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and defeat. significance!
In your Letter from the Editor you Another welcome inclusion in the
say that all schools were assessed on issue is a new league table of phil-
14 different parameters of holistic anthropic schools which is nothing
education. We are more surprised short of inspirational! The concerted
than disenchanted as to how internal effort made by your team in these
information could be so easily avail- challenging times is praiseworthy.
able to you without our consent to Congratulations again!
tabulate individual scores under all Preeti Menon
14 parameters. GURGAON
We are also worried about the
authenticity of the information gath-
ered. In the same breath, we are all Re special needs children
agog to know the elaborate criteria of I AM THE FATHER of a four-
rating and your sources of informa- year-old special child with Down
tion. Syndrome. Recently while I was
DECEMBER 2020 Please advise on what basis you searching for schools to enrol him, I
have assessed us on the 14 param- came across your esteemed EW India
eters. This will enable us to address School Rankings 2020-21 which
our shortcomings. ranks schools across the country,
Graceful disappointment Manju B. Sudhakar including in my home state of Kerala.
HERITAGE GIRLS School, Udaipur Principal I approached several schools ranked
is ranked #9 in the country among DPS HISAR in your Kerala state league table but
girls boarding schools in the EW most of them were not even aware of
India School Rankings 2020-21 (EW I am surprised you are unaware inclusive education i.e, mainstream-
December). Needless to say, I’m that the annual EWISR is the ing special children.
extremely disappointed. outcome of the perceptions of over Please note that there’s a man-
We take these rankings very 11,000 knowledgeable sample date from CBSE and Kerala govern-
seriously and had worked extremely respondents who rate India’s Top ment to include special children in
hard to ensure we smoothen out the 2,500 schools on 14 parameters of mainstream schools, but most school
wrinkles in our performance to move school education excellence. (Please managements are still reluctant to
up a notch or two. Nevertheless, we study pg. 41-42 of EW November) – admit them.
accept the rank with grace and take Editor I request you to add inclusive
this as an indication that we have to education and facilities in your rank-
pull up our socks and start working. ings assessment criteria. This will be
Tulsi Bhatia Commendable evolution of immense help to parents of special
Principal, Heritage Girls School MY HEARTIEST compliments to Ed- needs children.
UDAIPUR ucationWorld for the slightly delayed Arunraj S. on E-MAIL
but comprehensive EW India School
Please note that the sample respon- Rankings 2020-21 Part I and II (EW Please note that special needs/inclu-
dents who rate schools, vary from November and December) issues. As sive education is already one of the
year to year. Meanwhile build your a regular reader of EW — especially 14 parameters of holistic education
brand equity – Editor the school rankings edition — I am excellence under which all day and
impressed with the way the param- day-cum-boarding schools are as-
eters of school education excellence sessed in the annual EWISR.
Methodology query have evolved over the years to match In addition, for parents of se-

IT’S A MATTER of pride that DPS, the needs of changing times. For in- verely challenged children EWISR
Hisar is ranked in the premier Edu- stance, inclusion of the ‘curriculum & 2020-21 includes a detailed league
cationWorld India School Rankings pedagogy (digital readiness)’ param- table of India’s Most Respected Spe-
year after year. In the latest EW eter this year is apt to assess learning cial Needs Schools. (See p.250 EW
India School Rankings 2020-21, delivery during the pandemic. With November) — Editor
DPS, Hisar is ranked #3 in the city, schools forced to adopt online digital
#17 in the state and #200 all-India technologies during the past eight Please email letters to
with a total score of 1,023. This has months of lockdown, performance editorial@educationworld.in
triggered mixed feelings of ecstasy on this new parameter assumes great

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