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THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE

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BOARD OF ADVISORS S ince the EducationWorld India School Rankings (EWISR)
N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla
Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan survey was somewhat tentatively introduced in 2007, this
(Bangalore); Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto, annual initiative has evolved into the largest, most detailed
Krishan Khanna, Guilherme Vaz, Ketan Gala, and perhaps most sophisticated primary-secondary schools
Kirit Mehta, Balkishan Sharma (Mumbai); Dr.
Ramdas Pai (Manipal); Dr. Geeta Kingdon ratings and ranking survey worldwide.
(Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. Parth Shah, Jeroninio This claim is undisputed because every year 3,000 schools well-reputed
Almeida, Premchand Palety (Delhi); Dr. Kannan
Gireesh (Chennai); Robindra Subba (Kurseong); in their regions (north, west, east and south) divided into three broad
Sanjeev Bolia (Kolkata); Dr. Achyuta Samanta categories — Day, Boarding and International — and several sub-categories
(Bhubaneswar); Shyama akore (London)
(day, day-cum boarding, all-boys and girls) to compare like with like, are
EDITOR evaluated under 14 parameters of school education excellence. The param-
Dilip akore eters include teacher welfare, teacher competence, leadership, individual
MANAGING EDITOR attention to students, infrastructure, co-curricular, sports and special needs
Summiya Yasmeen education among others. This year (2021-22) due to the prolonged 60-70
CHIEF SUB EDITOR weeks of lockdown of all schools for fear of children succumbing to the dread
Sundar Anand novel Coronavirus aka Covid-19, and children forced to learn from home
Paromita Sengupta, Reshma Ravishanker, Gopi best they can, two new parameters — ‘online education effectiveness’ and
Chand N, (Bangalore), Autar Nehru (Delhi) ‘mental and emotional well-being services’ — have replaced internationalism
9868256512, Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata)
9836491981, Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai) and sports education.
9500506102, Dipta Joshi (Mumbai) 9920243111 To conduct EWISR 2021-22, 120 field personnel of the highly reputed
CHIEF EXECUTIVE Delhi-based market research and opinion polls firm Centre for Forecasting
Bhavin Shah +91 9867382867 & Research Pvt. Ltd (C fore, estb.2000) — our surveys partner ab initio —
MARKETING interviewed 11,458 sample respondents (educationists, school principals,
West: Tejas Pattni (General Manager) 9022487997 fees-paying parents, teachers and senior school students) and persuaded
E-mail: marketing@educationworld.in them to rate reputed schools in their regions/zones under 14 parameters of
South India: Poonam Shah 9731966373
North: Hannan Ahmed 9810302768 school education excellence on a scale of 1-100 with the critical parameter of
teacher competence given double weightage. Scores awarded by the sample
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Suresh K. respondents under each parameter were totalled and schools ranked inter
SUBSCRIPTIONS se in their sub-categories. Moreover, schools are ranked nationally, in the
states and cities and towns and under every parameter separately.
Kiran Kumar: 9108225694/
080 43711141 However, it’s easier said that the annual EWISR is the world’s most com-
sub@educationworld.in prehensive schools ranking survey, than to justify this claim. Huge resources
ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION: RS.1700 in terms of time, money and herculean labour are a necessary precondition
OVERSEAS SUBSCRIPTION: USD95 of publishing the annual EWISR. Field interviews stretch over months.
Cheques/drafts in favour of DT Media &
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore Subsequently, the scores awarded to 3,000 schools by sample respondents
under every parameter had to be checked and totals verified. In sum, moun-
EDITORIAL
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