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Cover Story EW GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2020-21

INDIA’S BEST GOVERNMENT DAY SCHOOLS

In EWISR 2020-21, the
two-year reign of the Delhi
state government’s Rajkiya
Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya,
Sector 10, Dwarka, which
sensationally ended the
dominance of Central
government-run Kendriya
Vidyalayas, has ended

he Covid-19 outbreak and iso-
lation which has forced clo-
Tsure of 1.4 million anganwadis
(government-run child nutrition and
early childhood education centres),
60,000 private pre-primaries, 1.5 mil-
lion K-12 schools, 41,907 colleges and
1,028 universities since mid-March, KV Pattom’s Ajaya Kumar (centre right): comprehensive improvement plan
has given a new lease of life to India’s
floundering 1.20 million government field representatives of our partner ebrated Government Vocational
schools. The vast majority of them — agency C fore interviewed 1,046 SEC Higher Secondary School for
except for the Central government- (socio-economic category) ‘B’, ‘C’ and Girls, Nadakkavu, Kozhikode at
funded 1,232 Kendriya Vidyalayas and ‘D’ respondents across the country. #3. The previously unranked Worli
636 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas — The perceptual scores awarded by re- Seaface Mumbai Public Eng-
are negligently managed by state and spondents under the 14 parameters lish School has debuted at #4 and
local governments. were totaled to rank best government is co-ranked with KV-IIT Bombay.
But with an estimated 11 million schools. RPVV, Sector 11, Rohini is pro-
employees and workers suffering loss In the EWISR 2020-21, the two- moted to #5 jointly with the Odi-
of jobs and income following closure year reign of the Delhi state govern- sha government’s Odisha Adarsha
of public transport, businesses and ment’s Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, Hatiota. Evidently some
MSMEs (micro, small and medium Vidyalaya (RPVV), Sector 10, state schools are beginning to chal-
enterprises), and household budgets Dwarka, Delhi, which sensation- lenge KV dominance in the govern-
stretched tight, free-of-charge govern- ally ended the long run of the Central ment day schools category.
ment schools and heavily subsidised Kendriya Vidyalayas last year spark- “During the previous two years
Kendriya Vidyalayas have become the ing wild jubilation in the Delhi state following our slipping to #4 rank,
only options for working and lower government, has ended. Kendriya we drew up a comprehensive plan to
class households, which hitherto have Vidyalaya (KV), Pattom, Thiru- identify our flaws and address and im-
been voting with their wallets and en- vananthapuram (Kerala), ranked prove our perceived weak areas. We
rolling their progeny in affordable pri- #1 in 2016-17 but #4, in the next two are especially pleased that KV-Pattom
vate budget schools whose number is years, is voted #1 again with top scores is awarded the highest score under the
estimated at 450,000 countrywide. under seven parameters of education parameter of curriculum & pedagogy
Therefore choosing the best gov- excellence. (digital readiness). Since March, our
ernment school has become an im- Within the Top 5, RPVV, Sector teachers have successfully conducted
portant priority for a large number of 10, Dwarka, Delhi has been pushed real-time online classes through digi-
households countrywide. This year to down to #2 followed by Kendriya tal platforms such as Google Meet,
rate and rank India’s most respected Vidyalaya-IIT Madras, Chennai Zoom. Continuous improvement
government schools on 14 param- (#2 in 2019-20) jointly ranked with under all parameters of EWISR has
eters of school education excellence, the Kerala state government’s cel- become our mantra,” says Ajaya Ku-

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