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EW Grand Jury India School Rankings 2020-21

GRAND JURY INDIA SCHOOL RANKINGS 2020-21

he annual EducationWorld Grand Jury India School of best practices and achievement. By the closing date (Sep-
Rankings were introduced in 2016 to acknowledge tember 30, 2020), 1,000 nominations were received.
Tand felicitate schools — especially newly-promoted, On the basis of the information provided by applicant
low-profile primary-secondaries — that excel under schools and their own domain knowledge, a specially
parameters other than the 14 under which schools are rated constituted Grand Jury comprising eminent education-
and ranked in the annual EducationWorld India School ists (Fatema Agarkar, founder of Agarkar Centre for
Rankings which are based on field-based countrywide Excellence, Mumbai; Rohit Mahindra, director of the
interviews. Mumbai-based Raj Mohindra Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Meeta
In August-September advertisements in Education- Sengupta, educationist and senior advisor Centre for Civil
World, our website (www.educationworld.in) and the social Society, Delhi; Damodar Goyal, president of the Society
media invited nominations — including self-nomination for Unaided Private Schools of Rajasthan, Jaipur and K.R.
— under separate and distinct parameters including envi- Malathi, founder-director of Auuro Educational Services,
ronment-friendliness, blended learning excellence, design Chennai) ranked the Top 10 in each new parameter as under.
thinking, campus architecture and design, extraordinary The complete Top 10 EW Grand Jury India Rankings
leadership, multi-sports culture etc, with documentary proof 2020-21 are published below.

STEAM education excellence
These awards are for schools delivering innovative sci-
ence, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics
(STEAM) education through experiential pedagogies.
Rank

India State City

1 1 1 Blue Bells Model School, Sector 4, Gurugram, Haryana
2 1 1 CP Goenka International School, Pune, Maharashtra
2 1 1 Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
3 2 1 Fazlani L’Academie Globale, Mumbai, Maharashtra
4 1 1 Ahlcon Public School, Mayur Vihar, Delhi
5 1 1 Udgam School for Children, Thaltej, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
5 1 1 Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
6 1 1 Ryan Edunation School, Jaipur, Rajasthan This recognition will boost our confidence and
6 1 1 Sage International School, Kolar Road, Bhopal, commitment to continuously upgrade our teaching-
Madhya Pradesh “learning standards. We pride ourselves on being one
7 2 2 The Ardee School, New Friends Colony, Delhi of the few schools in Delhi NCR to have established an
7 1 1 DCM International School, Ferozepur, Punjab in-house Learning and Development Centre that con-
8 1 1 Pragathi Central School, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, tinuously researches and incorporates latest pedagogies
Telangana and learning into our curriculum. Our STEAM education
8 3 3 Venkateshwar Global School, Sector 13, Rohini, Delhi framework is designed to ensure that students develop
9 4 4 Prudence School, Phase 2, Ashok Vihar, Delhi deep cognitive skills in STEAM subjects through age-
10 2 1 TM Patel International School, Surat, Gujarat appropriate pedagogies” — Soumya Gulati (centre),
10 2 1 Bal Bharati Public School, Brij Vihar, Ghaziabad, deputy director of academic development, Blue Bells
Uttar Pradesh Group of Schools, Gurugram

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