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Boys Boarding Schools India league table

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 Safety & hygiene (100) Infrastructure provision Pastoral care (100) Mental & emotional well- being services (100) Value f
2022 2023 2024 2025 quality (100) (100)

2 2 2 1+ Sarala Birla Academy, Bengaluru 87 185 89 88 89 81 88 86 88 85 83 78 83 85 1295
1 2 2 1 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 89 186 90 93 89 83 89 89 79 86 84 75 83 80 1295
4 4 4 2 Birla Vidyamandir, Nainital 83 169 87 72 86 77 84 84 82 79 77 77 84 80 1221
3 3 3 3 Vidya Niketan (Birla Public School), Pilani 70 161 87 89 80 82 91 79 77 86 80 69 82 87 1220
7 7 5 4 GD Birla Memorial School, Ranikhet 78 158 82 83 81 77 86 85 76 83 82 75 78 73 1197
11 8 6 4 BAPS Swaminarayan Vidyamandir,
Vadodara 78 158 82 81 81 76 83 88 77 82 81 74 80 76 1197
8 9 7 5 Atmiya Vidya Mandir, Surat 78 161 83 79 73 76 76 83 77 82 74 79 77 81 1179
5 6 8 6 Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School (Boys),
Mussoorie 80 158 81 81 83 75 76 77 74 84 75 72 77 73 1166
NR 12 11 7 The Gurukul Jyotisar, Kurukshetra 76 155 74 79 69 75 77 82 67 76 77 70 71 84 1132
9 10 10 8 Bhaktivedanta Gurukula & International
School, Vrindavan 67 147 84 70 77 64 79 69 75 88 79 71 70 80 1120
10 11 12 9 The Gurukul Nilokheri (Haryana) 64 150 78 77 72 68 76 65 77 78 76 72 69 74 1096
NR NR NR 10 Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul International
School, Hyderabad 69 140 83 69 73 69 74 71 73 71 67 63 68 67 1057
NR 13 9 11 Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar 72 137 78 64 71 69 69 75 78 63 61 69 67 60 1033
320 84 65 12 Dayanand Paradise School, Abu Road
(Rajasthan) 72 130 60 78 72 68 76 74 65 65 68 69 72 61 1030

SBA has been awarded highest scores under the criti-
cally important parameters of faculty competence, sports
education, safety & hygiene and mental and emotional
wellbeing services. This is validation that the educa-
tion experience that we provide our children is holistic
and well-balanced. Faculty competence translates into
good learning outcomes as testified by our high score
for academic reputation. Our highest score for sports
education — we offer facilties for all major sports and
field games — is perhaps due to public awareness that we
provide specialist, well-trained coaches for all sports. This
equal emphasis accorded to academic, co-curricular and
sports education by the SBA management has resulted
in our highest score for emotional wellbeing services of
our boys. I also very pleased that we have been awarded
That four Birla schools are in this year’s boys board- highest score under the parameters of safety and hygiene
ing schools top table headed by Sarala Birla Academy and community service. We have a fully-equipped 19-bed
“is very heartening news. I believe this is because in hospital on our clean and green campus and community
all our schools we provide contemporary digitally-enabled service is an important Birla tradition practiced in all
teaching-learning rooted in time-tested Indian cultural Birla schools.” — Santanu Das, Principal, Sarala Birla
values. Moreover our connection with the Birla Group Academy, Bangalore. Established in 2004, the CISCE,
which is in the forefront of Indian industry enables us to Delhi-affiliated SBA hosts 300 class V-XII male students
shape our curricula according to industry needs. mentored by 50 full-time teachers on its 64-acre campus
Against this backdrop, I am especially pleased that in suburban Bangalore

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