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Cover Story EW India Preschool Rankings 2025-26

Chandigarh’s top 5 preschools

Rank Competence of teachers (200) Teacher welfare & development (100) Infrastructure provision (75) Individual attention to students (100) Value for money (100) Parental involvement (100) Curriculum & pedagogy Safety and hygiene (100) Leadership / management Special needs education (100) TOTAL SCORE (1125)
2022 2023 2024 2025 (150) quality (100)

2 2 2 1 Sanawar Montessori School, Sector 11 175 78 68 82 76 81 122 85 82 65 914
5 5 4 2 EuroKids Preschool, Sector 37D 171 75 62 75 69 84 125 88 89 64 902
1 1 1 3 Strawberry Fields Play School, Sector 24B 171 77 67 74 68 82 123 77 65 59 863
4 6 5 4 Sunshine Meadows Playschool, Sector 35A 166 72 62 69 61 79 119 75 76 67 846
3 3 3 5 FirstSteps School, Sector 26 160 68 62 70 67 75 115 81 66 46 810

We are grateful for our promotion from #2 last year to #1.
This is recognition of our commitment to continuous im-
“ provement under all parameters of professionally provided
ECCE. It’s also very satisfying that we have been awarded top
scores under the important parameters of competence of teachers
and teacher welfare and development as these are our focus areas.
In Sanavar Montessori, we carefully prepare an annual calendar of
professional development programmes and workshops to develop
our teachers’ subject matter expertise and effective play-oriented
pedagogies. This is facilitated by a low teacher-pupil ratio of 1:15
which ensures one-on-one tutoring, small group instruction and
personalised teaching. I am happy that our top score under the
parameter of individual attention to students acknowledges this
focus on personalised learning that adapts to children’s needs” –
Harjit Kaur (centre right), Principal, Sanavar Montessori,
Sector II

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