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Cover Story EW INDIA SCHOOL RANKINGS 2025-26

International schools. Unlike ag- of schools improving across param-
gregated scores in other categories, eters which is reassuring for parents.
the small number of repeatedly high Also for alumni, donors and support-
scoring primary-secondaries have ers. Secondly, high ranked schools at-
been elevated to a separate and dis- tract the brightest students and best
tinct super nova Ivy League category teachers. This ensures continuously
and all ranked #1. They are awarded improved learning outcomes. All this
rating stars (1-5) and grade points to is very much in the national interest,”
minimally differentiate them inter se. says Singh
Although within EW we take great In the September Part I issue, we
pains to invest time, money and hu- presented city, state, national and pa-
man resources to ensure that the rameter league tables of Day schools
annual EWISR presents a fair and (Ivy League, co-ed day, boys, girls
accurate picture of the relative com- and day-cum-boarding) and Vintage
petitiveness of best schools in their Mishra: greater accuracy & authenticity Legacy Day schools (over 90 years
distinctive categories, some commen- vintage).
tators and stakeholders — especially of the top-ranked Lawrence School, In this month’s Part II issue we
those of woke liberal ideology — ques- Sanawar and Daly College, Indore and present league tables rating and rank-
tion the role and purpose of rating and currently a busy Punjab-based educa- ing Boarding Ivy League, Boarding
ranking education institutions and tion consultant, declines to be num- (co-ed, boys and girls), International
introducing unseemly competitive- bered among the woke. “Schools rank- Ivy League, International (day, day-
ness. This according to members of ing surveys conducted and published cum-boarding and wholly residen-
this politically correct tribe generates by high credibility publications, espe- tial) and vintage legacy schools. Also
an aura of commercialisation in this cially EducationWorld, serve a very included are top Central and state
annual exercise, and EW might turn useful purpose. First, they stimulate government schools, special needs,
a profit — a dirty word in the woke school managements to focus on ar- philanthropy and Super 40 budget
lexicon — on it. eas — parameters — under which they private schools league tables. Our as-
However Sumer Singh, the are awarded unsatisfactory scores. piration is to generate a tide that lifts
highly-experienced former principal This has had the beneficial outcome all boats.

EWISR 2025-26 COUNTRYWIDE SURVEY (PART-II)

Metro cities
Tier l, ll, lll & lV cities
(250 cities)

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