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Cover Story EW BOYS DAY SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2024-25

INDIA’S BEST BOYS DAY SCHOOLS

competence, teacher welfare and de-
velopment, co-curricular and sports
education, and community service.
“We greet the news that Campion
has regained its rightful #1 rank with
pride, joy and satisfaction. Rather
than being a setback, our #2 ranking
of the past two years proved a stimu-
lus to introspect, innovate and update.
We focused our attention on improv-
ing curriculum and pedagogies and
co-curricular and sports education
-- our traditional strengths. The top
score this year for faculty competence
and teacher development shows that
this strategy paid off with our motivat-
ed, and tech-savvy teachers providing
creative pedagogies and academic ex-
cellence. Another traditional strength
of Campion is our comprehensive and
intensive sports coaching programs in
Campion, Mumbai’s Dr. Francis Swamy (centre left): second rank stimulus football, basketball, cricket, table ten-
nis and chess enabling our students
With most schools promoted in the new millennium to excel in regional and state sports
being of mixed gender and some vintage all-boys schools competitions. I am also pleased with
going co-ed, the league table of boys schools is static at 30. our top score in social and community
Nevertheless some all-boys institutions enjoy king-size service because our boys work in ac-
tive collaboration with several NGOs,”
national reputations says Fr. (Dr.) Francis Swamy,
former principal of the always high-
he league table of all-boys ton) — enjoy king-size national repu- ranked St. Mary’s, Mazgaon, who
day schools has been shrink- tations and often outperform their was appointed principal of Campion
ing over the years in the an- co-ed peers in school-leaving board in 2020. Currently, the school has an
Tnual EducationWorld India exams. enrollment of 762 students and 64
School Rankings (EWISR). With The 2024-25 league table of In- teachers.
most K-12 education institutions pro- dia’s best boys day schools has un- Following Campion is Birla High
moted in the new millennium being dergone a makeover (for vintage boys School, Moira Street, Kolkata
of mixed-gender and some vintage day schools, see p.284). Campion promoted to #2 (#3 in 2023-24) and
all-boys schools going co-ed (such as School, Fort, Mumbai, ranked #1 the previously #1 ranked St. John’s
St. Germain High School, Bengaluru in 2021-22 and #2 in 2022-23 and High School, Chandigarh at #3,
and Joseph’s Boys School, Jalandhar), 2023-24, has reclaimed its pre-emi- jointly with DAV Boys Senior Sec-
the league table of boys schools has nent position. ondary, Gopalapuram, Chennai,
remained static at 30 primary-sec- This year’s 8,700 sample respon- which has received a big promotion
ondaries in EWISR 2024-25 (cf.28 in dents — parents, principals, teachers (from #5 in 2023-24). St. Colum-
2023-24). and education counselors — inter- ba’s School, Delhi is ranked #4 (4).
Yet while co-ed day schools steal viewed by the Bengaluru-based AZ Re- SGVP International, Ahmedabad
the limelight in the annual EWISR, search Partners, have restored Campi- has leapfrogged to #5 (16) co-ranked
it bears repetition that the country’s on (estb.1943) to its premier position, with DAV Boys Senior Secondary,
shrinking minority of gender-segre- awarding this 81-year-old school top Mogappair, Chennai (9).
gated schools — especially boarding scores under five parameters of K-12 “We are elated to learn that Birla
schools (Doon, St. Paul’s, Bishop Cot- education excellence including faculty High is steadily moving ahead in the

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