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Excellence in Blended Learning
These are schools which have successfully adapted and
innovated online teaching-learning pedagogies and inte-
grated cutting-edge digital technologies into curriculum
delivery.

Rank

India State City
1 1 1 Chatrabhuj Narsee School, Kandivali (E), Mumbai,
Maharashtra
2 1 1 Legacy School, Bengaluru, Karnataka
2 2 1 Lodha World School, Thane, Maharashtra
3 3 1 Billabong High International School, Hadapsar, Pune,
We are proud and grateful that an eminent Grand Maharashtra
Jury has recognised our pioneering work in the 3 3 2 Arya Gurukul, Kalyan (E), Thane, Maharashtra
“neglected career counseling domain. Our school’s Ca- 4 1 1 International School Shaikpet, Hyderabad, Telangana
reer Guidance Cell provides higher education and career- 4 4 2 JBCN International School, Oshiwara, Mumbai,
related information to secondary school students to equip Maharashtra
them to make informed career path decisions based on 5 1 1 The Millennium School, Surat, Gujarat
their interests and aptitudes. Our own work in this field 5 2 2 Rockwoods International School, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad,
is supplemented by sessions conducted by Univariety, the Telangana
well-known career counseling company. Because of high 6 1 1 Mayoor Chopasni School, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
quality counseling our students are readily admitted into 6 5 3 Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra
the world’s top universities including McGill University, 7 1 1 BDW International School, Shillong, Meghalaya
Canada, Japan University, University of Wisconsin, Madi- 7 1 1 Doon International School, Amritsar, Punjab
son, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Univer- 8 2 1 Navrachana School, Sama, Vadodara, Gujarat
sity of Michigan Ann Arbor, IITs, AIIMS, Delhi Univer- 9 1 1 South City International School, Kolkata, West Bengal
sity, among others” — Vandana Dhupar, principal of 10 3 3 Delhi School of Excellence, Manikonda, Hyderabad,
DPS, Kolar Road, Bhopal, which has 1,800 students Telangana
mentored by 125 teachers.

This is overdue welcome news. Over the past two
years we have been successfully integrating technol-
“ogy into all our operations from staffing and admis-
sions, to teaching and learning. Therefore, the sudden
shift to online classes because of the Covid-19 pandemic
was smooth and a natural progression. Over the past
few years we have progressively introduced the learning
management system ManageBac, the International Bac-
calaureate’s LMS for planning, assessment and reporting,
and successfully took the whole school online from pre-
primary to high school from March onwards, conducting
online classes, examinations, extra-curricular events,
teacher training and workshops” — Merzeen Z. Doctor
(centre right), principal, Cambridge International (UK)-
affiliated Chatrabhuj Narsee School, Kandivali
East, Mumbai

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