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Chandigarh’s top 5 preschools

Rank Competence of teachers (200) Teacher welfare & development (100) Infrastructure provision (75) Individual attention to students (100) Value for money (100) Parental involvement (100) Curriculum & pedagogy Safety and hygiene (100) Leadership / management quality (100) Special needs education (100) TOTAL SCORE (1125)

2019 2022 2023 2024 (150)
1 1 1 1 Strawberry Fields Play School, Sector 24B 174 77 71 75 72 84 123 85 87 64 912
5 2 2 2 Sanawar Montessori School, Sector 11 175 79 69 79 74 82 121 82 85 63 909
2 3 3 3 FirstSteps School, Sector 26 171 73 66 78 68 85 122 81 74 65 883
4 5 5 4 EuroKids Preschool, Sector 37D 168 73 67 75 68 79 121 70 67 50 838
3 4 6 5 Sunshine Meadows Playschool, Sector 35A 163 70 65 70 65 73 113 82 68 49 818

It’s an honour to be ranked Chan- teacher development and teacher competence.
digarh’s #1 preschool for five years Good teachers are the pre-requisite of delivering
“in a row. At Strawberry Fields, engaging curriculums and pedagogies. Another
we greatly value and prioritise teacher of our focus areas is providing modern, state-
competence. Therefore, teacher welfare of-the-art infrastructure — for which we have
and development is a top priority to rightly been awarded highest score — to enable
improve the competence of teachers on our teachers to deliver play and discovery-based
an ongoing basis by ensuring they are pedagogies. I also want to thank our parents for
abreast with latest pedagogies and global best practices placing their trust in us. Currently, our third preschool is
in early years education. Therefore, though I am happy under construction to meet the rising demand for admis-
with our highest score for curriculum and pedagogy, I sions” — Atul Khanna, Director, Strawberry Play
believe we deserve a higher rating on the parameters of School, Sector 24B (students 350, teachers 22)

Indore’s most admired preschools

Rank Competence of Teacher welfare & development (100) Infrastructure Individual attention to Value for money (100) Parental involvement (100) Curriculum & pedagogy Safety and hygiene (100) Leadership / management Special needs education (100) TOTAL SCORE (1125)

2024 teachers (200) provision (75) students (100) (150) quality (100)

1 Koala Preschool, Opposite State Bank Institute of HRD 168 66 75 76 76 82 125 78 74 57 877
2 Maple Bear Canadian Preschool, Satya Sai Square 164 69 68 82 69 80 128 82 75 58 875
3 DPS Castle of Dreams, Nipania 165 65 75 74 75 83 125 76 69 58 865
4 DPS Kidszone, Rau 163 57 71 74 71 81 118 74 71 55 835
5 Ikidz Gurukul Preschool, Vijay Nagar 162 65 59 66 70 78 117 75 62 61 815
6 UC Kindies International Preschool, Navratna Bag 153 65 62 73 55 74 116 70 66 58 792
6 Tulip Kids International, Bima Nagar 153 60 66 77 58 79 113 73 65 48 792
6 New Digamber Public School (NDPS Pre-primary), Khandwa Road 156 55 67 71 65 69 113 75 66 55 792
7 Kiddie Junction, Saket 158 59 56 74 68 71 118 65 61 60 790
8 FirstCry Intellitots Preschool, Triveni Colony 154 60 63 69 62 77 113 76 63 49 786
9 Bright Beginnings, Vijay Nagar 155 61 63 72 60 77 108 69 61 51 777
9 Bachpan Playschool, Usha Nagar 156 59 62 73 62 72 111 72 64 46 777
10 Modern Montessori International School, Nipania 151 58 64 72 68 62 112 66 61 59 773
11 Footprints, Vijay Nagar 151 57 60 69 58 78 107 65 59 46 750
12 Maple Bear Canadian Preschool, Vijay Nagar 135 56 65 64 64 62 109 67 62 47 731

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