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Cover Story EW CO-ED DAY SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2024-25

Suncity’s Chakraborty: teacher development priority CIS’ Niyati Chitkara: special happiness curriculum

says Rupa Chakraborty, an Eng- “It means a lot to our entire school girls — city rank is of utmost impor-
lish and botany postgrad of Calcutta community that EducationWorld tance because it’s highly unlikely that
University with IIM-A certification in has acknowledged our dedicated ef- parents will migrate from their places
leadership, founder-principal of SSG fort spanning 20 years to develop of work to enrol their children in na-
and Group Director of Suncity Schools Chitkara International School (CIS) tionally top-ranked schools. That’s
which have an aggregate enrolment into Punjab and Chandigarh’s #1 co- why in the order of presentation of all
of 4,500 students mentored by 375 ed day school. As indicated by the day school league tables in the annual
teachers. high scores under infrastructure, EWISR, city rankings are followed by
Further down, the Top 10 table co-curricular and sports education, state and national rankings. Therefore
is completed by Nirmal Bhartia parental involvement, special needs it’s important to bear in mind that
School ranked #6 (cf. #7 in 2023- education and community service co-ed day schools modestly ranked
24) co-ranked with Jamnabai Nar- parameters, CIS is above all a happy nationally may well be top-ranked in
see, Mumbai (7), The Shri Ram school with our special Happiness their host cities and states some of
School Vasant Vihar/Moulsari, Curriculum endorsed by the Dalai whom are more populous than Euro-
Delhi at #7 ranked jointly with Lama. I believe that our score under pean countries.
Springdales, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi the teacher welfare and development For instance, the Sir Padampat
(10), Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Del- parameter should be higher, because Singhania Education Centre,
hi #8 (6) co-ranked with CHIREC uniquely our teachers deeply research ranked #33 nationally is ranked #1 in
International, Hyderabad (9), curriculum innovation for which CIS Kanpur and Uttar Pradesh (pop.238
The KFI School, Adyar, Chen- has been granted 18 patents. They million), Shishukunj Internation-
nai # 8 (9) jointly ranked with the have ensured that our children have al School, ranked #36 nationally
Suchitra Academy, Hyderabad high IQ, EQ, Skill Q, Happiness Q is ranked #1 in Indore and Madhya
(13). The Top 10 national league table and Technology Q. Therefore all our Pradesh. Likewise, the Maharajah
of co-ed schools is completed by The stakeholders are very proud that CIS Sewai Mansingh Vidaylaya, Jai-
Heritage School, Kolkata at #10 is ranked the #1 co-ed day school of pur is ranked #1 in the Pink city and
(11) jointly ranked with Lakshmipat the very modern city of Chandigarh Rajasthan (pop. 83 million) and DPS,
Singhania, Kolkata (11). and Punjab state,” says Dr. Niyati Patna ranked #59 in India is #1 in
Further down this year’s Chitkara, a commerce and education Patna and Bihar (pop. 130 million).
3,000-strong league table of India’s alumna of Guru Nanak Dev Univer- Therefore parents seeking the most
most admired co-ed day schools, sev- sity, Amritsar and Punjab universities suitable day schools for their children
eral institutions have been awarded and Director of CIS, Chandigarh and are advised not only to study the city
substantial promotions by this year’s CIS Panchkula. Currently, the two ranks of schools, but also the param-
informed sample respondents. Among CBSE-affiliated schools have 1,906 eters under which they have been
them: Gyanshree, Noida promoted students mentored by 108 teachers awarded high scores. It’s quite pos-
to #15 (18); Children’s Academy, on their muster rolls. sible -- indeed probable -- that higher
Mumbai to #17 (20); Chitkara In- For parents and senior students, a ranked schools may have lower scores
ternational, Chandigarh to #18 caveat that requires reiteration is that in parameters of school excellence that
(21) and #1 in Punjab and Chandigarh. for all day schools — co-ed, boys and are most suitable for your children.

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