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EW Grand Jury India School Rankings 2020-21

Design Thinking Leaders Library & Reading Culture
Schools demonstrating extraordinary capability to break Schools which provide contemporary library facilities and
away from rote learning, and adopt pedagogies that actively promote reading culture are ranked in this category.
encourage development of students’ creative thinking, col-
laborative and problem solving skills are ranked under this Rank
parameter.
Rank India State City
1 1 1 The Heritage School, Vasant Kunj, Delhi
India State City 2 1 1 Nehru World School, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

1 1 1 BK Birla Public School, Kalyan, Thane, Maharashtra 3 1 1 Witty International School, Pawanbaug, Malad (W),
Mumbai, Maharashtra

2 2 1 Children’s Academy, Kandivali (E), Mumbai, Maharashtra 3 1 1 Amanora School, Pune, Maharashtra
2 1 1 Sat Paul Mittal School, Ludhiana, Punjab 4 1 1 Swarnim International School, NSC Bose Road, Kolkata,
3 1 1 Jayshree Periwal High School, Jaipur, Rajasthan West Bengal
4 1 1 The Infinity School, Noida Extension, Greater Noida, 5 1 1 Samsidh MLZS, HSR Extension, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh 6 2 1 Sarvankash Vidya Mandir, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
5 1 1 Inganam STEM Centre, Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 6 2 2 EuroSchool North Campus, Yelahanka, Bengaluru,
6 1 1 Manav Rachna International School, Sector 51, Gurugram Karnataka
Haryana 7 3 3 Presidency School, Bangalore North, Yelahanka,
7 2 1 Reeds World School, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Karnataka
7 3 1 DY Patil High School, Ambi, Pune, Maharashtra 7 2 2 Bal Bhavan Public School, Mayur Vihar, Delhi
8 1 1 Springfields International School, Bandlaguda, 8 1 1 Delhi Public School, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, Telangana 9 2 1 Delhi Public School, Greater Faridabad, Uttar Pradesh
9 1 1 Venkateshwar International School, Sector 10, Dwarka, 10 1 1 The Shriram Millennium School, Gurugram, Haryana
Delhi
10 1 1 Star Public School, Lumshnong, Meghalaya
10 1 1 Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

This is really excellent news. For this award we give
special thanks to Dalbir Kaur Madan from One Up
This is very welcome validation of the innovative 21st “Library and Usha Pandit of Mindsprings Publishing
century skills and pedagogies we have progressively whose support and guidance has been instrumental in
“introduced to develop the innovation, creativity, infusing the reading habit in our students. Under their
critical thinking, problem-solving, empathy, communica- guidance the school has taken several initiatives to pro-
tion and collaboration skills of our students. The curricu- mote library culture starting from upgrading our libraries
lum has been expanded to cover field trips, project-based which host 23,000 volumes. We created reading spaces,
learning, guest lectures and assessments. Some of our initiated the class libraries programme, and curated book
successful student-led design thinking projects include lists for junior, middle and senior school students. This
Kalam, an outreach programme for under-privileged was followed with training for our educators, parents and
children; Dr. Augemento and Medbot project provid- students to organise reading challenges, book logs, guest
ing AI-virtual first-aid assistance to elderly people and author lectures and literary fests. The outcome is that we
a waste/water management programme” — Ranjna have created a school which celebrates reading culture” —
Jangra, principal of the CSBE-affiliated BK Birla Pub- Dr. Sunita Swaraj, principal, The Heritage School,
lic School, Kalyan, Thane Vasant Kunj, Delhi

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