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is awarded top scores under ten of benchmark of excellence and
the 15 parameters of excellence, I aspiration in K-12 education.
am especially pleased with our That Riverside is elevated to this
top scores for teacher welfare and category is simultaneously hum-
development and teacher com- bling and inspiring. Our design-
petence because teachers are the led curriculum develops content
very heart of DAIS. That’s why we and character and ensures that
invest deeply in our teachers, em- all stakeholders — teachers, stu-
powering them with continuous dents, and parents — become ac-
professional development pro- tive participants in co-creating
grams, global exposure, and inno- the curriculum. We believe that
vative pedagogies. As a result they every child will graduate not just
make our curriculum come alive with knowledge, but committed
and enable our students to learn to global citizenship with an ‘I
enjoyably. This explains our top Riverside’s Kiran Bir Sethi: co-created curriculum CAN’ mindset to build a more
score under the mental and emo- equitable world. From the very
tional well-being services parameter. Industries. beginning, all our decisions have been
To take this forward, this year we have The sole non-Mumbai interna- rooted in the belief that every child is
introduced a comprehensive ‘Well-be- tional day school to be elevated to unique and must be seen, heard, and
ing Policy’ and ‘Pastoral Framework’ the new Ivy League category is Riv- respected — as a person with voice,
for our children. Dedicated counsel- erside, Ahmedabad, promoted in choice, and potential. Therefore, the
ling services and safeguarding prac- 2001 by education leader and disrup- award of high scores under the pa-
tices, and close collaboration with tor Dr. Kiran Bir Sethi. Sethi is also rameters of curriculum and pedago-
parents has ensured that every child promoter-ideator of the global Design gy, individual attention to students,
is supported not only in academics for Change/I Can movement which and emotional well-being services are
but also in her personal growth and has spread to 71 countries worldwide, very encouraging. They are the natural
well-being,” says Nita Ambani, and has earned international acclaim outcome of our philosophy in which
founder-chairperson of DAIS and the for pioneering design thinking-led knowledge is not delivered to children,
Reliance Foundation (estb.2010), the curriculums. but designed with and around them,”
philanthropic initiative of Reliance “Ivy League represents a new says Sethi.

EW Ivy League International Day Schools national table

Teacher welfare & development Competence of faculty Academic reputation Co-curricular education & internationalism Sports education Curriculum & pedagogy Individual attention to Leadership / management Parental involvement Infrastructure provision Mental & emotional well- being services Special needs education Value for money Community service Quality of Alumni TOTAL POINT

India Rank students quality

1 Dhirubhai Ambani International School,
Mumbai 0.58 1.17 0.59 0.57 0.58 0.58 0.56 0.60 0.56 0.55 0.59 0.57 0.52 0.56 0.53 9.11
1
Oberoi International School, Mumbai 0.57 1.16 0.57 0.58 0.56 0.57 0.58 0.57 0.58 0.57 0.57 0.56 0.54 0.55 0.51 9.04
1
Aditya Birla World Academy, Mumbai 0.54 1.12 0.51 0.50 0.55 0.54 0.54 0.53 0.52 0.44 0.57 0.52 0.51 0.49 0.44 8.33
1
The Riverside School, Ahmedabad 0.50 1.07 0.50 0.51 0.49 0.54 0.54 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.51 0.49 0.50 0.49 0.42 8.05

NB. Maximum score under all parameters is 0.625. Except faculty competence max score 1.25
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