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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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