkam 148 58 51 66 59 68 98 66 58 44 716
NR NR NR 16 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 146 57 52 65 57 62 97 64 59 43 702
NR NR NR 17 SEED School, Perumbakkam 143 56 53 66 56 62 96 65 58 45 700
NR NR NR 18 SEED School, Tansi Nagar, Velachery 145 55 51 65 57 64 97 63 57 43 697
5 6 7 19 SEED School, Pallikaranai 142 56 50 63 55 65 95 64 58 44 692

The credit for our #1 ranking should accrue to our
teachers whose sincere efforts through the pandemic
“have paid rich dividends. Although we are delighted
with our top scores on seven of EW’s parameters
of excellence, we will strive hard to improve on the
remaining three. Towards this end, we have already
incorporated the latest teaching-learning methodologies
benchmarking ourselves with best global standards. The
innovative playway pedagogies and strong commitment
to delivering quality early years education of our
franchisor — Podar Jumbo Kids, Mumbai — has shaped
PKJ into the national leader in pre-primary education”
— Nandini Parvatham, centre head, Podar Jumbo
Kids, Thoraipakkam, Chennai (26 students and five
teachers)

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