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INDIA’S MOST RESPECTED GIRLS DAY SCHOOLS

With a large number of
conservative households
insistent upon gender
segregated education,
high-ranked girls schools
provide a window of
opportunity for a large
number of girl children
to acquire quality K-12
education

ragic but true. Even in this
21st century day and age,
there are not a few conser-
Tvative households which
insist on gender-segregated primary- Sacred Heart, Chandigarh’s Sr. Arti (centre): top rank motivation
secondary schools for girl children.
Therefore, all-girls day schools serve awarded this CBSE-affiliated all-girls and 104 teachers on its muster rolls.
an important social purpose. They school highest score on five of the 14 Ranked #2 in the truncated
provide girl children who would have parameters of education excellence, 61-strong 2022-23 league table of girls
been denied the opportunity to access viz, competence of faculty, teacher day schools is the Rajmata Krishna
high-quality K-12 education for cul- welfare and development, individual Kumari Girls Public School,
tural and religious reasons to access it. attention to students, value for money, Jodhpur (RKKGPS, estb.1992),
Therefore, in a society in which FPLF and community service. promoted from #4 last year, followed
(female participation in labour force) “We experienced joy, delight and by Modern High School for Girls,
has fallen to a dismal 20.3 percent, gratitude to God as also the sin of Kolkata at #3 (#5).
all-girls schools provide a window of pride on learning that SHSS is ranked Neera Singh, principal of RK-
opportunity for a large number of chil- India’s #1 girls day school. I credit this KGPS, is delighted with the school’s
dren. achievement to my teachers, children, promotion. In particular, she is grati-
This year despite a separate new parents and other stakeholders. They fied with top scores under the param-
category of vintage legacy girls schools are the pillars of this institution, ever eters of curriculum and pedagogy
(90 years and above vintage) hav- willing to collaborate and cooperate (digital readiness), infrastructure
ing been carved out of the 2021-22 to help the school provide all-round provision, sports education, and men-
composite league table, the girls day education excellence. All the param- tal and emotional well-being services.
schools league table is competitive and eters — our excellent faculty, con- “I am thrilled that RKKGPS is
61-strong (cf. 26 boys day schools). stant endeavour to provide individual steadily heading towards the very top.
In EWISR 2022-23, 14,221 sam- attention to students and commitment We continuously strive to excel under
ple respondents comprising parents, to serve society — on which Sacred all EWISR parameters and are grati-
teachers, educators and senior stu- Heart has been top-ranked, have en- fied with top score awarded under the
dents interviewed by the Delhi-based abled us to deliver holistic education. most important parameters. During
Centre for Forecasting & Research (C This honour has motivated the entire the pandemic closure, our teachers
fore) have awarded top spot to Sa- SHSS team to re-double our efforts made extraordinary efforts to design
cred Heart Sr Sec School, Chan- to develop competent, strong women online curriculums and pedagogies
digarh (SHSSS, estb.1968), ranked of character with a sense of social re- and support children’s emotional and
#9 in 2018-19, #7 in 2020-2021 and sponsibility,” says Sr. Arti, principal mental health. We are one of the few
#2 in 2021-22. Moreover, they have of SHSSS which has 2,900 students schools that has a separate SEL (social

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