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INDIA’S MOST ADMIRED GOVERNMENT DAY SCHOOLS

and rank sufficiently well-reputed
government schools.
The EWISR 2021-22 league table
of government day schools is likely to
provoke celebration in the AAP gov-
ernment of Delhi state because its a -
R
j k i ya P rat i b ha V i k as V i dyal aya
( R P V V ) , Se ct o r 1 0 , Dw ark a, e w
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De l hi has bested Kendriya Vidyalaya,
Pattom (Kerala) and is ranked India’s
#1 government day school. With top
scores on academic reputation, indi-
vidual attention to students, parental
involvement and co-curricular educa-
tion RPVV, Dwarka has regained its
#1 rank of 2018-19 and 2019-20.
Within the Top 5 are K e n dri ya
V i dyal aya, I I T M adras , C he n n ai
elevated to #2 (3) followed by K V ,
P at t o m dislodged from #1 to #3 this
RPVV Dwarka’s Ranjana Sharma (fourth from left): special satisfaction year. The Kerala government’s cel-
ebrated G o v e rn m e n t V o cat i o n al
e
In recent years in response to relentless criticism from this H i g h r Se co n dary Scho o l f o r
G i rl s , N adak k av u, K o z hi k o de is
publication, several state governments have promoted ranked #4 (3) followed by K V - I I T
high-quality primary-secondaries which are threatening B o m b ay, P o w ai jointly ranked with
the dominance of Central government Kendriya Vidyalayas the Bombay Municipal Corporation’s
W o rl i Se af ace M um b ai P ub l i c
E n g l i s h Scho o l at #5 (4)
ad but true. The country’s 1.20 respondents polled by field personnel “It’s a great honour to be ranked
million government schools of C fore, the highly reputed market India’s #1 government day school, a
Sare neglected poor relations of research and opinion polls company position becoming progressively dif-
private schools. According to S tate of which conducted the EWISR 2021-22 ficult to maintain given the stiff com-
S
the ec tor R ep ort: Private S c hools in survey, have minimal awareness of petition from Kendriya Vidyalayas.
I ndia 2 0 2 0 , published jointly by the government schools. Perhaps the only We are especially satisfied to have
Central Square Foundation, Delhi government schools that have a re- been awarded top scores under the
and the Omidyar Network India, 48 spectable public reputation are 1,244 parameters of academic reputation
percent of India’s 260 million school- Kendriya Vidyalayas promoted by the and mental and emotional well-being
going children are learning in private Central government for its employees. during the pandemic. Continuous
schools. Moreover, there is a continu- However, in recent years in response improvement is our mantra and we
ous exodus from public (government) to relentless criticism from this pub- are determined to retain our #1 rank
to private schools. lication, several state governments next year. Meanwhile, our class X-XII
Hardly surprising, because govern- have promoted high-quality primary- students are back on campus and we
ment schools — especially primary- secondaries which are threatening the are anxiously awaiting government
secondaries promoted and managed dominance of KVs. permission to resume full schooling,”
by state governments — are defined Nevertheless with very low aware- says R an j an a Sharm a, a botany
by crumbling buildings, multigrade ness about government schools in the postgraduate of Ch. Charan Singh
classrooms, chronic teacher absentee- SEC A category, C fore surveyors con- University, Meerut with two decades
ism, rock-bottom learning outcomes stituted a special sample respondents of teaching and admin experience
and severe shortages of electricity, group comprising 1,027 SEC (socio- in KVs across the country, who took
water and toilets. Therefore, the SEC economic category) ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ re- charge as head of RPVV, Dwarka in
(socio-economic category) A sample spondents across the country to rate July 2021. Currently the school has

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