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INDIA’S BEST GIRLS DAY SCHOOLS

learn that your well-informed survey
respondents are aware of the huge ef-
fort our teachers have made to main-
tain our children’s learning continuity.
Our teachers readily switched to online
platforms and learnt new technologi-
cal tools almost overnight. Our parents
patiently made all required home-
schooling adjustments, while our stu-
dents showed us once again the power
of adaptability and resilience that the
country’s youth possess. Our #1 over-
all rank and top scores for parental
involvement, academic reputation,
online education, among others is tes-
timony to the support and trust that
our teachers, students and parents
repose in the school,” says B e n ai f e r
P . K ut ar, principal of JBPHS, which
JBPHS’ Benaifer Kutar (left): adaptability & resilience power has 904 girl children mentored by 65
teachers on its musters. The school has
With many conservative households still preferring gender reopened in-person classes for class
segregated education institutions for cultural and religious IX students with class VIII and class
X opening later in November.
reasons, all-girls’ day schools are flourishing countrywide This year, the #2 position has been
with many of them having built big size reputations awarded to the Sacre d H e art Sr.
Se co n dary Scho o l , C han di g arh
(SHSS, estb: 1968) which has leap-
ven though all-girls schools the Delhi-based Centre for Forecast- frogged from #7 and is jointly ranked
are going out of fashion ing & Research (C fore) have awarded second with L a M art i n i e re f o r
around the world, in India girls day schools high scores under the G i rl s , K o l k at a. Ranked #3 is the
Ethey continue to remain rel- newly introduced parameters of online C arm e l C o n v e n t Scho o l , C han -
evant and serve an important public education effectiveness and mental di g arh (#1 in 2020-21) followed by
purpose. With many traditional house- and emotional well-being services. L o re t o H o us e , M i ddl e t o n , K o l -
holds still preferring gender segregat- Topping this year’s league table of k a a at #4 (5) jointly ranked with
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ed education institutions for cultural India’s best girls’ day schools with R aj m a a K ri s h a K um ari G i rl s ’
and religious reasons, all-girls’ day high scores under new as well as con- P ub l i c Scho o l , J o dhp ur (3) and
schools are flourishing countrywide ventional parameters of K-12 educa- M o de rn H i g h Scho o l f o r G i rl s ,
with many of them having built big tion excellence such as academic rep- K o l k at a at #5 (3) — all of whom have
size reputations for dispensing high- utation, competence of teachers, and yielded ground this year.
quality academic and co-curricular co-curricular education, is the vintage Sr. Art i , principal of the CBSE-af-
education. J B P e t i t H i g h Scho o l f o r G i rl s , filiated SHSS, Chandigarh, is delighted
J
During the Covid-19 pandemic- M um b ai ( B P H S, estb.1865). This with SHSSS’ India #2 and Punjab #1
prompted closure of all schools since CISCE-affiliated K-10 school, ranked ranking with top scores under the im-
March 2020, managements and #1 for three consecutive years in the portant parameters of competence of
teachers of India’s most reputed girls annual EWISR from 2017-2019, has faculty, academic reputation, leader-
schools have pulled out all stops to reclaimed its premier position as In- ship and infrastructure provision. “It is
ensure the learning continuity of stu- dia’s #1 all-girls day school in 2021- an unexpected accolade. The credit for
dents through online media. In the 22. our substantial promotion goes to our
EW India School Rankings 2021-22, “Though JB Petit has never fo- dedicated teachers who made great
the 11,458 respondents interviewed by cused on rankings, it’s gratifying to sacrifices to continue the learning of

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