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Cover Story EW INDIA SCHOOL RANKINGS 2024-25

marks the end of a 17-year-old asso- interest,” says Dr. Chona.
ciation between EducationWorld and Again this year, to add objectiv-
the Gurgaon-based Centre for Fore- ity under the parameter of academic
casting & Research Pvt. Ltd (C fore), reputation, we have introduced the
a market research agency which had Global Young Scholar Talent
hitherto conducted field research for Search in partnership with the US-
the annual EWISR. The facts and cir- based Global Young Scholar (GYS),
cumstances which led to the abrupt promoted by Dr. Raymond Rava-
termination of the long-standing re- glia, former dean of pre-collegiate
lationship by C fore are in the public studies at Stanford University. In
domain and sub judice. early June, schools were invited to
I N RETROSPECT, THIS MESSY write a 25-minute GYS online exam
nominate classes VI-XI students to
divorce and subsequent legal
assessing students’ mathematical ca-
tangles have proved a bless-
cal reasoning skills.
ing in disguise. It has resulted pability, reading proficiency, and logi-
in a new partnership contracted with Mishra: reliable & accurate survey Moreover, to add an element of ob-
AZ Research Partners Pvt. Ltd jectivity under the parameter of cur-
(AZR, estb.2002), a Bengaluru-based (MARG, MARG-ORG) and the corpo- riculum and pedagogy (Higher Order
market research company which over rate sector (Titan, Tata Tea and Black- Thinking Skills), we have introduced
the past two decades has established stone Synovate), Mishra’s acceptance a Higher Order Thinking Test in
an excellent reputation for rigorous of our offer of partnership for con- partnership with LogIQids, an ed-
market research. Among AZR’s cor- ducting field research for EWISR has tech company promoted in 2016 by
porate clients: Mars Global, Wipro invested the world’s largest schools IIT/IIM alumni to develop students’
FMCG, IndusInd Bank, Abbott Phar- ranking survey with additional reli- critical thinking, problem-solving,
maceuticals, Polycab and Nova IVF. ability and robustness. and creativity through gamified work-
“In departure from past practice, With several professedly education sheets comprising age-appropriate
for EWISR 2024-25 we have deliber- news publications following in Educa- puzzles and brain teasers. In early
ately chosen a smaller but adequate tionWorld’s wake and transforming June, all EWISR schools were in-
number of 8,700 respondents com- schools rankings into a blatantly quid vited to nominate students (10 each
prising 5,150 parents of school-going pro quo business, there is considerable from classes IV, VI, VIII) to write
children and 3,550 educationists, cynicism within academics and educa- the 30-minute online Higher Order
teachers and education counsellors in tors about the social utility and benefit Thinking Test. In its second year, this
22 states countrywide and interviewed of institutional surveys, as also of the test has attracted better response.
them one-on-one, i.e, face-to-face or pioneer EWISR. However Dr. Shaya- Last month (September) in Part
telephonically. Thus we have elimi- ma Chona, the legendary former I of EWISR 2024-25, we rated and
nated cluster, group and written in- principal of Delhi Public School, R.K. ranked over 3,000 Day schools (co-ed
terviews sacrificing quantity for qual- Puram (Delhi) during whose steward- day, boys, girls and day-cum-board-
ity and depth. Moreover, our parents’ ship DPS was routinely ranked India’s ing) as well as Vintage/Legacy Day
sample includes SEC (socio-economic premier co-ed day school, is convinced schools within these categories. In the
category) ‘A’ and ‘B’ households to that ranking surveys and the annual current EWISR 2024-25 Part II issue,
make the survey more broad-based. EWISR in particular, discharge a salu- we present Boarding (co-ed, boys and
Schools are ranked nationally, in their tary social purpose. girls), International (day, day-cum-
host states and city-wise. I believe “The breadth and depth of EW- boarding and wholly residential) and
EWISR 2024-25 provides parents and ISR which enables the country’s best vintage/legacy schools. Also included
students a reliable and accurate over- schools to gain wide publicity, if not are top Central and state government
view of the relative merits of India’s awards, prompts every institution to schools, special needs, philanthropy
top 4,000-4,500 primary-secondary undertake determined improvement and Super 40 budget private schools
schools,” says Shubra Mishra, efforts. This survey also encourages league tables.
Promoter-Director of AZ Research obscure schools in Tier-II and Tier-III As I have said on several public
Partners whose field research person- cities and small towns to step forward platforms, if you present proof of
nel conducted the survey over three into the limelight and offer themselves more detailed and comprehensive rat-
months (May-July). up to scrutiny, and compete to attract ings and rankings of primary-second-
An alumna of IIM-Lucknow with not only best students, but teachers as ary schools in any country worldwide,
wide experience of market research well. All this is very much in the public you could win a prize of Rs. 50,000!

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