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ranked next year. Modi International School.
Minnie Thomas Priyank Saxena
BENGALURU Dayawati Modi Academy, MEERUT

Important name change Disheartening rank
EARLIER THIS year, our school’s ARMY PUBLIC School, Dhaula
name was officially changed from Kuan’s #3 rank under the Central
L.A. Singhania Education Centre, Government Day Schools category is
Jhalawar to Lala Kamlapat Sing- disheartening to say the least. We are
hania Education Centre, Jhalawar. the 70-year-old flagship school of the
Please make this change in the rank- Central government-sponsored Army
ings league table published in the Public Group of Schools and deserve
September issue. to be ranked #1 under all parameters
This correction is important as we of government school education
plan to share this recognition on our excellence.
OCTOBER 2024 school’s social media platforms. Ad- Our academic result for CBSE
ditionally, with our annual day cel- class X exam has been exceptionally
ebration approaching, your prompt good; our students have excelled
Information gold mine action on this matter will allow us in many international/national
CONGRATULATIONS TO team to share this achievement with our co-curricular and sports competi-
EducationWorld for publishing yet valued parents. tions; APS DK has contributed
another comprehensive school rank- Dr. Manoj Kumar Singh maximum number of officers to the
ings edition (EW October) rating Principal, Lala Kamlapat Singha- defence services and boasts modern
boarding, international, government, nia Education Centre, JHALAWAR infrastructure and facilities. May we
budget private and special needs request you to revisit your criteria in
schools under critical parameters of evaluating our school.
school education excellence. Indeed, Revise classification! Meetu Rathore
a globally unprecedented initiative! THIS IS TO bring to your notice that Principal
Every year I look forward to your Neev Academy, Bengaluru offers a APS, Dhaula Kuan, DELHI
rankings as they provide a gold mine comprehensive IB curriculum from
of information for parents to make Early Years to Grade 12. For the past EWISR 2024-25 is based on the
informed school choices for their two years, we have been featured un- opinions of 8,700 parents, teachers,
children. der the Co-ed Day Schools category principals and counselors polled
S. Prakash instead of International Day Schools by AZ Research Partners across
KOCHI category. Please clarify how the cat- 14 parameters of school education
egorisation process works. excellence. Raise your school’s public
Neev Academy profile! — Editor
More philanthropy schools! BENGALURU
I AM A teacher at an NGO-run in-
formal school for students from un- From next year (2025-26), Neev Corrigenda
derprivileged households. Recently School will be categorised as an • In Part II of EW India School Rank-
I came across Part II of your EW International Day School — Editor ings 2024-25 (EW October, page
India School Rankings 2024-25 (EW 159) the name of the Principal of
October) in my dentist’s clinic. Rashtriya Military School, Benga-
I appreciate your efforts to rank Significant name change luru, ranked India’s #1 government
Philanthropic schools across the THANK YOU for the honour of rank- boarding school, was inadvertently
country. The Satya Bharti schools, ing us the #1 school in Meerut and published as Col. Rahul Aggarwal
Christel House, Future Hope among #21 in Uttar Pradesh. This recogni- instead of Lt-Col K. Anup Nair.
others are doing a commendable job. tion holds special significance for us. • In the Kanpur city league table (EW
However, I am unimpressed by However, we request a correction in September, p.104), DPS Barra, Kan-
the number of schools — a mere our school’s name. pur has been inadvertently published
28 — your esteemed magazine has The school is now known as as DPS Burra Road.
ranked in this category. I hope to see Dayawati Modi Academy as reflected We regret these errors which have
see at least 100 philanthropy schools in CBSE records, and not Dayawati been corrected online — Editor

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