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this association for continuous cur-
riculum upgradation.
“We believe in strong partnerships
to develop curriculums that provide
thoroughly holistic education — IA
has won over 100 inter-school sports
championships — for developing the
multiple intelligences of our students.
The top score awarded to us under the
community service parameter is also
well-deserved. We have adopted a
government school whose enrolment
has risen from 200 in 2019 to 1,000
currently with the pass percentage of
children in the state board exam im-
proving from single digits to 72 per-
cent this year. Moreover, our students
are highly engaged with government
school children in reading and maths SNS, Gurugram’s Monica Sagar (right): well balanced learning outcome
buddy programmes,” says Fazal, a
former member of Karnataka state tion & internationalism, curriculum & tion in 2021. Currently, the CBSE and
cricket and basketball teams and a pedagogy (digital readiness), parental IB (Geneva) affiliated SNS has 2,100
top-ranked golfer currently. involvement and infrastructure. students mentored by 300 teachers on
With Inventure Academy pro- “The differentiating feature of SNS its muster rolls.
moted to the head of top table, Vas- is that through our several Aha! pro- Jubilation is also reportedly the
ant Valley School, Delhi has been grammes we provide children a thor- reigning sentiment in the Sunc-
pushed to #2 (cf. #1 in 2023-24) while oughly integrated and well-balanced ity School, Gurugram (SSG,
Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania, learning experience. This is reflected estb.2006) the flagship institution of
Mumbai is promoted to #3 (4). Yet in our high scores under the param- the Suncity Group of four schools re-
the most notable feature of this year’s eters of co-curricular education and portedly promoted by the Essel Group,
league table is the dramatic leap for- internationalism and curriculum and a big name in the entertainment and
ward in informed public esteem of the pedagogy including digital learning packaging industries, in this fast-de-
Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram for which we follow the IT curricu- veloping city in Delhi NCR. Ranked
to #4 (14) and of Suncity School, lum of the globally top-ranked MIT, #17 in 2022-23 and #15 last year, SSG
Gurugram to #5 (15). Top table is Boston. Our high score for parental has vaulted to #5 and a place at top
completed by Vidyashilp Academy involvement is also well-merited be- table in the EWISR 2024-25 national
Bangalore at #4 (5), Heritage Ex- cause our Parents Collective is deeply league table of co-ed day schools.
periential, Gurugram co-ranked engaged with the school and in collab- “Right from the start we have ac-
#5 (2) with Step-by-Step, Noida oration with teachers stages an annual corded very high priority to the wel-
(2) which has suffered a setback after play, and runs several clubs including fare and continuous development of
several years of presiding at top table. book reading, music promotion and our teachers. As a result SSG teach-
Unsurprisingly Monica Sagar, culinary arts. Likewise, the high score ers are routinely invited to develop
Director of the Shiv Nadar School, for infrastructure is apposite because and write textbooks for NCERT, and
Gurugram (SNS, estb.2012), is our founder-promoters have spared the Union education ministry. For in-
thrilled with the huge promotion no expense to provide for a wide range stance CBSE’s international curricu-
this year’s sample respondents have of co-curricular activities and for ev- lum has been developed by SSG teach-
awarded this low-profile, superbly ery possible game and sport including ers. I am also excited to learn about
equipped CBSE and IB (Geneva)- fencing and shooting,” says Sagar, an our high score under the parameter
affiliated school promoted by reclu- economics postgrad of Punjab Univer- of individual attention to students.
sive tech billionaire Shiv Nadar (HCL sity and former vice principal of the We maintain a 1:10 teacher-pupil ra-
Technologies Ltd) a decade ago. SNS high-ranked The Shri Ram School, tio and run a special programme for
has been promoted from below salt to Delhi who signed up with SNS in 2013 TAG (talented and gifted) children
top table with excellent scores under and is now Director of SNS and the under Microsoft guidelines with SSG
the parameters of teacher welfare & top-ranked preschool, Magic Years, perhaps the first school worldwide to
development, co-curricular educa- acquired by the Shiv Nadar Founda- establish a Multiple Intelligences lab,”

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