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(estb.1847).
With RVS moved to the new vin-
tage legacy co-ed schools category, the
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relatively young C h i m a y a I n te r -
n a tion a l R e s ide n tia l S c h ool , C o-
im b a tore (CIRS, estb.1989), ranked
#2 in the integrated co-ed boarding
schools league table of 2021-22, is
top-ranked this year.
“Although your decision to segre-
gate vintage and new age boarding
schools is rational, it hasn’t made
much difference to us because we have
always been ranked in the Top 3. Nev-
ertheless, it feels good to be ranked #1
on a level playing field,” says S h a n ti
s
K ri h n a m u rth y , a maths and edu-
cation alumna of Madras and Anna-
malai universities, former principal of
the Tata Group-run Chinmaya Vidya-
laya, Jamshedpur, Mahindra World
School, Chennai and CIRS (2009-18).
Currently, Krishnamurthy is global AVS headmaster Dr. Amit Jugran (centre): teacher competence elation
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director of the C h i m a y a M i s ion
which comprises 86 schools, including namurthy. morale of our innovative teachers who
seven in Trinidad & Tobago, and nine Transfer of Rishi Valley School and train very intensively to improve their
undergrad colleges with an aggregate Lawrence, Sanawar which were hith- professional skills in a remote area of
enrolment of 101,000 students and erto invariably ranked among the Top the country. Our top scores under the
6,000 faculty. 5 co-ed boarding schools countrywide, parameters of co-curricular and sports
Krishnamurthy is especially has created headroom for several oth- education are also very encouraging,
pleased that the EWISR 2022-23 er new genre co-ed boarding schools vindication of our mission to provide
sample respondents have awarded to rise and shine. well-balanced holistic education to
CIRS top scores under the parameters Therefore, the next gen superbly- our boys and girls. I am also enthused
of teacher welfare and development, equipped A s s a m V a l l e y S c h ool , by our top score under the pastoral
academic reputation, curriculum and B a l ip a ra has improved its rank to care parameter because for residential
pedagogy, and emotional and mental #2 this year from #3 in 2021-22. Dit- schools, this is a critically important
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well-being. “In CIRS, we believe these to P i e g rov e , D h a ra m p u r, H im - metric. All in all, our improved rank in
parameters are intimately connected a c h a l P ra de s h to #3 (4), S e l a Q u i EWISR 2022-23 provides ample proof
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and mutually reinforcing. Therefore, I n te rn a tion a l , e h ra du n to #4 (5) that we are on track to attain the ob-
we accord high importance to teacher and M il e s B ron s o R e s ide n ti l jectives for which AVS was founded 27
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training driven by our Chinmaya Vi- S c h ool , G u w a h a ti to #5 (6), a rank years ago,” says D r. A m it J u g ra n ,
sion values-based programme that in- it shares with the n u b h u ti S c h ool , an alum of Doon School, Dehradun,
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stills professional pride in our teach- J a l g a o , M a h a ra s h tra (15) which Punjab and Meerut universities, for-
ers’ community. In turn, this improves has been awarded a big promotion by mer tea planter (1997-2007), ex prin-
pedagogy and curriculum delivery this year’s sample respondents. It’s cipal of the Mussoorie Public School
with care taken to improve students’ also pertinent to note that all the Top 5 (2019-22) and appointed headmaster
emotional and mental well-being. In- are premier co-ed boarding schools in of AVS earlier this year. Currently, this
deed ensuring wholesome well-being their states, many of whom are more capital-intensive (#1 under infrastruc-
of our students so that they learn populous than the average European ture parameter) co-ed boarding school
joyfully in enabling environments is country. affiliated with the Delhi-based CISCE
the core of our education philosophy “We are elated to learn that we are exam board, sprawled over a 235-acre
in CIRS and all Chinmaya Mission India’s second ranked co-ed boarding pollution-free campus set within a
schools and institutions. Ultimately school with the highest score under tea estate, has 700 students and 114
this translates into excellent CBSE the critical parameter of teacher com- teachers on its muster rolls.
and IB board results,” says Krish- petence. This is certain to shore up the Although most previously respect-

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