Page 279 - EW September 2022

Cover Story EW CO-ED DAY-CUM-BOARDING SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2022-23

cance compared with the huge leap
forward in public esteem of the Ma-
harana Mewar Public School,
Udaipur (MMPS, estb. 1974) pro-
moted to the Top 10 table with #9
ranking cf. #72 in 2021-22. However,
this big promotion is to a substantial
degree attributable to reclassification
of MMPS which hosts 125 boarders, as
a day-cum-boarding school this year.
“Since almost 10 percent of our
students are boarders and we plan to
increase this proportion, we applied
for reclassification as a day-cum-
boarding school. And I am delighted
that in the new category, we have de-
buted among the Top 10. This is our
rightful position because of the highly
balanced and integrated education we
provide our students. A distinguishing MMPS principal Sanjay Datta: balanced curriculum outcome
feature of MMPS is the high impor-
tance we accord to co-curricular edu- jay Datta, an economics and educa- has made a huge leap forward in the
cation, especially Indian and western tion alumnus of Ajmer University and esteem of the knowledgeable pub-
classical music. Moreover, we have former professor of teacher develop- lic is the hitherto low-profile Shree
perhaps India’s largest fine arts school ment at NCERT’s Regional Institute, Sarasswathi Vidhyaah Mand-
in which our children learn pottery, Jaipur who signed up with MMPS heer, Coimbatore (SSVM, estb.
printing, weaving, needlecraft, quill- as principal in 2010. Currently, this 1998). Unranked until 2021-22 when
ing and origami among other arts. CBSE-affiliated class VI-XII school it was a modest #41, this year it has
Nor is this at the expense of academ- has 1,800 students including 800 girl leapfrogged onto top table with a
ics. Our students have been averaging children mentored by 72 teachers on #10 co-ranking with the well-known
90 percent-plus in the CBSE class XII its muster rolls. GeeKay World School, Vellore
exam for the past 11 years,” says San- Another primary-secondary which and DPS Nacharam, Hyderabad.
With high scores under the param-
SSVM’s Dr. Manimekalai Mohan: huge leap forward
eters of academic reputation, sports
education and parental involvement,
SSVM is not only ranked among the
Top 10 nationally but #1 in the edu-
cationally highly-rated peninsular
state of Tamil Nadu (pop. 76 million)
in the co-ed day-cum-boarding school
category.
“I’m delighted to receive this news.
I attribute this big promotion to the
great effort put in by our teachers to
switch to online learning during the
Covid lockdown and also to the ex-
cellent support and cooperation we
received — and continue to receive —
from our parents’ community. There-
fore I am especially pleased with the
high scores SSVM has been awarded
under the parameters of teacher com-
petence and parental involvement,”
says Dr. Manimekalai Mohan, a
science Ph D of Bharathidasan Uni-

278 EDUCATIONWORLD SEPTEMBER 2022