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UAE & SOUTH ASIA TOP 10 SCHOOLS

ast year, your editors introduced the EW Tests Preparation Center, Dubai, and Shyamala
Global School Rankings 2019-20 under Elango, Director, Inner Universe, Dubai) ranked
Lour ‘Education Unites World’ initiative, schools under 11 parameters of education excellence
to rate and rank the most respected schools of including teacher competence, co-curricular
neighbouring countries. The objective of includ- education, academic reputation, teacher welfare
ing the best schools of neighbour countries is to and development, internationalism and leadership/
encourage student-teacher exchanges with India management quality.
and inter se. To compile the Top 10 league tables for Nepal
Last year, juries comprising education leaders and Bangladesh, an expert jury comprising eminent
and experts in these countries ranked the Top 10 educationists (Dr. Dhirendra Mishra, founder-
primary-secondary schools of the United Arab director of Life Educare Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru/Raipur;
Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Sri Dheeraj Mehrotra, author and well-known
Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and Bangladesh. educationist, Lucknow; Rajyalaxmi Glochha,
However, this year because of the disruption social worker/educationist, director of the Kritika
caused to education systems globally by the Education and Health Foundation and member of the
Covid-19 pandemic, the EW Global School Constituent Assembly, Nepal and Dr. M.R. Kabir,
Rankings 2020-21 are restricted to the United professor of civil engineering, University of Asia
Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman and Bahrain (only Pacific, Dhaka) ranked schools under 14 parameters
CBSE and/or CISCE, Delhi affiliated schools), of education excellence including teacher competence,
Nepal, and Bangladesh. co-curricular education, academic reputation,
To compile Top 10 league tables for the teacher welfare and development, and leadership/
emirates of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and management quality in these two countries.
Ajman, and the kingdoms of Oman and Bahrain, The Top 10 schools league tables for the emirates
an expert jury comprising eminent educationists of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ajman and Sharjah, the
(Savitri Menon, founder & CEO, Sage kingdoms of Bahrain and Oman and democracies
Educational Consultants, Dubai; Alka Malik, of Nepal and Bangladesh are presented in the pages
managing director, Ascentria Examinations & following.

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