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for 25 games and sports and special needs educa-
and have recently laid the tion.
foundation stone for a new “We are proud to be
state-of-the-art sports com- ranked among India’s Top
plex,” says Singh. 10 girls day schools, an
Beyond top table, there overdue recognition. Estab-
has been a major rear- lished in Kolkata in 1973 by
rangement of seating in the our founders Shri B.K. Birla
Top 10. DAV Girls Se- and Smt. Sarala Birla, over
nior Secondary School, the years, it has developed
Lloyds Road, Chennai into one of Kolkata’s best
and DAV Girls Senior day schools. Our high score
Secondary School, for curriculum and peda-
Mogappair, Chennai gogy is especially gratifying
have substantially improved as we review and revise the
their ranking to #6 (#9) and curriculum continuously,
#7 (#12). Similarly, Sacred SHCS’ Sr. Mary Steffi (left): Jharkhand #1 focusing on experiential
Heart Convent School, learning and age-appropri-
Jamshedpur has risen high in public was 94 percent and in class XII ISC ate implementation to accommodate
esteem to be ranked #8 (#14). Sadhu 87-90 percent. I am also pleased with individual development needs and
Vaswani International School for our high score for infrastructure pro- collective creativity,” says Lucas.
Girls, Delhi is promoted to #9 (#11) vision, as we have launched a massive Further down the 66-strong league
followed by Walsingham House campus upgradation drive including table of India’s best all-girls day
School, Mumbai at #9 (#8). The construction of a state-of-the-art new schools, several institutions have risen
previously unranked GD Birla Cen- auditorium, additional classrooms, in public esteem. Acharya Shri Su-
tre for Education, Kolkata has new pre-primary section and AI and darshan Krishna Niketan, Patna
made an impressive debut at #10. robotics labs,” says Sr. Steffi, who took has leapfrogged to #15 (47), Carmel
Sr. Mary Steffi A.C, principal of charge as principal in June. Currently, High School, Patna to #16 (37), The
Sacred Heart Convent School, SHCS has an enrolment of 2,230 girl Diamond Jubilee High School for
Jamshedpur (SHCS, estb.1945), is students and 70 teachers. Girls, Mumbai to #20 (29), Shaw
thrilled this CISCE-affiliated school Likewise, Craig Anthony Lu- Public School, Kolkata to #25 (41)
has finally made it to the Top 10 league cas, principal of the CISCE-affiliated and Navnidh Hassomal Lakhani
table of India’s best girls day schools G.D. Birla Centre for Education, Public School (Girls), Bhopal to
with high scores under the parameters Kolkata (estb.1973, 2,800 students #31 (49).
of academic reputation, co-curricular and 107 teachers), is elated about the Moreover, it’s pertinent to bear in
education, parental involvement, in- school’s Top 10 debut with high scores mind that several schools ranked be-
frastructure and community service. under the parameters of curriculum yond Top 20 in the national league
“We are very happy that in the lat- and pedagogy, parental involvement, table are highly ranked in their host
est EducationWorld survey, GD Birla, Kolkata’s Lucas (centre): Top 10 debut elation states and cities. For in-
SHCS is ranked among India’s stance, Navnidh Has-
Top 10 girls’ day schools and #1 somal Lakhani Public
in Jharkhand. I attribute this School (Girls), Bhopal,
achievement to the collabora- ranked #31 nationally is
tive effort of our teachers and the #1 girls’ day school of
students, and unstinted pa- Madhya Pradesh (pop.73
rental support. There’s grow- million); Aspee Kanya
ing public awareness that in Vidyalaya, Bilimora
SHCS, we provide genuinely ranked #43 all-India is
holistic education, enabling Gujarat #1 and Sophia
all-round development of our High School, Benga-
girl children — rigorous aca- luru ranked #30 coun-
demics balanced with inten- trywide is #1 in Karnataka
sive co-curricular and sports (pop.68 million). (For
education. The school average vintage legacy girls day
in the class X ICSE 2024 exam schools see p.274).

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