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Cover Story EW INTERNATIONAL DAY SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2024-25

Gaudium’s Chatterjee: 10th anniversary gift. Inset: Kirthi Reddy Mukesh Sharma: young new age school

of school (HOS) at The Gaudi- and EuroSchool, Airoli, appointed neur (QA Infotech Pvt. Ltd) and also
um School, Hyderabad (TGS, HOS at Gaudium in 2022. co-founder and trustee of Plaksha
estb.2014), is delighted that TGS has Likewise Mukesh Sharma, pro- University, Mohali.
debuted in the competitive interna- moter-director of the Prometheus It’s pertinent to note that of the
tional day schools league table in its School, Noida (estb.2019) is grati- 44 schools ranked in the Top 20 in-
tenth anniversary year with a promo- fied with the school’s elevation to ternational co-ed day league table, 21
tion to the Top 10. India #8 with high scores on the are based in Mumbai, the commercial
“Our India #7 and Telangana #1 parameters of academic reputation, capital of India. Among them several
rank in our tenth anniversary year is curriculum and pedagogy, and sports have been granted promotions by this
very special for us. Over the past de- education. year’s 8,700 sample respondents.
cade, we have experienced fast growth “It’s a great achievement for a They include: JBCN International
as reflected in the steady rise of our five-year-old education institution School, Oshiwara, Mumbai to #11
school in the EW league tables. I at- to be included among India’s Top (15), Adani International School,
tribute our fast inclusion into India’s 10 international day schools. From Ahmedabad to #15 (17), DPS In-
Top 10 international day schools to inception, our objective has been to ternational, Gurugram to #17 (20)
the vision of the management espe- create a new-age K-12 school which with JBCN International School,
cially founder K. Kirthi Reddy, not only develops students’ criti- Chembur, Mumbai being awarded
a Rutgers University alumna, who cal thinking, problem-solving, and the biggest promotion to #18 (27).
travelled the world before promoting entrepreneurship skills but also to In the 157-strong league table of
Gaudium as a world-class K-12 in- nurture future Olympians. It’s very India’s best international day schools,
stitution with globally benchmarked satisfying that your knowledgeable it’s also important to highlight that
academic and sports facilities. Our 27- sample respondents have awarded several schools ranked below the Top
acre green, sustainable campus is fully us high scores on the parameters of 20 enjoy king-size reputations in their
equipped with IT-enabled classrooms, academic reputation, curriculum and host cities. And with city rankings
modern science and STEM labs, fine pedagogy and sports education. Our more important than national rank-
arts studios, Olympic size swimming Cambridge and IBDP board results ings for day schools, city league tables
pool, athletics track, soccer fields, are above the India average because should be studied carefully by parents
basketball, badminton, tennis courts our teachers are well-trained to deliv- and students.
and gymnastic academies. Therefore, er contemporary IT-enabled pedago- For instance, Fountainhead
I’m not surprised that we have been gies. And our sports facilities — eight School, ranked India #49 is the #1
awarded top scores for infrastructure badminton courts, heated swimming international day school in Surat
provision, sports and co-curricular pool, table tennis hall, shooting and (pop.6.9 million); Eastern Public
education. Our objective is to provide gymnastics academies and coaching School, ranked #58 nationally is
a liberal and rounded education with programmes — are among the best the #1 school of Bhopal (2.9 million);
equal importance to academics and countrywide. Academics, sports and Oak Valley International, ranked
co-curricular and sports activities,” entrepreneurship education are our #60 nationally is the #1 school in
says Chatterjee, an alum of Mumbai focus areas,” says Sharma, an alum- Visakhapatnam (2.3 million), and
University and former principal of nus of BITS-Pilani and the University Rungta International School, In-
Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai of Colorado, Boulder, tech entrepre- dia #71 is #1 in Raipur (1.8 million).

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