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INDIA’S BEST STATE GOVERNMENT DAY SCHOOLS

the spectrum.
Therefore to provide further
encouragement to state government
schools to reform and improve, this
year your editors and our EWISR
partner, the Delhi-based research
and opinion polls company C fore,
have introduced segregated league
tables for Central and state govern-
ment day schools. To compile India’s
top state government day schools
league table, C fore surveyors consti-
tuted a special sample respondents
group comprising 1,279 SEC (socio-
economic category) ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’
respondents across the country.
Unsurprisingly, India’s top-
ranked state government schools in
EWISR 2022-23 league tables are
R a j k iy a P ra tib h a V ik a s V idy a l a -
RPVV, Dwarka’s Dr. Atul Kumar (centre left): consecutive #1 ranking y a ( R P V V ) , S e c tor 1 0 , D w a rk a ,
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D e l h i and P V V , Y a m u n a V ih a r
For state government schools, subject to relentless managed by Delhi state’s AAP gov-
criticism by educationists, academia and media, a separate ernment. With top scores under the
league table has been introduced this year to encourage parameters of teacher competence,
welfare and development, academic
them to upgrade and improve reputation, leadership/manage-
ment quality, parental involvement,
mental and emotional well-being
he overwhelming majority of government schools (and higher edu- services, and value for money.
the country’s 1.30 million gov- cation institutions) tend to be rela- RPVV, Dwarka has maintained its
Ternment schools which have tively well-funded, well-administered #1 rank attained in the composite
earned global notoriety for dilapi- and ensure acceptable student learn- government schools league table of
dated infrastructure, chronic teacher ing outcomes. Therefore, much of the 2021-22.
truancy, multi-grade teaching and volley of relentless criticism against The two Delhi state government
rock-bottom learning outcomes, are government schools by educationists, schools are followed by the Kerala
owned and managed by India’s 29 academia and media (including Edu- government’s celebrated ov e rn -
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states, seven Union territories and/ c ationW orld) is directed at state and m e n t V oc a tion a l H ig h e r S e c -
or numerous local, municipal and local government schools which tend on da ry S c h ool f or G irl s , N a da k -
other governments. Contrary to to be under-funded, negligently ad- k a v u , K oz h ik ode at #3 ( f. #4 in
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popular belief, the Central govern- ministered and sabotaged by teacher 2021-22), followed by the Bombay
ment has established and manages recruitment scams, examination Municipal Corporation’s W orl i
less than 5,000 primary-secondary malpractices and chronic corruption. S e a f a c e M u m b a i P u b l ic En g l is h
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schools such as the Kendriya Vidya- However, even if belatedly, some S c h ool #4 (5) and the dis h a
layas (KVs) and Jawahar Navodaya governments — especially the Aam A da rs h a V idy a l a y a , H a tiota #5
Vidyalayas (JNVs). Schools pro- Aadmi Party (AAP) of Delhi state (10).
moted and managed by the defence which has discovered that public ed- “It’s a great honour to be ranked
services, Indian Railways and several ucation is an elections winning issue India’s #1 government day school.
public sector enterprises are gener- — are initiating primary-secondary We are delighted that we have
ally classified as Central government education reforms. This is a socially maintained last year’s #1 rank in
schools. beneficial development that promises the all-government — Central plus
It’s substantially true that Central to upgrade public education across state schools league table. The entire

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