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ing over an 180 acre campus, treatment. Therefore, I am es-
GSIS, lovingly nurtured for pecially pleased that your sam-
four decades by visionary-ed- ple respondents have awarded
ucationist D r. P . C . T h om a s GSIS top scores for safety and
(1943-2020) in Ootacamund hygiene and individual atten-
aka Ooty — “the queen of hill tion to students,” says J a c ob
stations” — offers unmatched T h o m a s , president of GSIS
academic, sports and co-cur- since last year. A business ad-
ricular education to its 600 ministration graduate of the
boys and girl children, and is University of Massachusetts,
peninsular India’s premier Lowell, Jacob forsook a suc-
co-ed international boarding cessful career in the US in the
school affiliated with Cam- IT sector (senior director, Ne-
bridge International and IB, tApp Inc, a Fortune 500 com-
and accredited by the Coun- pany) to keep the GSIS legacy
cil of International Schools alive after Dr. Thomas passed
(USA). Unsurprisingly, it is GSIS’ Jacob Thomas (centre): health & safety priority away last year.
top-ranked on the parameters Further down the league
of infrastructure, safety and hygiene co-curricular activities into the on- table of India’s Top 8 international
and individual attention to students line model to supplement academic residential schools, there is no change
(teacher-student ratio 1:4) across all learning. Now as we have reopened in last year’s seating order. U W C
international schools (day, day-cum- school, our in-house Covid-19 Task M a h in dra C ol l e g e , P u n e , ranked
boarding and fully residential). Force has ensured implementation of #4, H e b ron , O oty #5, C a th e dra l
“We are honoured to be ranked several preventive measures and SOPs V idy a , L on a v a l a #6, C A D W orl d
S
India #2 and #1 in Tamil Nadu for to safeguard the health and safety of S c h ool , C oim b a tore #7 and M I T

the fifth consecutive year. During the every student and staff residing on P u n e ’ s V is h w a s h a n ti G u ru k u l
pandemic year, we made extraordi- the campus. In addition, we have all #8 have all retained their 2020-21
nary efforts to incorporate as many facilities to cope with quarantine and rankings.

EWISR 2021-22 Trends
Parents satisfied with value-added services offered by international schools (%)

81% 72% 59%

Career & higher ed Mental wellness Covid-19 information/
counselling programmes vaccination support

Source: This trend analysis has been collated by slicing, dicing and interpreting data/responses of 11,458 parents,
senior teachers, principals and educators interviewed in 28 education hubs by the Delhi-based Centre for Forecasting
& Research (C fore) for the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2021-22 survey

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