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year’s rankings. closely with my counselling team. I
Dr. Priya Lalit Mittal on EMAIL am also a member of the CBSE Com-
mittee for preparation of a Mental
The EW India Preschool Rankings Health Manual.
are based on the perceptions of 8,173 Given EducationWorld’s excellent
informed parents, educators, and reputation, we expected transpar-
teachers polled by the Delhi-based ency and accuracy in the scores
Centre for Forecasting & Research awarded under various parameters
(C fore) in 17 cities including Mum- while ranking schools. We are hon-
bai. It’s likely that respondents are estly disappointed.
not sufficiently aware of your new Dr. Ruchi Seth
preschool. Secondly since your pre- Director-Principal, Lotus Valley
school is open to the public, deletion International School, NOIDA
is not an option — Editor
The EW India School Rankings are
based on the perceptions of 18,928
Methodology ignorance
DECEMBER 2023 informed parents, educators, teach-
EKAM EARLY Learning Centre, ers and senior school students polled
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad is ranked by the Delhi-based Centre for Fore-
#21 in the EW India Preschool Rank- casting & Research (C fore). Please
Commendable service ings 2023-24, even though we had see page 40 of the September issue
I AM A regular reader of Education- not been contacted by your organisa- for complete details — Editor
World and want to thank Team EW tion, nor have we participated in any
for publishing the well-researched survey or evaluation related to this
preschools rankings survey in 17 cit- ranking. In light of this situation, we Do homework!
ies (EW December). request you to eliminate our schools’ IN YOUR latest EW India School
In most metros and tier II cities, I name from the rankings. Rankings 2023-24 (EW September),
noticed the inclusion of a large num- Team Ekam on EMAIL I was shocked to see St. John’s High
ber of new preschools in the league School, Chandigarh awarded top
tables which shows that there is huge See response above — Editor rank in the boys’ day school national
demand for early years education. league table with Don Bosco, Park
You are doing a commendable job Circus, Kolkata ranked a low #6.
of keeping the parents’ community Great disappointment As a senior alumnus, I believe
well-informed about preschools. IN THE latest EW India School Don Bosco qualifies in all respects to
Keep up the good work! Rankings 2023-24 (EW September), be ranked the country’s #1 boys’ day
Eesha Narayan Lotus Valley International School, school and request your survey team
BENGALURU Noida is ranked #24 nationally, #14 to do its homework well before pub-
in Delhi NCR and #3 in Noida city. lishing next year’s school rankings.
Upon scrutinizing our scores under Naresh on EMAIL
Surprising rank each parameter, we discovered
I USED TO run and manage Eu- that we are poorly rated under the See response above for rankings
roKids Preschool, Lokhandwala, parameters of mental & emotional methodology — Editor
Mumbai for the past two decades well-being services and special needs
until 2022. This year I rebranded my education.
school under the name and style of This has come as a surprise to us Corrigendum
Green Bean Montessori Academy, considering that we have a strong IN THE Pictorial Essay (EW Novem-
a proprietary preschool. But I was Special Education Department ber) under the category of Co-ed Day
shocked to learn that our preschool comprising a team of competent Schools, the school leaders of Heri-
is ranked #19 in the latest EW India special educators and occupational tage Xperiential Learning School,
Preschool Rankings 2023-24, un- therapists. We also have a dedicated Gurugram have been inadvertently
like its Top 5 ranking over the past counselling team which ensures the published as Reshmi Dastidar and
several years. mental and emotional well-being of Nidhi Sharma instead of Neena Kaul
Given my vast experience, our students and teachers. I have a doc- and Rekha Bhanot.
preschool doesn’t deserve this rank. torate in psychology from IIT-Delhi
Please delete our preschool from this and take personal interest in working The error is regretted — Editor

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