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emotional learning) centre. Sports ed-
ucation is also given top priority and
many of our students represent Raj-
asthan state in national tournaments.
It’s humbling for us that the EW sur-
vey has acknowledged our achieve-
ments on these vital parameters of
education excellence,” says Singh, an
alumna of Rajasthan and SNDT uni-
versities with over 25 years teaching
experience, appointed principal of the
school in 2008.
Likewise Devi Kar, the highly-
respected director of Modern High
School for Girls, Kolkata (MHSG,
estb.1952), is satisfied with the
school’s consistent inclusion at top ta-
ble. “Though assessment of schools is
very important, I don’t believe ranking
them is necessary. Having said this, I RKKGPS principal Neera Singh: steady upward ascent
cannot deny that when the annual
EW India School Rankings are pub- the CISCE-affiliated MHSG hosts ratabad, Hyderabad to #6 (#10),
lished, I am delighted to see Modern 2,500 students and 155 teachers. Carmel Convent School, Delhi to
High consistently ranked among the This year except for Carmel Con- #7 (#13), Presentation Convent Sr
country’s top girls’ day schools year vent School, Chandigarh, ranked Secondary School, Jammu to #8
after year. Moreover, Modern High’s #1 in 2020-21 and #3 in 2021-22, (#16), Walsingham House School,
top scores under academic reputa- which had to concede some ground, Mumbai to #8 (#15), Uttam School
tion, co-curricular activities, parental all other girls day schools have ben- for Girls, Ghaziabad to #9 (#19),
involvement and especially for mental efited from the sub-division of the and Holy Child School, Ghazi-
and emotional well-being services, are 2021-22 league table into vintage and abad (#21) and DAV Girls Senior
particularly satisfying. Because these non-vintage institutions. Maharani Secondary School, Lloyds Road,
are parameters which all schools must Gayatri Devi Girls Public School, Chennai (#18), are jointly ranked
consciously and urgently attend to and Jaipur, has been promoted to #5 (#9 #10.
keep improving,” says Kar. Currently, in 2021-22), NASR School, Khai- Several other girls day schools have
also risen in public esteem to debut
Modern High’s Devi Kar: consistent high rank satisfaction in the Top 20 table. Among them are
Sushila Birla Girls School, Kol-
kata at #11 (#19), Sadhu Vaswani
International School for Girls,
Delhi #14 (#23) and Notre Dame
Academy, Patna #16 (#30).
Moreover, it’s pertinent to bear
in mind that all the Top 20 girls day
schools are highly ranked in their
states and cities. For instance, Queens
College, Indore, ranked #25 nation-
ally is the #1 girls day school of Indore
and Madhya Pradesh (pop.82 mil-
lion); Mount Carmel High School,
Ahmedabad and Aspee Kanya
Vidyalaya, Bilimora, jointly ranked
27, are the #1 schools of Ahmedabad
and Navsari in Gujarat and Holy
Child Senior Secondary School,
Sonipat #34 all-India is #1 in Sonipat
and Haryana (pop.27 million).
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