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Cover Story EW VINTAGE LEGACY DAY-CUM-BOARDING SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2022-23

India’s best vintage legacy day-cum-boarding schools

Rank Teacher welfare & development (100) Competence of faculty (200) Curriculum & pedagogy (hybrid learning readiness) (100) Academic reputation (100) Individual attention to students (100) Co-curricular education & internationalism (100) Sports education (100) Leadership / management Parental involvement (100) Infrastructure provision (100) Special needs education (100) Quality of alumni (100) Value for mone

2019 2020 2021 2022 quality (100)
11 3 9 1 The Daly College, Indore 83 176 83 81 77 82 87 88 80 92 70 86 81 78 86 1330
5 3 3 2 The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet 85 175* 83 87 76 83 86 85 77 91 69 92 82 73 85 1329
1 3 3 3 Modern School, Barakhamba Road, Delhi 82 174 82 83 77 91 92 87 79 94 68 89 79 67 84 1328
27 24 26 4 Barnes School & Junior College, Devlali,
Nashik 78 166* 72 74 64 75 82 80 70 77 62 76 77 68 82 1203
NR 60 60 5 Madras Christian College Higher
Secondary School, Chennai 78 157 74 75 64 74 83 79 67 75 57 73 75 66 81 1178
65 45 47 6 Dr. Graham’s Home, Kalimpong 75 155 67 76 74 71 81 78 62 73 53 75 73 65 83 1161
37 53 58 7 The Rajkumar College, Rajkot 77 151 66 73 62 76 80 77 66 79 51 72 72 65 79 1146
53 33 32 8 Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok 76 148 65 72 71 72 79 76 60 77 50 70 70 63 80 1129
NR NR 15 9 Raj Kumar College, Raipur 70 143 62 71 70 74 76 72 60 71 48 69 67 61 73 1087
NR NR NR 10 Huddard High School, Kanpur 68 139 74 71 72 71 66 71 64 66 46 56 65 62 71 1062
NR NR NR 10 Mount Hermon School, Darjeeling 65 135 62 73 63 76 65 70 62 71 55 62 67 63 73 1062

* Representative teachers of these schools had the confidence to write the CENTA Subject Competency Test (English, maths & science)

has struck deep roots and developed well-established
traditions while evolving into a mature trend-setting
K-12 school that offers an optimal blend of values-
based traditions and latest ICT (information commu-
nications technology) pedagogies. Our teachers and
students are committed to continuous learning and
institutional improvement. After my appointment as
principal in April this year, we have resolved to give
top priority to improving academic learning outcomes,
sports education, adherence to our established value
systems, life skills and foreign languages education.
Moreover, we have introduced an innovative Immerse
& Inspire programme under which all day scholars will
become boarders for one month,” says Dr. Gunmeet
Bindra, the recently appointed principal of Daly Col-
lege, Indore (estb.1882), ranked India’s #1 vintage
day-cum-boarding school.
It’s a brilliant idea to rank India’s vintage schools An alumna of Calcutta University and Delhi School
over a century-old which are a valuable legacy of of Economics, Bindra, the first woman principal of a
“the country, separately. It’s logical that schools with top-ranked all-boys boarding school (Welham Boys,
ancient traditions and value systems are compared with Dehradun 2012-2020) brings 35 years teaching and
each other rather than with new late 20th and early 21st administrative experience to Daly College
century institutions. Over the past 130 years, Daly College

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