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Sr. Arti (centre): Punjab #1 LMG students: mental & emotional well-being #1. Inset: Sarkar

children during the pandemic. Thanks reopen our school in mid-November, nity to thank our management which
to them and our supportive parents, our first priority is to ensure chil- came forward to fully support parents
our children have not suffered any dren’s emotional stability as we ease and students during this unprecedent-
learning loss during the prolonged clo- them back into in-person classes,” says edly difficult period. BCGS was the
sure of schools due to the Covid pan- Sarkar, principal of LMG since 2015. first school in the city to announce a
demic. In fact our CBSE class X and Currently, this CISCE school sited on 30 percent fees discount for all parents
XII exam averages for the academic an eight-acre campus in the heart of last year. I believe it’s the collaborative
year 2020-21 have improved because Kolkata, has an enrolment of 2,951 girl efforts of the entire school community
we reached out and supported all our students mentored by 110 teachers. that has earned us our Top 10 entry.
students to ensure their all-round de- Beyond the Top 5, there is a major Now as schools reopen, we are fully
velopment,” says Sr. Arti. Currently, rearrangement of seating at the Top 10 prepared and committed to address-
this K-12 school has 2,882 girl chil- league table. L a M art i n i e re G i rl s ing any learning or socio-emotional
dren mentored by 103 teachers on its C o l l e g e , L uck n o w is ranked #6 loss children may have suffered,” says
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muster rolls. (#5 in 2020-21), St . ary’ s Scho o l , Dr. Mithran.
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R up k at ha Sark ar, principal P un e #7 (6) and i l l a T he re s a H i g h Further down the league table of 101
of the vintage L a M art i n i e re f o r Scho o l , P e ddar R o ad, M um b ai girls day schools, several institutions
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G i rl s (LMG, estb.1836), which has has retained its #8 rank. B i s h p have risen in public esteem. Among
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improved its rank from #4 in 2020-21 C o t t o n G i rl s Scho o l , B e n g al uru, them: o re t o C o n v e n t I n t e rm e di -
to #2 this year, is also pleased about ranked #9 (13) jointly with aharan i at e C o l l e g e , L uck n o w at #12 (#15
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the school’s steady progress in the G ayat ri De v i G i rl s ’ Scho o l , J ai - in 2020-21), al dw i n G i rl s , B e n g a -
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national league table of India’s best p ur (10) and N ASR Scho o l , K hai - l uru at #20 (25), Arya M ahi l a N M
all-girls day schools. She is especially rat ab ad, H yde rab ad at #10 (11) M o de l Scho o l , V aran as i at #24
happy that LMG has been awarded complete the 2021-22 Top 10 league (27), Shri Shi k s hayat an Scho o l ,
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highest score on the newly introduced table of India’s best girls day schools. K o l k at a #29 (40) and Shaw ub l i c
parameter of mental & emotional well- Dr. L av an ya M i t hran , princi- Scho o l , K o l k at a #49 (63).
being services. pal of the vintage Bishop Cotton Girls Moreover, it’s pertinent to bear in
“I am elated about our top score for School (BCGS, estb.1865) is delighted mind that several schools ranked be-
mental & emotional well-being. It has this CISCE-affiliated school has been yond the Top 20 in the national league
always been our objective to ensure promoted to the Top 10 league table. table are highly ranked in their states
holistic growth of children which re- “It is great that BCGS has finally been and cities. For instance, Q ue e n s
quires nurturing mind, body and spirit ranked among India’s Top 10 girls day C o l l e g e , I n do re , ranked #37 na-
equally. During the pandemic campus schools. This was long overdue. I attri- tionally is the #1 girls day school of
lockdown, we conducted regular on- bute our improved ranking to the team Madhya Pradesh (pop.73 million);
line sessions on mental and emotional work of our teachers, parents, and As p e e K an ya V i dyal aya, B i l i m o -
well-being for children as well as pro- students who collaborated brilliantly ra ranked #29 all-India is Gujarat #1
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grammes for parents and teachers to to ensure that there was no disrup- and o t re Dam e Acade m y, P at n a,
enable them to deal with children’s tion in learning during the pandemic ranked #30 countrywide is #1 in Bihar
emotions. Now as we are all set to closure. I want to avail this opportu- (pop.127 million).

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