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EW Grand Jury India Preschool Rankings 2023-24

GRAND JURY INDIA PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2023-24

ntroduced in 2018, the EducationWorld Grand Jury learning and most respected early childhood education
India Preschool Rankings felicitate pre-primaries brands.
I that have introduced contemporary pedagogies and Moreover, we also invited nominations from pre-
practices in early childhood care and education (ECCE). primaries of composite K-12 schools which have inte-
To shortlist and select progressive preschools grated and adopted best ECCE practices.
countrywide, we invited nominations from The nominations were duly assessed by a jury
educationists, individuals and schools themselves, comprising eminent educationists Fatema Agarkar,
supported by evidence of best practices in ten categories founder of Agarkar Centre for Excellence, Mumbai;
— teacher-parent-student engagement, campus design, Sumathi Ravichander, a Bangalore-based education
nature-friendly environment, innovative pedagogy, consultant; and Dr. Maalathi K.R, founder and CEO,
outstanding leadership, health-nutrition-safety, future- Aurro Educational Services, Chennai.
ready preschools, design thinking, learning assessment, The Top 10 EW Grand Jury India Preschool Rank-
best technology integration, social and emotional ings 2023-24 are presented in the pages following.

India's Most Respected Early Childhood
Education Brand
Institutions which have made exceptional contribution
to expansion and upgradation of early childhood care
and education.

Rank

India

1 Podar Prep
2 Vedant International Preschool
3 The Shri Ram Wonder Years
4 Vibgyor Group of Schools
5 Aga Khan Preschools
6 Sunbeam Group
7 CP Goenka's Spring Buds International Preschools Curriculum Framework for the Foundational Stage 2022.
8 Aura International Preschool Ditto our child-friendly assessments system. In Podar
9 Chimes Montessori House of Children Schools, we regard parents as partners and they actively
10 Presidency Early Years engage in their children’s development. We have recently
10 Hello Kids launched our Immersive SPA — Sensory Processing
Activities, to develop the eight intelligences of our
We are elated with our ranking as India’s most children. I thank the EW grand jury for acknowledging
respected early childhood education brand. It’s Podar Prep team’s continuing quest to provide the
“confirmation of our commitment to provide highest highest quality early childhood care and education to
quality learning standards and development support our children” — Swati Popat Vats, president, Podar
to youngest children. Our age-appropriate curriculum Education Network (490 preschools, 40,000 pupils,
‘Kiducation’ is in total alignment with the National and 10,000 teachers)

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