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India’s Top 20 Special Needs Schools league table

Rank Teacher welfare & development (100) Competence of faculty (200) Quality of program (100) Rehabilitation (100) Co-curricular education (100) Individual attention to students (100) Leadership / management Safety & hygiene (100) Infrastructure provision Value for money (100) TOTAL SCORE (1100)
2019 2020 2021 2022 quality (100) (100)

10 13 5 1 Sankalp, Chennai 83 176* 88 74 76 77 85 86 79 82 906
1 3 1 2 Academy for Severe Handicaps and Autism (ASHA), Bengaluru 82 175 87 71 73 76 84 85 77 78 888
NR 18 11 3 Brindavan Education Centre, Jayanagar, Bengaluru 80 174 86 75 69 75 83 84 75 75 876
3 1 2 4 The Aditya Birla Integrated School, Mumbai 81 173 86 67 74 74 82 83 75 76 871
2 2 3 5 Tamana Autism Centre – School of Hope, Delhi 81 172 85 70 70 71 81 82 76 74 862
4 4 4 6 SPJ Sadhana School, Mumbai 80 173 84 69 73 71 81 81 74 73 859
7 10 12 6 Sunderji Institute of Special School, Pune 79 172 83 71 74 72 80 80 75 73 859
10 11 7 7 The Gateway School, Mumbai 76 170 81 71 75 75 78 79 78 69 852
4 5 5 7 Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan (MBCN), Noida 78 171 82 72 73 74 76 79 76 71 852
14 17 14 8 Vidyaniketan Academy – Centre for Learning Challenges,
Bengaluru 76 172 77 73 74 71 75 74 76 73 841
9 8 9 9 Sanchetna, Noida 75 168 79 74 73 70 76 77 78 68 838
7 9 10 9 Aatman Academy, Thane 77 169 81 72 74 73 75 76 75 66 838
16 19 17 10 Connect Academy, Nashik 75 168 78 74 72 72 74 75 72 75 835
NR NR 11 10 Mamta Mandir School, Navsari (Gujarat) 74 167 77 74 76 75 76 76 73 67 835
6 7 8 11 Asha Kiran Special Needs School, Bengaluru 75 165 77 70 73 65 76 75 77 69 822
5 6 7 12 Sweekaar Academy of Rehabilitation Sciences (SARS),
Secunderabad 71 163 80 71 66 73 77 76 72 70 819
20 23 6 12 Alpha to Omega Learning Centre, Chennai 73 164 76 72 71 69 75 75 70 74 819
12 13 10 13 Jai Vakeel School, Mumbai 70 160 78 76 74 73 75 76 71 64 817
NR NR NR 13 The Blue Bells School for Integrated Learning, Gurugram 71 162 76 75 72 71 74 75 74 67 817
11 16 13 14 Dilkhush Special School, Juhu, Mumbai 72 162 74 67 65 67 73 73 66 63 782
18 22 15 14 Asha Special Needs School, Delhi 71 161 73 67 66 65 74 72 72 61 782
NR NR 16 15 Om Creations Trust, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai 70 160 72 70 65 67 71 71 67 60 773
15 20 18 16 Bubbles Centre for Autism, Bengaluru 68 159 73 67 68 65 70 72 70 59 771
19 24 19 16 Bethany Special School, Bengaluru 67 158 71 70 70 66 70 70 71 58 771
17 21 20 17 Manovikas, Kulachi Hansraj, Delhi 66 152 70 68 64 62 73 70 74 57 756
NR 10 21 18 Shristi Child Development & Learning Institute, Delhi 66 153 69 70 66 65 70 63 69 55 746
12 12 22 19 Dare School (Srishti Welfare Centre), Munnar (Kerala) 65 151 69 71 67 64 66 65 69 56 743
13 14 23 20 Bethany Society’s Jyoti Sroat Inclusive School, Shillong 63 151 67 69 65 67 68 61 67 52 730
* Representative teachers of these schools had the confidence to write the CENTA Subject Competency Test (English, maths & science)

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