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

National Defence Academy, Kha-
dakvasla, Indian Military Academy,
Dehradun and College of Materials
Management, Jabalpur who took to
teaching after serving for 10 years in
the Indian Army.
Singh is especially satisfied that
PGD is awarded top scores under the
parameters of teacher welfare and
development, faculty competence,
and mental and emotional well-being
services and second highest score
under pastoral care.
“All these parameters are linked.
We recruit the best teachers from
across the country and because we
accord highest importance to their
welfare and continuous training and
development, we retain them. As New Era’s Javanmardi (left): rejuvenating promotion
a result our teachers have not only
developed high academic expertise, Panchagani (NEP, estb.1945) because we have installed 200 CCTV
but also the life skills to ensure the digitise its operations, but stayed cameras on our 24-acre campus,
mental and emotional well-being of on to teach at his alma mater and and have recently constructed a new
our children through provision of was appointed principal in 2021, is academic block,” says Javanmardi.
high quality pastoral care. With easy delighted with the “wonderful news” Currently, this CBSE-affiliated K-12
access to a wide range of co-curric- of a big promotion from #10 in co-ed boarding school has 918 chil-
ular and sports education facilities, 2023-24 to #5 and #1 in Maharash- dren mentored by 65 teachers on its
our boys and girls have the advan- tra this year. “This promotion is a muster rolls.
tage of truly holistic education in a rejuvenating shot in the arm for NEP Beyond top table, there’s been
nurturing and caring environment,” and will prompt us to double our substantial rearrangement of the
says Singh who modestly attributes institution development efforts with seating order in the Top 10 table of
PGD’s highest score under the lead- new vigour,” says Javanmardi (“a India’s most admired co-ed board-
ership/management parameter to Persian origin surname”). ing schools. The superbly equipped
the school’s team. Javanmardi is pleased that this Anubhuti School, Jalgaon is
Also accommodated at top table year’s 8,700 sample respondents promoted to #6 (7), co-ranked with
are the consistently high ranked have not only awarded NEP (which Taurian World School, Ranchi
Chinmaya International, Co- provided the location for the hit which has vaulted to #6 (from #13 in
imbatore and SelaQui Interna- multiple intelligences movie Taare 2023-24). While two Krishnamurti
tional, Dehradun jointly ranked Zamin Par starring Aamir Khan) a Foundation schools — Sahya-
#2, followed by the Assam Valley big promotion in the overall rank- dri, Pune and Rajghat Besant,
School, Balipara (Assam) at #3 ing, but also a good score under the Varanasi — have been obliged to
(ranked #2 in 2023-24), Kasiga double weightage faculty competence cede ground, the newly-promoted,
School, Dehradun also #3 (4), parameter. “This is the outcome of fully furbished Sai International
the low-profile Miles Bronson the intensive training and profes- School, Cuttack #8 (10) and
School, Guwahati at #4 (4) and sional development programmes of Sagar School, Alwar (Rajasthan)
Punjab Public School, Nabha four-five days — in addition to CBSE #9 (10) have been awarded well-
#5 (6) debuting at top table together prescribed training — that our teach- deserved promotions.
with the New Era High School, ers experience four times per year, Incidentally, Sai International
Panchgani (10) which has been before every holiday break. These and Sagar School are the top-ranked
awarded a big promotion. programmes also deliver all-impor- co-ed boarding schools in the states
Aarash Javanmardi, an tant pastoral care training which of Odisha (pop. 46 million) and
engineering graduate of Mumbai explains our good score under this Rajasthan (81 million) respectively.
University and former operations parameter. I am also glad about our Isha Home School, Coimbatore
manager at IBM, India (2006-12) good scores under the safety and hy- promoted by well-known lifestyle
who was called in to help New Era, giene and infrastructure parameters guru Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, which

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