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the pandemic year, our teachers and
parents made extraordinary efforts to
ensure continuity of quality education
for our children. I believe we success-
fully delivered holistic learning with
special focus on excellence in aca-
demics through the online medium.
I must also congratulate Educ ation-
W orld and CENTA for introducing
the CENTA Subject Competency Test
as part of the EWISR survey. It was
a unique experience as the test mea-
sured not just subject knowledge but
also analytical and higher order think-
ing skills of our teachers. In fact, this
experience has motivated our teachers
to upgrade their subject knowledge as
part of their continuing professional
development,” says Fr. Fernandes.
Currently, the CISCE-affiliated Don Don Bosco’s Fr. Fernandes: extraordinary effort
Bosco has 2,506 students tutored by
129 teachers on its muster rolls. teem. Among them: M .C . K e j ri w al pleased with the school’s steady as-
The satisfaction of having entered V i dyap e e t h, H o w rah ( K o l k at a) to cent in the EW league table from #45
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the 2021-22 Top 10 league table of #12 (#19 in 2020-21), al dw i n B o ys in 2019-20 to #19 in 2020-21 and #12
India’s best boys schools is perhaps H i g h Scho o l , B e n g al uru #15 (17), this year. “Our improved rank this
greater for B r. E .V . M i ran da, prin- Do n B o s co Scho o l , Si l i g uri #18 year will encourage and motivate us
cipal of St . o l um b a’ s Scho o l , De l - (23), St . E dm un ds Scho o l , Shi l - to work harder to continue to move
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hi (estb.1941), which has improved l o n g #20 (25) and Sal w an B o ys up the ladder. I thank our teachers
upon its #12 rank of last year. Sr Se c Scho o l , R aj i n de r N ag ar, and students who rose to overcome
“We value the EW rankings highly De l hi #33 (40). challenges posed by the pandemic
and are thrilled at the inclusion of St. M al l i k a M uk he rj e e , principal and enthusiastically embraced digital
Columba’s among the Top 10 boys of the CBSE-affiliated M .C . K e j ri - learning. The plethora of new initia-
schools of India. We were surprised by w al i dyap e e t h, H o w rah (MCKV, tives launched over the past year is
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the drop in our rank last year. There- estb.1997) which is currently cel- proof of the creativity, innovativeness
fore, we have conscientiously worked ebrating its 25th anniversary, is very and potential of our teachers and stu-
to improve on all the survey param-
eters. I believe our higher ranking this St. Columba’s, Delhi’s Br. Miranda: Top 10 entry satisfaction
year is due to our online education ini-
tiatives of the past two years. Parents
and students are very satisfied and
proud that no child has lost academic
or co-curricular education. I am also
deeply grateful to our parents com-
munity which rallied together to pro-
vide assistance to families of students
affected by the pandemic. Now as we
have reopened the school campus, we
are taking utmost care to ensure our
students, teachers and parents adjust
to physical classes while continuing to
take advantage of online resources,”
says Br. Miranda.
Within this year’s 53-strong all-
boys schools league table, several
institutions have risen in public es-

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