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moted to joint #1 with SAI Interna-
tional School, Bhubaneswar (SIS,
estb.2006) which retains its 2021-22
top rank. However, this year EHIS has
been awarded #1+ ranking for excep-
tional achievement and improvement
and Greenwood High, Bengaluru
has been elevated to #2 (from #4 in
2021-22). DPS, R.K. Puram, Delhi
routinely ranked among the Top 5, is
#3 (2) this year, and the low-profile
Pallikoodam School, Kottayam
(Kerala) retains its #4 ranking. DPS,
Vasant Kunj, Delhi (6) has been
promoted to top table and is jointly
ranked #5 with the Sanskaar Val-
ley School, Bhopal which retains its
last year’s ranking.
“I am delighted to learn that EHIS
has been voted India’s #1+ co-ed day-
cum-boarding school by your 15,000
knowledgeable sample respondents. SAI International’s Dr. Silpi Sahoo: top rank despite heavy setback
It’s a fulfilment of the dreams of my
parents Sunita and Muktesh Singh Association of Athletics Federation) Delhi #7 (8), Yadavindra Public
who invested their life savings in standards, constructed a new roller- School, Mohali, Punjab #7 (8)
this institution which over the past skating velodrome with a bank track and Hyderabad Public School,
40 years, has grown from a primary and an adventure park with a 55-me- Ramanthapur #8 (11), Maharana
with seven children into a full-fledged tre climbing wall. It’s very satisfying Mewar Public School, Udaipur
K-12 CBSE, Delhi and AP (Advanced that a large number of our students (72) jointly ranked #9 with Central
Placements), USA affiliated school have donned India colours in athletics Public School, Udaipur (17) and
with 4,000 students mentored by 770 and several games and sports includ- Shree Sarasswathi Vidhyaah
well-qualified teachers. Since then, ing tennis, squash, swimming, basket- Mandheer (SSVM), Coimbatore
the school has expanded its campus ball and shooting,” he adds. (41) #10 jointly with the GeeKay
to 100 acres and is equipped with the Although EHIS, Indore has been World School, Vellore (16), have
best student-enabling infrastructure promoted to #1 and has been award- all risen in the esteem of the informed
countrywide as reflected by our high- ed a + SAI International School, public.
est score under this parameter,” says Bhubaneswar which suffered a A notable feature of this year’s co-
Siddharth Singh, an alum of Stony heavy setback in 2021 when its dy- ed day-cum-boarding schools league
Brook University, New York (USA) namic promoter-chairman Bijaya K. table is the strong representation of
and director of EHIS. Sahoo, arguably India’s most well- institutions owned and/or franchised
According to Singh EHIS’ holistic informed and knowledgeable K-12 by the Delhi Public Schools So-
education curriculum is designed to education expert passed away after ciety (estb. 1949) — an association
develop the unique special intelli- being struck down by the Covid-19 of former government bureaucrats
gences of every student. “This is re- virus, has done well to retain its # 1 and educators — which has licensed
flected in the excellent 82.5 and 85.3 ranking under the able guidance of the over 200 primary-secondary schools
percent average in our class X and widowed Dr. Silpi Sahoo, Ph D. A countrywide. Evidently DPS schools
XII CBSE board exams this year, and history and women’s studies alumna have made a favourable impression
scholarships valued at Rs.80 crore of Utkal University and co-promoter on the country’s upscale SEC (socio-
awarded by top-ranked universities of SIS, she has ensured the school re- economic category) A public who con-
in the US, UK, Canada and Japan to tains its premier position in EWISR stitute the EW sample respondents’
our school-leaving students. In sports 2022-23. database.
as well, we offer the best facilities of Further down the Top 10 table, However although several co-ed
any school countrywide. This year, DPS, Mathura Road, Delhi #6 day-cum-boarding schools in the Top
we have expanded our athletics track (7), Neerja Modi School, Jaipur 10 table have been awarded minor
to an eight-lane IAAF (International #6 (7) and The Mann School, promotions, they pale into insignifi-

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