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dents has also ranked SKV India #1.
We are gratified because it’s another
validation of the work we have been
doing for the past several years. In
SKV, we believe in according highest
priority to the welfare and develop-
ment of our teachers who provide in-
dividual attention to our girls. There-
fore, I am very pleased that we have
been awarded the highest score under
both these parameters. We maintain
a teacher-pupil ratio of 1:10 and be-
lieve in giving every student a voice,
which makes us a totally student-
centric school. Our top score under
infrastructure is also very satisfying as
we have fully re-constructed our aca-
demic block behind the old façade and
equipped it with 35 air-conditioned MCMKI’s trustee Kush Sakaria (left): caring culture outcome
classrooms and eight separate labs
for STEM, robotics, art, entrepreneur- Schools league table 2024-25 have which has established six education
ship and culinary science. In addition, been awarded to the MCM Kothari institutions with over 6,000 students
our top score for safety and hygiene International Girls Residential in Gujarat, is to promote high-perfor-
and high scores under pastoral care School, Valsad (Gujarat), vaulted to mance child-centric institutions. The
and mental and emotional well-being #8 (12) and the Guru Nanak Fifth high scores under individual atten-
services, are proof that we are provid- Centenary Girls School, Mus- tion to students and leadership are
ing excellent, high quality education soorie promoted to #10 (14). connected. Our Chairman Swami
to our children,” says Nishi Misra, Kush Sakaria, an alum of Sardar Hariprasad Dasji (96) visits every
a history and political science post- Patel (Gujarat) and Ballarat (Austra- education institution of the trust every
grad of Allahabad University, former lia) universities and trustee of the day to meet students and supervise
principal of Vidya Devi Jindal School, Vallabh Shikshan Sangeet Ashram operations. This culture of caring also
Hisar and founder-principal of the (estb.1949) that promoted the MCM accounts for our high score under the
Mayoor School, Bhopal (2007-2009) Kothari International Girls Resi- community service parameter,” says
before she was appointed principal of dential School, Valsad (MCMKI) Sakaria. Currently, MCMKI has 450
SKV in 2014. It’s testimony to Mis- in 2004, is delighted with the big jump girl children mentored by 40 teach-
ra’s able leadership that SKV ranked from #12 in 2023-24 to #8 this year. ers on its 12 acres campus in Valsad,
#22 by EW a decade ago has been “It’s a happy and proud moment for a well-planned town in Gujarat’s rural
consistently top ranked for the past all of us in MCMKI and the trust that belt.
five years. Currently, Scindia Kanya our girls boarding school is ranked Beyond the Top 10, several all-girls
has 510 girl children mentored by 52 among the Top 10 nationally and #1 in boarding schools have improved their
teachers on its muster rolls. Gujarat. I am especially pleased with rankings in this year’s league table of
Beyond top table, the Top 10 girls our high scores under the parameters 21 girls boarding schools assessed by
boarding schools table has experi- of academic reputation, individual at- 8,700 sample respondents.
enced minor rearrangement of the tention to students and pastoral care Among them, the Birla managed
pecking order. Vidya Devi Jindal, because the philosophy of the trust Ashok Hall Girls Residential
Hisar has ceded place at #6 (cf. #5 School, Ranikhet (UP), promoted
in 2023-24) as has Hopetown Girls, The biggest promotions to #12 (from #15 in 2023-24) and
Dehradun also co-ranked #6 (4). Leeladevi Parasmal Sancheti
Two schools which have been have been awarded to MCM English Medium Sr. Sec. School,
awarded small promotions are Mody Kothari International Girls, Pali (Rajasthan) to #14 (18). Femi-
School, Lakshmangarh (Rajas- nists and progressive citizens can
than) to #7 (8) and Vantage Hall Valsad (Gujarat) and Guru derive comfort that high quality girls
Girls, Dehradun also ranked #7 (9). Nanak Fifth Centenary Girls boarding schools are being estab-
However, the biggest promo- lished in tier-II and III cities/towns
tions in the EWISR Girls Boarding School, Mussoorie across the country.

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