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Cover Story EW CO-ED DAY-CUM-BOARDING SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2025-26

Further down the 209-strong
league table of India’s most admired
day-cum-boarding schools, several
institutions have been awarded big
promotions. Among them: Asian
School, Dehradun which has
made spectacular leap forward
in the public esteem into the Top
20 at #19 (36); the Sanjay Gho-
dawat International School,
Kolhapur #20 (24); the previously
unranked Dharav High School,
Jaipur #23; Ram Ratna Mandir,
Thane (Maharashtra) #28 ((47) the
previously unranked NPS Inter-
national, Guwahati #29 and the
G. D. Goenka Signature School,
Gurugram #32 (74).
Readers should also bear in mind
Sunbeam Suncity Chairman Deepak Madhok: joyous learning focus that schools modestly ranked in
the national league table may well
Varuna promoted to #15 jointly enable his parents Amrit and Deesh be top or high ranked in their host
with Sunbeam School, Bhag- Madhok who had promoted the states and cities, a consideration of
wanpur Varanasi (16), is thank- first Sunbeam School, Bhagwanpur special interest to day scholars. For
ful that these schools with globally in 1972 to propagate English instance, Sanjay Ghodawat In-
benchmarked infrastructure and ad- medium education in the world’s ternational ranked #20 nationally
min systems ranked #1 & 2 in Uttar oldest city. Currently the Sunbeam is the #1 day-cum-boardings school
Pradesh, India’s most populous (220 Group comprises nine owned of Maharashtra (pop.128 million)
million) state, are “inching their way and 17 associate English medium and Usha Martin World School,
up” the EWISR national league table. schools, two women’s colleges, an Patna ranked India #18 is ranked
“I am especially encouraged by autism centre and a free school #2 in Bihar (pop.130 million). There-
the high scores conferred on all three offering vocational education, across fore readers would be well-advised
schools under the teacher welfare Uttar Pradesh with an aggregate to check out city league tables which
and development parameter. In the enrolment of 35,000 students and provide city, state and national rank-
Sunbeam Group we accord highest 2,000 teachers. ings simultaneously.
importance to teacher recruitment Asian School, Dehradun students: spectacular leap forward
and training. That’s because we
believe well-trained and motivated
teachers are necessary to enable
children to excel academically
and develop holistically. I’m also
pleased about our good score under
infrastructure. We continuously
upgrade our campuses to provide
children access to STEM, digital and
other labs to enable them to enjoy
experiential learning. The outcome
is that our children learn joyously,
as indicated by our good score
under the parameter of mental and
emotional well-being,” says Madhok,
an alumnus of Benares Hindu and
Allahabad Universities and former
bureaucrat who resigned from the
UP civil service in 1990 to aid and

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