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Cover Story EW INTERNATIONAL DAY SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2024-25

INDIA’S BEST INTERNATIONAL DAY SCHOOLS

In EWISR 2024-25 in the
broad international schools
category, the fastest growing
segment is that of international
day schools because they
provide globally benchmarked
teaching-learning at relatively
affordable prices compared
with capital-intensive
international day-cum-
boarding and fully residential
schools

ven if governments at the
Centre and in states haven’t OIS Board Chair Bindu Oberoi: faculty competence priority
yet cottoned on that high-
Equality globally bench- tional day schools because they pro- rank of the past 12 years.
marked school and higher education vide globally benchmarked teaching- Aditya Birla World Academy,
is the best passport to success in the learning at relatively affordable prices Mumbai and Pathways School,
competitive and increasingly complex compared with capital-intensive inter- Gurgaon have retained their #2 and
workplaces of the 21st century, India’s national day-cum-boarding and fully #3 ranks of 2023-24 while JBCN In-
fast expanding middle and elite class- residential schools. It’s not surprising ternational School, Parel, Mum-
es are well-aware of this truism. therefore that the largest league table bai has inched up to #3 (4). Ecole
Therefore, they are in a rush to under the international schools cat- Mondiale World School, Mum-
sign up their progeny for interna- egory of the EW India School Rank- bai has ceded ground and is ranked #4
tional schools affiliated with foreign ings 2024-25 is of day schools. With (2) jointly with Jamnabai Narsee
exam boards such as Cambridge In- greenfield schools mushrooming in International School, Mumbai
ternational (UK), International Bac- metros, state capitals and even tier-II, (3). Three schools jointly ranked #5
calaureate (Geneva) and Advanced III and IV cities to meet surging de- — The Riverside School, Ahmed-
Placement (USA). mand for international certification, abad (5), Utpal Shanghvi Global
And supply is rising to meet de- the 2024-25 league table of India’s School, Mumbai (4) and Podar
mand. According to India Report top-ranked international day schools International School, Santacruz
2023-24 of ISC Research, a UK-based is 157-strong (cf. 117 in 2021-22) with (W), Mumbai (6) — complete top
research organisation that collates and schools rated and ranked in 45 cities table.
disseminates data on international across the country. Established in 2008, the IB-af-
schools worldwide, 900 international In the 2024-25 EW league table of filiated Oberoi International School
schools with an aggregate enrollment India’s most admired international (OIS) has been awarded highest
of 416,000 students are operational day schools, there’s a minor reshuf- scores under the parameters of fac-
in India. And over the past five years, fle at top table. This year, the 8,700 ulty competence, teacher welfare and
this sector has witnessed a 14 percent knowledgeable sample respondents development, parental involvement,
increase in the number of schools, 40 interviewed by our new field research sports education and infrastructure
percent rise in student enrollment, 36 agency AZ Research Partners, Benga- provision. Currently, OIS has an en-
percent growth in staff recruitment, luru have promoted Oberoi Interna- rolment of 3,100 students mentored
and 49 percent surge in fee income. tional School, Mumbai to #1+ (2 in by 600 faculty and staff across two
Unsurprisingly, in the broad inter- 2023-24) co-ranked with Dhirubhai campuses.
national schools category, the fastest Ambani International School, Comments Bindu Oberoi, Board
growing segment is that of interna- Mumbai, which has retained its #1 Chair of Oberoi International School:

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