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of St. Edmunds School, Jaipur (1991-
2005) who has been at the helm at
BBV-P for the past 16 years. “We had
been stuck at #6 for the past three
years. Therefore, the overdue promo-
tion is very welcome. We are also very
pleased about the high scores award-
ed to BBV-P under the parameters of
safety and hygiene, and mental and
emotional well-being because these
are priority focus areas for the school.
Our teachers responded quickly to
the pandemic closure by switching to
Microsoft Team programme and our
academic results are good despite all
the learning disruption,” says Kasturi.
Beyond the Top 10, almost all girls
boarding schools have ceded rank
in the pandemic year. Among them
V a n ta g e H a l l G irl s , D e h ra du n is
ranked #11 cf. #9 in 2020-21; M ody Birla Balika’s Dr. Kasturi (centre): overdue promotion
S c h ool , L a k s m a n g a rh (Rajasthan)
#12 (7); M C M K oth a ri I n te rn a - ing. Unsurprisingly, given the wan- prises less than 25 sufficiently well-

tion a l G irl s , V a l s a d (Gujarat) #15 ing popularity of gender segregated reputed institutions (schools rated by
k
C
(10), while h a m a n V a ti a S c h ool , education institutions, the EW league less than 25 sample respondents are
A m b a l a has retained its #19 rank- table of girls boarding schools com- not ranked).

Parents willing to re-send children to boarding schools (%)
EWISR 2021-22 Trends

5000

No. of parents interviewed 4000

3000

2000

1000

22 78

Unwilling Willing

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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