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International Residential Schools league table

Rank Teacher welfare & development (100) Competence of faculty (200) Academic reputation (100) Co-curricular education & internationalism (100) Sports education (100) Curriculum & pedagogy Individual attention to students (100) Leadership / management Safety and hygiene (100) Infrastructure provision Pastoral Care (100) Mental & emotional well-being services (100) Value for

2022 2023 2024 2025 (100) quality (100) (100)
6 5 1 1 Jain International Residential School,
Bengaluru 83 172 87 86 89 77 86 86 87 92 86 76 77 80 1266
2 2 2 2 Mussoorie International School 89 176 83 80 88 86 88 87 86 88 87 80 67 76 1261
1 1 2 3 Good Shepherd International School, Ooty 85 170 88 83 83 90 82 81 86 82 84 85 76 76 1251
NR NR 5 4 Vellore International School 79 167 82 81 84 85 82 82 83 85 76 78 75 75 1214
6 4 3 4 MIT Pune’s Vishwashanti Gurukul 78 163 81 77 78 78 84 83 84 89 82 86 75 76 1214
3 3 4 5 UWC Mahindra College, Pune 79 168 83 84 76 78 86 77 83 83 84 85 70 76 1212
NR NR NR 5 Sanjay Ghodawat International School,
Mulshi, Pune 75 169 81 82 90 79 83 79 81 86 81 79 73 74 1212
7 7 6 6 The Plenum School, Bagthan, Nahan (HP) 69 162 65 76 65 80 74 83 80 69 77 72 60 74 1106
4 5 5 7 Corvuss American Academy, Karjat
(Maharashtra) 65 159 62 72 92 76 72 81 77 67 75 69 63 71 1101

We are thrilled to be ranked India’s #1 interna- deserved. Our deluxe, new housing blocks offer safe
tional residential school for the second consecu- accommodation for students who are provided per-
“tive year. This is the result of the sustained efforts sonalised pastoral care by houseparents with all safety
of our dedicated teachers and students empowered by measures in place for students’ wellbeing. Therefore,
the direction of our Chairman Dr. Chenraj Roychand we are delighted that JIRS is awarded top score under
whose goal is to nurture future global leaders, entre- pastoral care. Internationalism is also high prior-
preneurs, and a responsible young generation that ity with students provided holistic global education
will contribute to society and nation-building. As through numerous student exchange programmes
testified by our high parameter scores, JIRS provides with schools abroad while remaining rooted in Indian
young learners a plethora of co-curricular and sports cultural values” — Rudra Kumar Sharma (second
activities mentored by in-house faculty as well as from right), Chief Operating Officer, Jain Interna-
professional experts to identify and realise their latent tional Residential School, Bengaluru (estb.1999,
potential. Our high score under infrastructure is well- 684 students, 93 teachers, 27 sports coaches)

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