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THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE

Volume X XI No.11

BOARD OF ADVISORS T his issue of EducationWorld is historic for two reasons. First, it is
the 21st anniversary issue of this sui generis news magazine. Sec-
N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla
Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan, Anand ondly, because by unplanned happenstance, it features our most
Sudarshan (Bangalore); Dr. F.C. Kohli, Mala famous and successful initiative, the EducationWorld India School
Ramadorai, Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto,
Krishan Khanna, Guilherme Vaz, Ketan Gala, Rankings (EWISR) for the year 2020-21. Pioneered in 2007, over
Kirit Mehta (Mumbai); Dr. Ramdas Pai (Manipal); the years the annual EWISR has evolved into the world’s largest and most
Dr. Geeta Kingdon (Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. comprehensive schools assessment and evaluation project.
Parth Shah, Jeroninio Almeida, Premchand Palety
(Delhi); Robindra Subba (Kurseong); Sanjeev Bolia Twenty-one years ago your editors launched this news publication with
(Kolkata); Dr. Achyuta Samanta (Bhubaneswar); the mission “to build the pressure of public opinion to make education the
Shyama Thakore (London)
#1 item on the national agenda”. In retrospect, this goal was perhaps too
EDITOR ambitious. For foolishly embracing socialism and povertarianism immedi-
Dilip Thakore ately after independence, 21st century India hosts the world’s largest number
MANAGING EDITOR of illiterates, and more than half of class V children in the country’s gravely
Summiya Yasmeen under-resourced 1.20 million government schools can’t read class II text-
CHIEF SUB-EDITOR books or manage simple division sums. This is the outcome of annual outlay
Sundar Anand (Centre plus states) for education never having exceeded 3.5 percent of GDP
Paromita Sengupta, Gopi Chand N, (Bangalore), against the repeatedly recommended 6 percent.
Autar Nehru (Delhi) 9868256512, Baishali
Mukherjee (Kolkata) 9836491981, Shivani Nevertheless, it is some consolation that education has moved from the
Chaturvedi (Chennai) 9500506102, Dipta Joshi outer periphery to near centre of the national development agenda, and
(Mumbai) 9920243111 hitherto totally ignored education leaders including philanthropists, princi-
CHIEF EXECUTIVE pals and teachers have been given voice and a platform for shaping educa-
Bhavin Shah +91 9867382867 tion policy. We are confident that steadfast commitment to our mission will
MARKETING awaken the establishment and society to the vital importance of developing
West: Tejas Pattni (General Manager) 9022487997 21st century India’s abundant and high-potential human resource.
E-mail: marketing@educationworld.in Moreover, to enable parents in the country’s large and expanding middle
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South India: S. Vijaya Lakshmi 98456 80696 class to choose the most suitable schools for their children, we present Part I
Poonam Shah 9731966373 of EWISR 2020-21 which rates the country’s best day (co-ed, girls, boys and
North: Hannan Ahmed 9810302768
day-cum-boarding), government (day and boarding), philanthropic (private
GRAPHICS free-of-charge) and dedicated special needs schools on 14 parameters of
Suresh K.
holistic school education. Boarding schools (co-ed, boys and girls) and inter-
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