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Kondapur branch. harness new digital technologies
I would be grateful if you could to improve education standards is
carry out the change in your online timely and relevant.
edition. Ramya Iyengar
Sindu Cherukuri, Polka Dots CHENNAI
Kondapur, HYDERABAD

Sure. This change has been made Shocking omission
online on www.educationworld.in I AM A regular reader of Education-
— Editor World and eagerly await the rankings
edition every year. It is refreshing
to note that the list of philanthropic
Importance of teachers schools in the EW India School
I AM AN early childhood educator Rankings 2021-22 (EW November)
and a recent subscriber of Educa- has grown since last year. However,
tionWorld. I am impressed with your this year I noticed that among the
DECEMBER 2021 magazine’s high editorial standards 13 philanthropy schools listed, four
and especially grateful that it accords branches of the same group of insti-
as much importance to early child- tutions have been included.
Impressive evolution hood education as it does to primary- On the other hand, it is shocking
MY HEARTIEST compliments to secondary and higher education. that not a single school from south
Team EW for the comprehensive In Part II of EW India School India has been included when sev-
EducationWorld India School Rank- Rankings 2021-22 (EW December), eral schools in Karnataka and Tamil
ings Part I and II (EW November I noted that your magazine ranked Nadu offer free-of-charge quality
and December)! As an avid reader preschools in six cities by rating education to lakhs of students. They
of EducationWorld — especially them under ten parameters of early are routinely featured among top
the school rankings edition — I am childhood excellence. schools in the state when board
impressed with the way EWISR has It was also heartening to read the results are declared.
evolved and matured over the years interviews of owners and principals Considering that they are driven
to match the needs of changing of top ranked preschools, with most by not-for-profit motives and work
times. of them attributing their top ranking towards achieving the goal of educa-
For instance, in light of the 65-70 to the efforts of their teachers. tion for all, the least you can do is
weeks long schools lockdown forcing Maya Sharma improve your survey methodology
children to learn from home with GURUGRAM and give these schools the attention
limited scope for sports educa- they deserve.
tion and internationalism, two new Rakshitha Suresh
parameters —‘online education effec- Timely advice BENGALURU
tiveness’ and ‘mental and emotional I AGREE WITH the views of Prof.
well-being services’ — introduced Geeta Kingdon in her Expert Com-
this year have assumed greater ment essay ‘Quality education: New Rankings fatigue
significance. definition’ (EW December). She has I HAVE BEEN a subscriber of Edu-
Raksha Chinappa on EMAIL correctly diagnosed the infirmities cationWorld for the past decade. I
of Indian education and urges a admit your annual EW India School
redefinition post-Covid of educa- Rankings is one of the most credible
Ours by default tion to prepare children and youth ranking surveys in the country. But I
WE WISH TO bring to your notice to address contemporary health and have a suggestion.
that the Jubilee Hills branch of Polka climate change challenges. Over the years, a kind of fatigue
Dots Preschool was shut down in The time has come to pause, has begun to set in with the same
2019. Therefore, we believe that reflect and introspect on rework- set of schools being top-ranked year
in the EW Hyderabad Preschool ing our curriculums to include not on year. Perhaps these schools can
Rankings 2021-22 (EW December) only knowledge and skills but also be classified in a separate category
in which Polka Dots, Jubilee Hills is focus on instilling ethical values and so that a fair chance can be given
ranked #12 under the best propri- attitudes to transform youth into to other lesser-known exemplary
etary preschools category should by responsible global citizens. Prof. schools.
default be awarded to Polka Dots, Kingdon’s appeal to educators to Charu Singh on EMAIL

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