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INDIA’S BEST INTERNATIONAL DAY SCHOOLS

International day schools
are popular with upper
middle class households,
because they provide
globally benchmarked
K-12 education at relatively
affordable prices compared
with international day-
cum-boarding and wholly
residential schools

ising middle class prosper-
ity in post-liberalisation
India — by 2025 the
Rmiddle class will aggregate
583 million citizens — has fuelled a
demand surge for schools providing
internationally recognised qualifica- DAIS’ Nita Ambani: new parameters scores satisfaction
tions and certification. To meet this
demand from the burgeoning pros- School Rankings, conceptualised and introduced parameters of mental
perous middle class, a new genre launched in 2007, were revised and and emotional well-being and online
of international co-ed day schools redesigned to rate and rank India’s education effectiveness.
providing curriculums, pedagogies most admired primary-secondaries “We are honoured to receive this
and certification of globally reputed in three broad categories — day, acknowledgement of our teaching-
offshore exam boards such as In- boarding, and international — and learning capabilities all these years.
ternational Baccalaureate (Geneva) several sub-categories (to eliminate Right from start our objective was to
and Cambridge International (UK) apples and oranges type compari- develop DAIS into a caring and hap-
D
have sprung up in India’s crowded sons), h iru b h a i A m b a n i I n te r - py school. This objective has been
metros, state capitals, and even tier n a tion a l S c h ool , M u m b a i (DAIS, substantially achieved by our ex-
III-IV cities. estb.2003), promoted by the family traordinary and dedicated teachers.
These institutions are popular of legendary business leader Dhirub- Their dedication and commitment
with upper middle class households hai Ambani (1932-2002), founder- became visible when DAIS transi-
because they provide globally bench- chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, tioned to a virtual school during the
marked K-12 education at relatively India’s most respected, efficient and pandemic. All these years we have
affordable prices compared with valuable company (annual revenue: consistently been top-ranked under
international day-cum-boarding and Rs.4.83 lakh crore), has consistently the parameters of teacher compe-
wholly residential schools, which are been voted India’s premier interna- tence and academic reputation.
obliged to make huge investments tional day school. During the pandemic lockdown our
in housing and related facilities This year again in EWISR 2021- teachers justified our top score under
for boarders. Therefore, within 22, 11,458 sample respondents — these parameters by delivering effec-
the umbrella category of interna- parents, principals, teachers and tive online education and ensuring
tional schools, the league table of educationists — have voted DAIS the mental well-being of our students
day schools is the largest (117), and India’s #1 international day school as acknowledged by your sample re-
lengthening every year. awarding it top scores under the spondents. Through high-quality on-
Against this backdrop, it’s hardly parameters of academic reputa- line lessons, our teachers made digi-
surprising that since 2013 when tion, teacher competence, special tal learning engaging and rewarding
the annual EducationWorld India needs education and also the newly for our children. Credit must also be

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