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Cover Story EW CO ED DAY CUM BOARDING SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2021 22

INDIA’S TOP DAY-CUM-BOARDING SCHOOLS

Promoters and
managements of day-cum-
boarding schools deserve
special appreciation for
making the additional
investment to accommodate
out-of-town students who
but for this consideration
would be denied high
quality primary-secondary
education

mong the various
categories of primary-
secondaries ranked in the
Aannual EducationWorld
India School Rankings (estb.2007),
day-cum-boarding schools occupy Dr. Silpi Sahoo (right centre) with the late Dr. Bijaya Sahoo: valuable legacy
a special place. The approximately
100 schools that are sufficiently well- lockdown — unprecedented in living revealing testimony that excellent
reputed to be included in the national memory — for fear of Covid-19 infec- primary-secondary education is no
league table of India’s best day-cum- tion, during which schools ranked in longer confined to the industrially ad-
boarding schools are a cut above this survey resorted to providing on- vanced states and metropolitan cities.
top-ranked day schools which are line classes, there are only marginal As usual, the Top 10 table is domi-
accessible only to residents of the city changes in the EW league tables of nated by owned and licensed schools
in which they are sited. On the other the country’s most admired day-cum- of the Delhi Public Schools Society
hand, day-cum-boarding schools make boarding schools. (estb.1949) promoted by senior public
high-quality education accessible to At top table, the Sai I n t e rn a - servants 72 years ago, with eight DPS
children from other educationally t i o n al Scho o l , B hub an e s w ar, schools — the majority sited in Delhi
under-served geographies. DP S, R .K . P uram , De l hi , E m - NCR — awarded seats at the Top 10
Their promoters and managements e ra d H e i g ht s , I n do re , M o d - table. Yet one wonders to what extent
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deserve special appreciation of e rn Scho o l , B arak ha m b a R o ad, the sample respondents quizzed for
the public for making additional De l hi , H yde rab ad P ub l i c Scho o l , the EWISR were impressed by the
investment in hostels and dormitories B e g um p e t , G re e n w o o d H i g h, high-ranked DPS institutions, and the
to accommodate out-of-town students B e n g al uru, P al l i k o o dam Scho o l , brand rub-off impact of the DPS Soci-
who but for this consideration, would K o t t ayam ( K e ral a) , DP S, N o i da ety which has established 222 owned
be denied high-quality primary- and San s k aar V al l e y, B ho p al have and franchised schools in India and
secondary education. Therefore, their all retained their Top 5 2020-21 rank- abroad.
multiplication should be encouraged ings with few rearrangements of seat- As at top table, further down the
by government policies and excellent ing. Top 10 table as well, there is a minor
day schools should be incentivised Jointly ranked #5 with DP S, N o i - readjustment of seating. Among the
to transform into day-cum-boarding da and San s k aar V al l e y, B ho p al , schools that have improved their rank-
institutions which would confer the this year is DP S, B hadb hada R o ad ing are N e e rj a M o di Scho o l , J ai -
additional benefit of student body B ho p al promoted from #7 last year. p ur, T he M an n Scho o l , De l hi and
diversity upon them. That the country’s Top 5 day-cum- E b e n e z e r I n t e rn at i o n al Scho o l ,
Presumably because all schools boarding schools are spread across B e n g al uru which is co-ranked #9
countrywide were under an 18-month seven states of the Indian Union is with Dal y C o l l e g e , I n do re , moved

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