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Nottingham and Oxford universities, to children is our credo. For your in- A l p h a b e t I n te rn a tion a l S c h ool ,
and former principal of Aiglon Col- formation, although Educ ationW orld P a l a v a k k a m , C h e n n a i #21 and
lege, Switzerland, Mahindra United ranks us #8, LIS is ranked among the L u c k y I n te rn a tion a l S c h ool ,
College, Pune and Woodstock School, Top 50 IBDP schools in the world, J odh p u r #25. Evidently, high-qual-
Mussoorie. Currently, AKA-H has an #4 in India and #1 in North India by ity internationally benchmarked K-12
aggregate 715 students and 88 teach- Education Advisers, UK. Continuous schools are in great demand.
ers on its muster rolls. institutional improvement and inno- With their well-equipped, capital-
Yet the biggest promotion in this vation is in our DNA. We will soon intensive campuses and digitally
year’s league table has been awarded to become one of few schools in India enabled classrooms, international
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the a n c e rs I n te rn a tion a l S c h ool , authorised to introduce the Interna- day-cum-boarding schools seated be-
G u ru g ra m ( L I S , estb.2010), cata- tional Baccalaureate Career-related low the salt in the 41-strong EWISR
pulted to #8 from #15 in 2021-22. Programme in classes XI-XII from the 2022-23 are likely to be disappoint-
Sited on a six-acre state-of-the-art next academic year,” says H a rs h ita ed. However, their promoters and
campus in Gurugram, this Cambridge M a n n , the highly qualified alumna principals should note that institu-
and IB-affiliated K-12 school has been of University of Exeter and London tions ranked modestly in the national
awarded above-rank scores under the School of Economics, and promoter- league table are likely to be celebrated
parameters of academic reputation, director of LIS. Currently, the school heavyweights in their host states. For
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parental involvement, co-curricular has 700 students from 45 countries instance, iiT I n te rn a tion a l , B h u -
and sports education. on its muster rolls. b a n e s w a r, ranked #17 nationally is
“We are excited by our promotion A notable feature of this year’s in- the #1 international day-cum-board-
to the Top 10 league table. It’s espe- ternational day-cum-boarding league ing school of Odisha (pop.43 million),
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cially gratifying that we have been table is the debut of several new insti- L a x m i l ob a l c h ool , V a l s a d, In-
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awarded excellent scores for academ- tutions. Among them: a x m i G l ob a l dia #19 is #1 in Gujarat (62 million)
ic reputation, co-curricular and sports S c h ool , V a l s a d, ranked #19, C h e t- and u n g ta P u b l ic S c h ool , B h i a i,
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education because provision of bal- ti a d S a rv a l ok a a Edu c a tion I n - ranked #29 nationally is #1 in Chhat-
anced, rounded and joyful education te rn a tion a l S c h ool , C h e n n a i #20, tisgarh (29 million).

Teachers reporting school investment in teacher welfare (%) EWISR 2022-23 Trends

5000 72

No. of teachers interviewed 3000 38 42
4000

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Self-development Professional development Socio-emotional well-being

Source: This trend analysis has been collated by slicing, dicing and interpreting data/responses of 14,221 parents,
senior teachers, principals and educators interviewed in 28 education hubs by the Delhi-based Centre for Forecasting
& Research (C fore) for the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2022-23 survey

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