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Cover Story EW India Preschool Rankings 2025-26

Bhopal’s top 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 1 1 DPS Castle of Dreams, Kolar Road 177 73 69 70 68 73 123 70 78 67 868
3 3 2 2 Westwind Kindergarten, Shamla Hill Road 169 71 70 68 64 68 114 77 71 69 841
6 4 3 3 UC Kindies International Preschool, Arera Colony 166 69 69 71 67 74 109 71 69 63 828
3 6 5 4 Shanti Juniors, Kolar Road 168 67 68 71 60 70 115 74 66 60 819
NR NR 4 5 Makoons Preschool, JK Road 166 66 68 60 77 77 122 63 63 52 814
5 5 4 6 Little Millennium, Kolar Road 168 65 67 62 67 71 110 68 68 66 812
5 7 6 7 Giggles Playschool, Kolar Road 163 62 65 68 63 70 108 73 63 64 799
10 8 7 8 EuroKids Preschool, New Jail Road 163 63 62 68 64 76 101 75 62 63 797
NR 10 10 9 Saplings Playschool, Bhojpur Road 159 60 54 70 61 71 105 73 63 59 775
12 10 12 10 EuroKids Preschool, New Minal Residency 166 62 61 63 62 63 104 70 61 52 764
NR NR NR 10 FirstCry Intellitots Preschool, Danish Kunj 159 69 58 62 63 68 101 72 61 51 764
NR NR 9 11 Makoons Preschool, Indus Regency 147 72 62 59 58 75 102 74 65 48 762
NR NR 15 12 Makoons Preschool, Idgah hills 148 51 56 59 64 66 111 77 67 61 760
8 11 13 13 Jack and Jill — The Foundation School,
Arera Colony 163 61 56 67 61 63 101 70 64 53 759
7 9 8 14 New Dimension School, Kohefiza 159 63 60 65 64 68 101 63 59 56 758
4 13 11 15 IES Playschool, Vaishali Nagar 147 68 62 63 62 65 103 66 60 60 756
11 14 16 16 Hello Kids — Champs World, Idgah Hills 160 59 60 67 63 66 101 59 57 46 738
13 13 17 17 Kidzee, Gulmohor 162 57 56 59 63 67 97 64 58 50 733
NR NR NR 18 Little Millennium Preschool, Rohit Nagar 131 55 60 64 57 72 116 69 62 42 728
NR NR NR 19 Podar Prep Bhopal 135 62 59 64 65 60 107 68 61 45 726
NR NR NR 20 Hello Kids, Little World 129 48 45 67 80 78 107 64 59 47 724

We are honoured and thrilled that we’ve been ranked
Bhopal’s #1 preschool for the second year in suc-
“cession. We believe exceptional teaching drives
exceptional learning. Therefore, we consistently invest
in teacher development and curriculum enrichment. Our
teachers participate year-round in professional develop-
ment programmes and NEP 2020-aligned expert-led
workshops, developing the knowledge and skills to
upgrade our curriculum and pedagogies. This constantly
evolving curriculum integrates experiential, hands-on,
and thematic learning, supported by regular assessment
and feedback systems that enable personalisation and
better learning outcomes. Most important, we balance
academic learning with social-emotional development.
Our high ranking under the parameters of competence
of teachers, teacher welfare and development, and cur-
riculum and pedagogy is validation of our early years
education enrichment strategy” — Vandana Dhupar,
Principal, DPS Castle of Dreams, Kolar Road (81
students and 10 teachers)

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