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“Somewhat prompted by the pan-
demic, MIS has transformed into a
fully new technologies enabled school
which accords high priority to our
children’s happiness quotient, socio-
emotional learning and community
and international outreach. There-
fore I am very pleased, though not
surprised, that we have been awarded
the highest score under the parame-
ters of safety and hygiene as also com-
munity service. In MIS we believe that
it is our obligation not only to educate
our students, but also tangibly bene-
fit the local community in the vicin-
ity of the school. During the past two
years, several momentous initiatives
have also been taken to upgrade and
internationalise our curriculum and
Mussoorie International’s Meeta Sharma (right): pandemic transformation pedagogy. We introduced the diploma
programme of the Geneva-based In-
21 sample respondents (11,368) when from our alumni,” says Sambasivam, ternational Baccalaureate for our class
WGS was co-ranked #2 (with Mayo an alumna of Madras University and XI-XII girls in 2016 and the IB board’s
Girls, Ajmer), has no such reserva- former principal of Arsha Vidya Man- PYP (primary years programme) last
tions despite the almost similar 11,458 dir, Chennai, appointed principal of year and plan to introduce the MYP
sample respondents base this year. WGS in 2016. Currently the class VI- (middle years programme) next year.
“I am delighted with the news that XII CISCE-affiliated WGS has 540 girl This will transform MIS into India’s
we have been restored to our rightful students and 75 teachers on its muster first international girls boarding
position of 2017-18, even if belatedly. rolls. school,” says Sharma.
In particular I am very pleased to learn Although she welcomes the promo- An alumna of the North-Eastern
e
that we have been awarded the highest tion of M u s s oori I n te rn a tion a l Hill University and the Institute of Ed-
score under the parameters of compe- S c h ool (MIS, estb.1984) to #3 (4) ucation of University College, London,
tence of teachers, online education ef- this year, M e e ta S h a rm a , Head of Sharma has brought valuable teaching
fectiveness and individual attention to School, believes that given the numer- and admin experience acquired at the
students. This is proof of the dedica- ous modernisation and upgradation top-ranked The Doon School (2003-
tion with which our teachers smoothly initiatives undertaken at the school, 16), principal of the Mody School,
transitioned to online teaching-learn- MIS deserves higher ranking. Laksmangarh (2016-18), principal of
ing during the pandemic Maharaja Sawai Mansingh School,
lockdown. Credit for our #1 Heritage Girls, Udaipur students: India Top 10 Jaipur (2018-9) to the office of
ranking this year is entirely Head of School to which she was
due to them and also to our appointed in 2019. As such she is
parents community which well-qualified to transform MIS
has been very supportive in into a globally benchmarked inter-
these difficult times. I’m also national school. “We are set to go
happy about our top score from strength to strength as a col-
under the value for money lective endeavour that will impact
parameter. During the pan- our local and the global commu-
demic lockdown we volun- nity,” vows Sharma.
tarily reduced our fees by 20 Promotion to top table of the
percent and also gave fur- low-profile B irl a B a l ik a V idy a p -
ther fee concession to par- e e th , P il a n i (BBV-P, estb.1941)
ents in need. This was made has also enthused r. M . K a s tu ri,
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possible by the generosity an alumna of Osmania University,
of our Board of Governors Hyderabad and Karnatak Univer-
and financial contributions sity, Dharwad and former principal

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