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three institutions of Varanasi-based
Sunbeam Group are ranked among
the country’s Top 21 co-ed day-cum-
boarding schools and the Top 3 in Ut-
tar Pradesh — India’s most populous
(215 million) and perhaps most edu-
cationally under-served state.
“I am delighted by the huge pro-
motion given to LKSEC by the EW
sample respondents this year,” says
R am e s h C han dra J o s hi , principal
of the L.K. Singhania Education Cen-
tre, Nagaur (Rajasthan) which has
been promoted to India #13 (23) in
2021-22. “I believe this is largely due
to our excellent pandemic manage-
ment record. 99 percent of our 1,400
students including 600 boarders have
HPS Begumpet, Hyderabad: India #3 been back on campus since October 1,
and we have not had any student in-
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cessful in retaining our #2 national N ag aur (Rajasthan) #13 (23); DM fected by Covid-19 since March 2020,
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and #1 MP ranking because of con- P ub l i c Scho o l , B hu an e s w ar #14 when we successfully transformed
tinuous investment in improving our (22); the previously unranked R aj into a Microsoft online school pro-
infrastructure and teacher training K um ar C o l l e g e , R ai p ur debuting viding not only academic but also co-
and development. With our quick at #15 co-ranked with Sun b e am curricular and sports education. As a
switch to online learning platforms, I Sun ci t y, V aran as i . result, we are unlikely to suffer more
am confident that none of our (4,100) Other schools among the Top 20 than 10 percent learning loss which we
students has suffered any loss of aca- that have improved their ranking in will quickly recover through remedial
demic or co-curricular and even sports 2021-22 include the G e e k ay W o rl d education. This smooth and success-
education. On the contrary during the Scho o l , V e l l o re at #16 (21), Sp ri n g - ful management of the pandemic has
pandemic, we have transformed into dal e s Scho o l , J ai p ur #18 (19), received widespread publicity and has
a fully digital school by adding MUN, Shri R am C e n t e n n i al , De hradun improved our reputation and rank-
quizzing, STEAM and robotics labs #19 (24). It’s also encouraging that ing. For this, I must thank our trust-
and a unique high school research LKSEC, Nagaur’s RC Joshi: pandemic management outcome
centre. Our transformation of the Co-
vid pandemic threat into a moderni-
sation opportunity has enhanced our
reputation,” says Siddharth Singh,
who adds that 350 EHIS students
have donned India colours in several
sports, and that the school has 700
boarders including students from the
UAE, Nepal, Singapore and Ethiopia.
eyond the Top 10 table, several
Bschools have risen in public
esteem in the disruptive pandemic
year. Among them: the splendidly-
equipped R o yal G l o b al Scho o l ,
G uw ahat i ranked #11 ( f. 13 in
c
2020-21) together with T he C ho i ce
Scho o l , K o chi ; and H yde rab ad
P ub l i c Scho o l , R am an at hap uram
#11 (12). Y adav i n dra P ub l i c
Scho o l , P at i a a #12 (15); L .K .
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Si n g han i a E ducat i o n C e n t re ,

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