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Cover Story EW CO-ED DAY SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2020-21


             (estb.2003). Currently this new genre
             co-ed day school which especially val-
             ues its top score under the parameter
             of individual attention to students
             (“we teach children, not the subject”)
             has 3,768 students mentored by 431
             highly-trained teachers on its muster
             rolls.
                Although the new genre CISCE and
             Cambridge International (UK) affili-
             ated Inventure Academy, Benga-
             luru (estb.2003) has not moved up
             the national ladder and retains its #3
             all-India ranking, co-promoter and
             managing trustee Nooraine Fazal
             derives considerable satisfaction from
             this co-ed day school’s #1 rank in Kar-
             nataka (pop.65 million) and India’s
             Silicon Valley city of Bengaluru, which
             has emerged as a pre-primary to class   Nooraine Fazal: off-beaten-track objectives
             XII education rivalling Delhi. This
             year four Bengaluru-based schools —   has 1,230 students, mentored by 211   management has received — and con-
             Inventure Academy, Vidyashilp, the   teachers on its 38 acre campus in sub-  tinues to receive — from our teachers,
             Valley School and Mallya Aditi — are   urban Bengaluru.           staff, students and the parents’ com-
             ranked in the national Top 5 co-ed   Although several Bengaluru-based   munity. With this recognition we are
             day schools table usually dominated   co-ed day schools have risen high in   determined to continuously improve
             by Delhi schools.                the esteem of this year’s informed   under all parameters of excellence and
                “We are very pleased that Inven-  11,368 sample respondents, the star   rise in the rankings,” says Dr. Kiran
             ture Academy in which we accord   of the show is the low-profile Vidyas-  Pai, the highly-qualified — Southern
             highest priority to innovation and   hilp Academy  (VA,  estb.1996)   New Hampshire (USA), Monash Uni-
             adventurous experiential learning in   which has risen sharply from #9 in   versity (Australia) and Ph D in edu-
             the broadest sense, is ranked #1 in   2019-20 to #4 in the national league   cation awarded by the University of
             Bengaluru, a city which has a global   able and is jointly ranked #2 in the   Southern California (USA) — director
             reputation as  a hub  of new digital   garden city, on a par with the highly   of Vidyashilp Academy.
             technologies and innovation. Almost   respected Krishnamurti Foundation   Kalai Selvi, one of the first teach-
             two decades ago, Inventure was pro-  promoted  Valley  School,  Benga-  ers to sign up when VA admitted its
             moted with the mission to encourage   luru. With excellent scores under the   first batch of children way back in
             students to discover and realise their   parameters of curriculum & pedagogy   1996, and appointed principal of the
             individual potential and become self-  (digital readiness), individual atten-  school in 2015, is particularly pleased
             directed learners in the pursuit of   tion  to  students,  parental  involve-  that the school has been awarded a
             excellence in their chosen vocations.   ment, infrastructure, internationalism   very high score on the parameter of
             Therefore I’m especially pleased with   and community service, VA, which is   internationalism. “The world is rapid-
             our high scores under the parameters   all set to relocate to a state-of-the-art   ly being globalised. Therefore it’s im-
             of sports education, digital readiness,   new campus next year, has prompted   portant that children who will emerge
             parental involvement, infrastructure   a major seating reshuffle at the Top   as future leaders in politics, industry,
             and value for money. It’s validation   10 co-ed day schools league table of   business and the civil service should
             that we are on the road to attaining   2020-21.                   have a wide international outlook and
             the off-the-beaten-track objectives for   “We are elated to learn that Vidyas-  perspective. This has prompted us to
             which this school was promoted,” says   hilp Academy has risen significantly   encourage our students to continu-
             Nooraine Fazal, an alumna of Ban-  in the EducationWorld rankings this   ously participate in global campaigns
             galore and Boston universities who   year! It’s a validation of our persis-  and events. For instance VA is a par-
             after a decade of working abroad with   tence to provide holistic, child-centric,   ticipant member of the global Fair
             IBM, and Reuters returned to India in   education to every student. This pro-  Trade network of schools which sourc-
             the new millennium to “give back to   motion would not have been possible   es cotton for our uniforms directly
             Indian society”. Currently the school   without the full cooperation the school   from farmers, rather than through

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