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Cover Story EW CHENNAI PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2020-21

Chennai’s best franchised preschools

Rank Competence of teachers (200) Teacher welfare and development (100) Infrastructure (75) Individual attention to students (100) Value for money (100) Parental involvement Curriculum and pedagogy (150) Safety and hygiene (100) Leadership quality (100) Online interaction (100) TOTAL SCORE (1125)

2017 2018 2019 2020 (100)
1 1 1 1 SEED School, Saligramam 176 76 59 76 79 81 117 79 73 62 878
5 7 7 2 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 175 74 57 75 77 80 115 80 78 61 872
2 10 7 3 SEED School, Kotturpuram 172 72 58 70 78 76 113 77 70 60 846
1 2 2 4 Podar Jumbo Kids, Thoraipakkam 165 73 56 74 67 77 107 64 63 63 809
3 4 4 4 Kangaroo Kids, Velachery 164 72 57 73 65 79 104 71 63 61 809
NR 3 3 5 SEED School, LIC, Madipakkam 163 67 57 65 66 65 103 67 68 60 781
NR 13 14 5 Arise ‘N’ Shine, Mogappair 159 67 62 65 67 67 105 61 66 62 781
NR NR 16 6 Arise ‘N’ Shine, Ashok Nagar 158 66 55 65 64 66 101 63 62 61 761
NR 7 5 6 SEED School, Pallikaranai 155 65 56 67 65 64 102 64 63 60 761
4 6 6 7 Podar Jumbo Kids, Perumbakkam 156 66 54 65 63 62 101 65 62 58 752
NR 5 8 8 SEED School, Selaiyur 155 63 52 63 59 63 102 62 65 56 740
NR 17 17 9 Arise ‘N’ Shine, Neelankarai 141 56 61 59 59 61 98 62 59 60 716
NR NR 19 10 Arise ‘N’ Shine, Korattur 139 55 59 58 58 60 97 61 58 59 704
NR 19 20 10 Arise ‘N’ Shine, Valasaravakkam 137 60 58 60 59 59 96 60 57 58 704

News that Indus International Primary, Neelankarai We are very happy and excited that parents and early
has been promoted to #1 position is a sweet surprise years educators have ranked SEED, Saligramam
“in this challenging pandemic year. We sincerely “Chennai’s #1 franchised preschool for the fourth year
thank your sample respondents for this overdue recogni- in succession. With all schools shut since early March to
tion. I dedicate this award to our teachers who have gone check the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, this has been
the extra mile over the past few months to provide enrich- a tough year for us. Nevertheless, we have ensured that
ing age-appropriate learning experiences to our children. our curriculum is continuously updated incorporating
Our virtual classrooms have become classrooms without the latest research in early childhood education and our
borders as our students got opportunities to exchange teachers are continually trained to provide individualised
stories about life while connecting with peers abroad. We attention to every child through SEED’s blended learning
have initiated several ‘heal the world’ projects to instil programme” — Vani Sastri, director of the Seed group
the traits of love, empathy, discipline and respect, in our of 34 preschools in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
children” — Lalitha Narayanan (centre), centre head,
Indus International Primary School, Neelankarai

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