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Cover Story EW DELHI PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2020-21

Parameters of Excellence: Delhi’s Top 10 Preschools

(across both categories)

o compile the ew india preschool rankings 2020-21 Rank Competence of
league tables of early childhood care and education teachers Rating
T(ECCE) institutions, 250 preschools were shortlisted 2017 2018 2019 2020 (200)
by EducationWorld, of whom 179 were sufficiently well-
known to be assessed by the respondents base comprising 1 1 1 1 The Magic Years, Vasant Vihar 189
1,244 SEC (socio-economic category) ‘A’ parents with at 2 2 2 2 Step by Step Nursery School, 188
Panchsheel Park
least one child in preschool, and 215 principals/teachers, 3 3 2 3 Little Pearls Play School & Day Care,
across 10 parameters of ECCE excellence. Vasant Vihar 187
Sample respondents in six cities were asked to rate pre- NR 4 4 4 The Ardee School, New Friends Colony 186
schools in their civic limits on 10 parameters — compe- 5 5 3 5 Wonderland Play School, Chanakyapuri 185
tence of teachers, individual attention to students, value 6 5 5 6 Amiown, Amity’s Caring Preschool,
for money, leadership quality, parental involvement, cur- Pushp Vihar 184
riculum and pedagogy, infrastructure, safety and hygiene, 7 6 7 6 Petals Preschool, Nirman Vihar 184
online interaction and teacher welfare and development. NR NR 6 7 Pathways Early Years, Greater Kailash 183
The scores awarded under each of these 10 parameters 8 4 5 7 Aadyant Global Play School, Vasant Kunj 183
were aggregated to rank the most preferred preschools un- NR NR NR 8 Mother’s Arm, New Friends Colony 182
der two categories — proprietary and franchised — in six NR NR 6 8 Tender Feet School, Vasant Kunj 182
cities. The rankings of Delhi’s Top 10 preschools (across NR NR 7 9 The Shri Ram Early Years, GK I 181
proprietary and franchise preschools) under each param- NR NR 7 9 The Study, East of Kailash 181
eter of ECCE excellence are set out below.
NR NR NR 10 Salwan Montessori School, Rajendra Nagar 180

Rank Individual attention to Rating
2017 2018 2019 2020 students (100)

1 1 1 1 The Magic Years, Vasant Vihar 87
NR 6 5 1 The Ardee School, New Friends Colony 87
7 4 3 2 Amiown, Amity’s Caring Preschool,
Pushp Vihar 86
2 3 2 3 Step by Step Nursery School,
Panchsheel Park 85
NR NR 3 3 Pathways Early Years, Greater Kailash 85 Rank Curriculum and pedagogy
3 2 4 4 Little Pearls Play School & Day Care, Rating
Vasant Vihar 84 2020 (150)
5 5 4 4 Wonderland Play School, Chanakyapuri 84
7 8 9 5 Mother’s Arm, New Friends Colony 83 1 Step by Step Nursery School, Panchsheel Park 135
NR NR 5 5 Tender Feet School, Vasant Kunj 83 2 The Magic Years, Vasant Vihar 134
NR NR NR 6 Aadyant Global Play School, Vasant Kunj 82 2 Amiown, Amity’s Caring Preschool, Pushp Vihar 134
NR NR 8 6 The Shri Ram Early Years, GK I 82 3 The Ardee School, New Friends Colony 133
8 6 6 7 Petals Preschool, Nirman Vihar 81 4 Little Pearls Play School & Day Care, Vasant Vihar 132
NR 7 7 8 The Learning Tree, Sujan Singh Park 80 4 Pathways Early Years, Greater Kailash 132
NR NR 9 8 The Study, East of Kailash 80 5 Wonderland Play School, Chanakyapuri 131
NR NR NR 9 Salwan Montessori School, Rajendra Nagar 79 5 The Shri Ram Early Years, GK I 131
NR NR NR 9 Mount Abu Junior School, Rohini 79 6 Mother’s Arm, New Friends Colony 130
NR NR NR 10 Ryan Shalom Montessori, Rohini 76 7 Aadyant Global Play School, Vasant Kunj 129
8 Tender Feet School, Vasant Kunj 128
9 Petals Preschool, Nirman Vihar 127
NB: NR=Not Top 10 ranked 10 The Study, East of Kailash 126

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