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Cover Story EW INDIA SCHOOL RANKINGS 2020-21

from previous practice, after conduct-
ing a prior mini-survey of parents, C
fore has assigned varying weights to
some parameters while retaining the
highest weightage (200) for teacher
competence. Hitherto, all parameters
(except teacher competence) were
given equal weightage (100).
“I am confident the EWISR 2020-
21 is an unprecedentedly robust and
high-integrity survey which is truly
reflective of informed public opin-
ion,” says Palety, an alum of Punjab
Engineering College, Chandigarh and
FORE B-school, Delhi, who worked
with ORG, India’s pioneer retail mar-
ket research firm for over a decade
prior to promoting C fore in the new
Premchand Palety (rear left): varying parameter weights innovation millennium. C fore’s clientele includes
the Congress party, Nestle and Hindu-
annual primary-secondary schools spondents were interviewed over four stan Times.
ranking project. To the extent, that months by 118 C fore field personnel
demand for inclusion has also ema- who persuaded them to award schools NDOUBTEDLY, DESPITE
nated from self-respecting schools in in their regions — east, west, south U the constraints of con-
neighbouring Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and north — with which they are more ducting this year’s sur-
UAE and Nepal. Therefore for the past familiar, scores under 14 parameters vey during Covid times,
two years, we have been publishing of K-12 education excellence includ- C fore’s field staff pulled
expert jury rankings of Top 10 schools ing academic reputation, competence out all stops to ensure that EWISR
in neighbouring countries. This year of teachers, co-curricular education, 2020-21 is the most thorough prima-
too, the best regarded schools in these sports education, infrastructure, cur- ry-secondary schools ranking survey
countries are ranked by specially con- riculum and pedagogy, leadership etc. worldwide. In the pages following, we
stituted juries of education experts They also interviewed parents in the present comprehensive league tables
with deep knowledge of their K-12 SEC ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ categories to rate rating and ranking the country’s most
education systems. the best budget private schools sepa- respected legacy Boarding Schools
Although the pandemic necessi- rately. The score awarded to schools (co-ed day, all-boys and all-girls),
tated postponement of EWISR 2020- under each parameter by sample re- International Schools (day, day-cum-
21, Premchand Palety, promoter- spondents were totaled to arrive at boarding and residential) and Budget
director of the Delhi-based Centre every school’s national, state and city Private Schools (BPS) in 73 cities/
for Forecasting & Research Pvt. Ltd rankings,” says Palety. towns.
(estb.2000) which has partnered Moreover, this year in a departure All told, in our November and De-
with us to conceptualise and design cember issues, EWISR 2020-21 rates
the uniquely diverse and broad-based and ranks over 2,500 Day, Board-
EWISR ab initio, is confident that the Although the pandemic ing and International schools in an
2020-21 league tables are “robust and necessitated postponement unprecedented 311 cities and towns
uncompromising” and “indeed an im- across India.
provement” over past C fore-EW sur- of EWISR 2020-21, We believe the comprehensive
veys. Premchand Palety, director EWISR league tables set out in this
“As usual, our sample respon- edition will enable parents to choose
dents’ database for this year’s survey of C fore, is confident the most suitable Boarding, Interna-
comprised fees-paying parents in the that the 2020-21 league tional, and BPS schools for their chil-
SEC (socio-economic category) ‘A’, dren, and also provide institutional
teachers, principals, educationists tables are as “robust and managements insights into ways and
and senior school students aggregat- uncompromising” as means to continuously raise teaching-
ing 11,368 individuals in 28 cities and previous C fore-EW surveys learning standards for the greater
towns countrywide. These sample re- good of community and country.

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