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Cover Story EW CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DAY SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2025-26

Rank Teacher welfare & development (100) Competence of faculty (200) Academic reputation (100) Co-curricular education & internationalism (100) Sports education (100) Curriculum & pedagogy (100) Individual attention to students (100) Leadership / management Parental involvement (100) Infrastructure provision Mental & emotional well- being services (100) Special needs education
2022 2023 2024 2025 quality (100) (100)

52 53 62 59 Army Public School, Cannanore 64 125 78 72 75 64 52 71 65 68 54 48 69 61 966
46 48 62 60 Army Public School, Gwalior 70 127 81 72 72 63 57 67 56 67 55 40 67 69 963
NR NR NR 60 Army Public School, Yol Cantt, Kangra 73 143 65 66 67 64 66 63 65 62 63 41 58 67 963
NR NR NR 60 Army Public School, Janglot, Kathua 69 140 60 67 68 64 66 64 67 66 64 43 59 66 963
46 49 61 61 Army Public School, Kapurthala 74 123 80 71 78 66 53 62 58 71 53 40 65 67 961
45 53 59 62 Army Public School No. 1, Jabalpur 71 127 72 71 74 67 54 65 55 66 54 44 66 74 960
44 47 60 63 Army Public School, Gorakhpur, Kunraghat 70 131 80 75 73 59 56 65 58 66 56 41 61 68 959
48 54 64 64 Army Public School, Akhnoor, Jammu 70 128 77 75 71 64 58 62 58 61 56 43 66 69 958
55 52 68 65 Army Public School, Faridkot 70 126 71 73 74 67 48 67 58 66 61 46 63 67 957
50 51 65 66 Army Public School, Gopalpur (Odisha) 71 124 75 67 71 67 54 61 59 62 63 45 67 69 955
53 55 67 67 Army Public School, Nagrota, Jammu 71 128 80 67 68 59 55 63 62 66 57 45 64 68 953
NR NR 68 68 Army Goodwill Public School, Rajouri 65 127 74 77 77 60 57 64 54 64 58 42 64 68 951
59 56 69 69 Army Public School, Jalandhar Cantt 72 120 76 71 70 65 55 63 61 64 53 52 66 62 950
NR NR 69 70 Army Goodwill School, Hajan (J&K) 68 129 64 79 49 61 66 71 71 74 55 43 66 53 949
31 57 69 71 Assam Rifles Public School, Shillong 70 128 63 63 73 62 51 64 58 66 57 48 64 72 939
58 60 72 72 Army Public School, Danapur Cantt, Patna 69 121 67 75 65 64 56 66 65 62 52 42 60 71 935
57 57 71 73 Army Public School, Sardar Patel Marg,
Lucknow 70 125 72 71 69 61 49 63 61 59 55 48 59 68 930
56 58 70 74 Army Public School, Ahmednagar 67 123 63 74 67 62 51 62 61 65 59 39 59 66 918

We are deeply honoured to be ranked India’s #1 lence, and student-led initiatives in community service are
Central government day school for the third year in the secrets of our success. Our top score for curriculum
“a row. It’s a testament to the collective efforts of our and pedagogy innovation is because we have integrated
students, teachers, parents, and management. Our good AI, financial literacy, entrepreneurship and mental well-
scores on all 14 parameters of school education excel- ness programmes into the curriculum. In our Vision 2030
lence indicate that we have been successful in providing Roadmap, we have set ourselves the goal of developing
well-balanced education to our children. Strong academic into a Model APS fully compliant with NEP 2020 and a
foundation, dedicated faculty, active parental involve- Centre of Education Excellence” — Neetu Kapoor (cen-
ment, visionary leadership, enabling facilities on a green, tre left), Principal, Army Public School (APS), Delhi
carbon-neutral campus, global partnerships, sports excel- Cantt-10 (3,226 students and 165 teachers)

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