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galuru and JBCN International centre of K-12 education excellence. Especially noteworthy is that 22
School, Parel, Mumbai are jointly Our improved and contemporary previously unranked schools have
ranked #9 (cf. #10 and #11 in 2019- pedagogies ensure our students excel debuted in this year’s international
20). The Top table is completed by academically. We are proud that our day schools league table. This indi-
Scottish High International students were top-ranked in Delhi cates that despite official discour-
School, Gurugram at #10 (13) and NCR in the IGCSE and IB exams,” agement, edupreneurs are respond-
Bombay International School says Goyal, an alumna of Jadavpur ing to rising parental demand for
promoted to #10 (12). and Pune universities with teach- international curriculums, pedago-
Sudha Goyal, director-principal ing and admin experience in several gies and practices, by promoting
of the Cambridge International and top-ranked schools (DPS, Jodhpur, greenfield international schools.
IB-affiliated Scottish High In- Salwan Public School, Delhi and It’s also important to pay at-
ternational School, Gurugram Army School, Meerut) who signed up tention to the city ranking of day
(SHIS, estb.2005), is delighted that with SHIS in 2007. schools. They are arguably more
her school is ranked among the Top Further down the 114-strong important than state and national
10 international day schools coun- 2020-21 league table of India’s best rankings for obvious reasons. For in-
trywide and #2 in Haryana (pop. international day schools, several stance, Rockwoods Internation-
25 million). “It’s gratifying that the institutions have improved their al, Udaipur, ranked #31 nationally
dedicated endeavours of our manag- rankings this year. Among them: is the #1 international day school of
ing committee, teachers and support Mahatma Gandhi International Udaipur (pop.569,000); Billabong
staff have been acknowledged by School, Ahmedabad, ranked #12 High International School,
the informed public. I’m especially (21), SVKM JV Parekh Interna- Kanpur Cantonment, ranked #35
happy that SHIS is ranked highly for tional School, Mumbai #14 (22), all-India is #1 in Kanpur (pop.3 mil-
academic reputation. The prime ob- Lycee Francis De Pondichery lion) and Eastern Public School,
jective of our founders was to estab- #18 (52), and The Ardee School, Bhopal, ranked #38 nationally is #1
lish a school that would emerge as a Delhi #20 (39). in Bhopal (pop.2 million).

EWISR Analytics

% Parents preferring international
curriculums with vocational & skills-based
7000 courses in secondary schools
88%
6000
No. of parents interviewed 4000 62% 57%
5000

3000

2000

1000

Metros Tier ll Tier lll & IV

Source: This trend analysis slices, dices and interprets data/responses of 11,368 parents, senior teachers, principals
and educators interviewed by the Delhi-based Centre for Forecasting & Research (C fore) in 28 education hubs
countrywide for the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2020-21 survey

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