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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)

NR NR NR 28 Mama’s Dela Preschool & Day Care Centre, Pai Layout 154 63 56 76 64 73 113 71 66 66 802
NR NR 20 28 Kriyaa Early Learning Centre, Sarjapur Main Road 153 61 58 73 63 75 117 72 65 65 802
NR NR 20 29 Global Academy for Learning, RR Nagar 152 62 59 72 67 74 111 68 67 65 797
NR NR NR 30 Peepal Tree Preschool, Ananth Nagar, Electronic City 151 63 57 71 65 71 115 68 66 65 792
28 NR 18 31 Elements Kids, Sarjapur Road 149 62 55 71 63 71 113 69 65 63 781
NR NR NR 32 Peepal Tree Preschool, Akshayanagar 148 60 51 70 58 74 112 68 64 58 763
NR NR NR 32 Greenwood High Preschool, Bannerghatta Road 146 59 61 68 66 66 110 65 65 57 763
NR NR NR 33 7Petals Academy, Kengeri Satellite Town 147 58 51 65 58 72 111 66 63 61 752
17 NR 16 34 Jackfruit House, Malleswaram 145 57 58 67 64 67 104 66 62 57 747
NR NR NR 35 VSS Kids Kingdom, Nagadevanahalli 146 55 58 66 62 68 103 64 60 56 738
NR NR NR 36 Greenwood High Preschool, JP Nagar 145 57 52 67 67 66 101 63 61 55 734

We are grateful to your knowledgeable sample Thanks for your commendable effort to conduct
respondents for restoring Indus Early Learning the EW India Preschool Rankings every year and
“Centre (IELC), Whitefield to its rightful position “providing early childhood educators continuous
as Bangalore’s #1 proprietary preschool after two years encouragement and motivation to give our best. At SEED
of being ranked second. It’s also very gratifying that we International, OMBR Layout we experienced joy, delight
have been ranked #1 under seven of the ten parameters and gratitude on learning that we’ve regained our #1
of ECCE excellence, especially teacher competence and ranking after a gap two years. Credit for this achievement
teacher welfare and development, individual attention should accrue to our teachers, parents and children.
to students, curriculum and pedagogy and safety and They are pillars of this institution, ever willing to raise
hygiene which are top priority for us. I am particularly the bar to ensure this school provides high-quality
pleased that we have been awarded the highest score for holistic education. It’s especially gratifying that we have
individual attention to students as the distinguishing been awarded the highest score under the parameter of
feature of IELC is the personalised learning and socio- individual attention to students as this is the prerequisite
emotional well-being support teachers provide children of implementing innovative pedagogies and maintaining
to develop their inherent talents and skills” — Priyanka safety and hygiene” — R.K. Deepalakshmi, founder-
Khurana, centre head, Indus Early Learning principal, SEED International, OMBR Layout,
Centre, Whitefield Bangalore (80 children and six teachers)

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