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EW Grand Jury India Preschool Rankings 2021-22

GRAND JURY INDIA preSCHOOL RANKINGS 2021-22

he EducationWorld Grand Jury India Preschool India’s Most Respected Early Childhood
Rankings 2021-22 were introduced in 2018 to Education Brands
Tfelicitate pre-primaries which have introduced Preschools or groups that have established good reputa-
contemporary pedagogies and practices in early tion for diligence and trustworthiness as providers of
childhood care and education (ECCE). early childhood care and education.
To shortlist and select progressive preschools country-
wide, we invited nominations from educationists, indi-
viduals and schools themselves supported by evidence of Rank
best practices in ten categories — teacher-parent-student
engagement, campus design, nature-friendly environ- India
ment, innovative pedagogy, outstanding leadership, 1 Podar Jumbo Kids
health-nutrition-safety, future-ready preschools, design 2 Firstcry Little Intellitots
thinking, best technology integration and most respected 3 Little Aryans Pre -K
early childhood education brands. 4 EuroKids
Moreover, we also invited nominations from pre-pri-
maries of composite K-12 schools which have integrated 5 Vedant International Preschool
Aga Khan Preschools
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and adopted best ECCE practices.
The nominations were duly assessed by a jury compris- 7 Shemrock Rainbow
ing eminent educationists Fatema Agarkar, founder of 8 Maple Bear Preschools
Agarkar Centre for Excellence, Mumbai; Kausar Say- 9 Happy Minds International
eed, member, National Core Committee, Early Childhood 10 Shanti Juniors
Association of India; and Dr. Maalathi K.R, founder
and CEO, Aurro Educational Services, Chennai.
The complete Top 10 EW Grand Jury India Preschool
Rankings 2021-22 are presented in the pages following.
Award of the Most Respected ECE Brand is timely
and most welcome for the Podar Jumbo Kids
“community of 498 preschools countrywide. We are
celebrating our 20th anniversary this year. During the
past two years, we have invested extraordinary effort to
ensure children’s learning continuity. Among our various
innovative initiatives are Jumbo’s Play Engine-Home
School Play and Learning Connection blended learning
programme, Jumbo Podcast to improve children’s
listening, language and creative skills through interactive
videos, strong student-teacher-parent engagement,
virtual field trips and festivals celebration. Since PJK was
founded in 2001, our teachers have been committed to
providing globally benchmarked quality early childhood
education infused with appropriate child development
practices” — Dr. Swati Popat Vats, President, Podar
Jumbo Kids group of preschools. The aggregate
enrolment across India and the UAE is over 38,000
children tutored by 3,000 teachers.

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