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Cover Story EW GIRLS BOARDING SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2020-21

INDIA’S PREMIER GIRLS BOARDING SCHOOLS

Although in the new
millennium the majority
of greenfield primary-
secondary schools tend
to be co-ed, there is no
shortage of children
applying for admission
into the country’s all-girls
boarding schools offering
thoroughly contemporary
all-round education

orldwide, and 21st
century India is no
exception, gender Scindia Kanya principal Nishi Misra: double top rank elation
Wsegregated primary-
secondary schools are becoming rare. the overwhelming majority of green- at the Top 10 table of the country’s
However, in conservative societies field primary-secondary schools tend girls boarding schools are changing
where the women’s emancipation to be co-ed, there is no shortage of every year.
movement is yet in its nascent stages, children applying for admission This year Scindia Kanya Vidy-
all-girls boarding schools serve a use- into the country’s all-girls boarding alya, Gwalior (SKV, estb.1956)
ful social purpose. schools offering thoroughly contem- which was runner-up in the two years
They offer pathways to girl children porary all-round education to prepare past, and was last ranked #1 in 2017-
to access high-quality education that them for higher education and leader- 18, has regained its premier rank in
enables holistic development. India’s ship positions in government, indus- the girls boarding category with top
legacy girls boarding schools, some of try and business. scores under the parameters of teach-
them of more than a century’s vintage, Therefore, ab initio since the pio- er welfare & development, teacher
not only provide good academic edu- neer annual EducationWorld India competence, sports education, indi-
cation, but also excellent infrastruc- School Rankings league tables were vidual attention to students, leader-
ture and institutional encouragement introduced in 2007, your editors have ship and value for money.
for the development of co-curricular accorded equal, if not higher, impor- This year’s sample respondents
(music, drama, theatre) and sports tance to all-girls day and boarding have ranked SKV above Mayo Girls,
education in safe and secure envi- schools by rating and ranking them Ajmer top-ranked in 2019-20. In the
ronments. Given India’s numerous inter se on the same parameters as latest EWISR 2020-21, Mayo Girls
castes, creeds and social circles that all-boys and co-ed schools. is jointly ranked #2 with Welham
don’t favour co-education, the appeal An indicator of the abiding popu- Girls, Dehradun (#4 in 2019-20)
of all-girls schools, especially board- larity of all-girls boarding schools in which has been given a huge promo-
ing schools is enduring. Even in de- 21st century India is that their num- tion. The remaining places at the Top
veloped OECD countries, there’s some ber has continued to multiply. Pro- 5 table have been awarded to Uni-
re-thinking on the merits of single sex gressive, capital intensive greenfield son World School, Dehradun
education which enables girl children girls boarding schools continue to and Ecole Globale Internation-
to flower in free and conducive envi- mushroom, giving older, vintage insti- al tied at #3 as they were last year;
ronments. tutions in this category stiff competi- Mussoorie International #4 (5)
Although in the new millennium tion. Therefore seating arrangements and Hopetown Girls, Dehradun

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