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Birla High’s Saigal: balanced education validation SGVPIS’ Padma Kumar (centre): great leap forward
league table from #4 in 2022 to #3 in and emotional well-being. tained its #8 rank, while Loyola
2023 and to #2 this year. I credit our “We are proud to be ranked among School, Pune has advanced to #9
continuous promotion to our dedi- India’s Top 5 boys day schools. This (#12) co-ranked with St. Bede’s
cated faculty and staff who work very great forward leap from last year’s Academy Sr. Sec School, Chen-
hard to ensure all-round development #16 position is an outcome of the nai, which has moved up substantially
of our students. Our high scores for dedication and hard work of our en- (#26). The Top 10 table is completed
faculty competence, academic repu- tire school community — diligent stu- by Don Bosco High & Technical
tation, and co-curricular education dents, supportive parents and com- School, Liluah, Howrah, which
validate our strategy of providing bal- mitted teachers and staff. I attribute has leapfrogged from #20 in 2023-24
anced education with students men- SGVPIS’ rise in the 2024-25 rankings to #10 this year ranked jointly with
tored to excel academically as well to our sharp focus on academic ex- Don Bosco School, Park Circus,
as given every opportunity to par- cellence balanced with excellent co- Kolkata, which has ceded ground (6).
ticipate in a range of sports and co- curricular education. Moreover our Similarly, several schools further
curricular activities. We are a happy substantial investment in the profes- down the league table have also im-
school, quick to adopt best practices sional development of our teachers proved their rankings. Bishop Scott
and new technologies such as design and quick adaptation to the National Boys School, Patna has risen to
thinking and AI while staying true Education Policy 2020 has strength- #14 (26), Bikaner Boys School to
to established traditions and values. ened our academic framework. I am #15 (17), and Salwan Boys Sr. Sec
We have already started to work to- also pleased with SGVPIS’ high scores School, Rajinder Nagar, Delhi to
wards being ranked India’s #1 boys’ for individual attention to students #20 (24).
day school next year,” says Loveleen and their mental and emotional health It is important to bear in mind that
Saigal, principal of Birla High School — which are our prime objectives. We for parents selecting most suitable day
for Boys (estb.1941) which has 2,222 offer regular counseling sessions and schools for their children, city ranks
students mentored by 186 teachers on mental healthcare programmes to are more important than national and
its musters. our students,” says Padma Kumar, state rankings. Many boys day schools
The satisfaction of zooming up the principal of SGVPIS which has 1,890 ranked beyond the Top 10 in the 2024-
league table is greater in SGVP In- students mentored by 106 teachers 25 national table have established ex-
ternational School, Ahmedabad and 20 sports coaches on its muster cellent reputations in their host cities
(SGVPIS) which has risen spectacu- rolls. and states. For instance, Campion
larly in esteem of the informed pub- Beyond the top table there’s con- School, Bhopal, ranked #17 na-
lic to #5 in 2024-25 from #16 last siderable churn in the 30-strong tionally is the #1 boys day school in
year. Promoted in 1999 by the Shree 2024-25 all-boys day schools league Madhya Pradesh; Don Bosco High,
Swaminarayan Gurukul Sarvajivhita- table. MC Kejriwal Vidyapeeth, Panjim #16 all-India is Goa #1; and
vah Trust, this CISCE-affiliated school Howrah, has inched up to #6 (#7) St. Patrick’s High School, Benga-
has been awarded high scores under while Sacred Heart Boys High, luru, ranked nationally #19 is #1 in
the parameters of co-curricular educa- Santacruz (W), Mumbai has been Karnataka.
tion, infrastructure provision, individ- awarded a big promotion to #7 (#13). (For vintage boys day schools
ual attention to students and mental NASR Boys, Hyderabad has re- league table see p.284)
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