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EW Grand Jury India Preschool Rankings 2024-25

Design Thinking Leaders Learning Assessment Leaders
Preschools demonstrating extraordinary capability to Preschools which provide non-stressful, holistic learning
break away from rote learning, and adopt pedagogies that assessments to evaluate children’s progress and support
encourage development of students' creative thinking, their overall growth and development.
collaboration and problem-solving skills.
Rank
Rank

India State City India State City
1 1 1 Chintels Preschool, Kanpur
1 1 1 Legacy Early Years, Bengaluru 2 1 1 FirstCry Intellitots Preschool, Nizampet, Hyderabad
2 1 1 Birla Open Minds Preschool, Nallagandla, Hyderabad 3 1 1 Ronak Global Academy, Charni Road, Girgaon, Mumbai
3 1 1 New Digamber Public School (NDPS) Pre-Primary, Indore 4 1 1 The Emerald Heights Foundation School, Indore
4 1 1 Budding Blossoms (Children's Academy), Thane 5 1 1 Creative Preschool, Yelahanka New Town, Bengaluru
4 1 1 Garodia Finlandway, Mumbai 6 2 2 MS Creative School, Hyderabad
5 2 1 Hasti Pre-Primary School, Dondaicha 7 1 1 FirstCry Intellitots Preschool, Anna Nagar, Chennai
6 3 1 The Achievers Preschool, Manish Nagar, Nagpur 7 1 1 Touch Sky — The International Preschool, Teacher's
7 1 1 FirstCry Intellitots Preschool, Sushant Lok 3, Gurugram Colony, Kolathur, Chennai
7 4 1 Astral Preschool, Nashik 8 1 1 Sproutz (The International School of Thrissur), SKVC
8 1 1 The Aga Khan Preschool, Sinugra, Kutch Road), Kannatukava
9 1 1 La Joie, Early Learning Habitat, Lucknow 8 3 3 Ingenium World School (Pre-Primary), Hyderabad
9 2 2 Premia Cubs, Hyderabad 9 2 1 Kidzonia International Preschool, Wakad, Pune
10 2 1 Makoons Preschool, Abhay Khand, Indirapuram, 10 1 1 The Aga Khan Preschool, Botad
Ghaziabad
We are humbled and grateful for this recognition
which acknowledges our sustained effort to
“embed ‘Design Thinking’ in our curriculum and
pedagogy. Over the past several years, we have carefully
designed our curriculum into a blend of Montessori
and international best ECCE practices to develop every
child’s cognitive capabilities. Teachers use play and
hands-on activities to develop children’s exploration,
experimentation, risk-taking, creativity, critical and
analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
We believe this enquiry and application-based design
thinking approach enables children to view all problems
from a solutions perspective and sets a strong foundation
for the development of higher order thinking skills for At Chintels, our prime objective is to provide a non-
success in school, higher education and ultimately the stressful, joyful learning environment that encour-
workplace” — Priti Sait, Founder & Managing Trustee, “ages and enables children to grow at their own pace.
Legacy School, Bengaluru and Head of Legacy Early This learning assessment practices award recognises our
Years (126 children and 12 teachers) efforts in this direction. Our assessment system primar-
ily relies on child observation with teachers trained to
observe and record children’s learning through play
activities such as puzzles, art projects, etc, and milestone
their development in areas such as creativity, motor skills,
and cognitive abilities. Subsequently, children’s learning
and development is documented and used to realign and
customise pedagogies. Simultaneously, teachers connect
with parents to learn about children’s home behaviour
and conduct. A holistically balanced progress card pre-
senting Developmental Milestones is shared with parents
to enable them to collaborate with teachers to realise their
child’s full potential” — Dr. Kavisha Khurana Vij,
Director, Chintels Group of Schools, Kanpur

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