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Cover Story EW INDIA PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2024-25

we used a robust multi-modular meth- in 2002. Over the past two decades,
odology interviewing respondents AZ Research has established an ex-
face-to-face, telephonically and/or cellent reputation for rigorous mar-
inviting them to respond by email. ket research. Among AZR’s corporate
Every respondent was requested to clients: Mars Global, Wipro FMCG,
rate preschools they were aware of IndusInd Bank, Abbott Pharmaceuti-
— preschools unknown to at least 20 cals, Polycab and Nova IVF.
respondents were eliminated from In the following pages, we present
the rankings — on ten parameters of parameter scores and league tables
early childhood education excellence ranking the best pre-primary schools
as ideated and evolved by Education- in proprietary and franchised catego-
World during the past 14 years. The ries in 19 cities countrywide (and an
parameters are: teacher competence, addendum of 30 other cities). Also
infrastructure, curriculum and peda- on popular demand, we present a
gogy, safety and hygiene, individual Mishra: reliable guide league table ranking India’s Top 10
attention to students, value for money, Preschools (see below) that have set
leadership, parental involvement and preschools in the selected 19 cities,” national benchmarks in providing
special needs education. The scores says Shubra Mishra, an alumna of contemporary, international-standard
awarded to preschools by the sample IIM-Lucknow with wide experience early childhood care and education.
respondents under every parameter of market research (MARG, MARG-
were totaled to rank preschools in 19 ORG) and corporate sector (Titan, With Paromita Sengupta, Reshma
cities. I believe EWIPR offers parents a Tata Tea and Blackstone Synovate) Ravishanker, Autar Nehru & Baishali
reliable guide/league tables of the best who promoted AZ Research Partners Mukherjee

National Top 10 Preschools league table

Rank Competence of Teacher welfare & development (100) Infrastructure Individual attention to students (100) 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) (150) quality (100)

1 Nita Mukesh Ambani Junior School — Early Years Campus, Mumbai 191 92 72 91 90 93 146 93 97 85 1050
1 Healthy Planet TGA Early Years, Wish Town, Noida 191 95 74 93 89 92 145 92 96 83 1050
2 Kai Early Years, Whitefield, Bengaluru 187 87 73 89 85 91 140 91 89 74 1006
3 Besant Montessori School, Juhu, Mumbai 185 91 70 89 90 90 143 90 88 67 1003
4 Swarnim International Preschool, NSC Bose Road, Kolkata 179 84 71 87 84 87 141 83 87 68 971
5 CHIREC, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad 181 84 69 84 81 89 140 83 90 68 969
6 Amiown -- Amity’s Caring Preschool, Sector 27, Gurugram 180 85 72 86 80 87 139 83 87 66 965
7 The Magic Years, Vasant Vihar, Delhi 179 87 64 87 81 83 140 85 85 73 964
8 Vaels International School -- Nursery & Primary, Neelankarai, Chennai 174 77 70 82 78 85 126 78 80 63 913
9 DPS Kidszone, Neelbad, Bhopal 173 79 71 78 71 74 128 69 74 64 881
10 Teeny Boppers Playschool, Visakhapatnam 174 75 66 75 76 78 125 65 72 60 866

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