Monday, September 30, 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
A number of schools in Uttarakhand have made it among the top 10 in the 18th annual EducationWorld India School Rankings (EWISR) released by EducationWorld in association with AZ Research Partners Private Limited. In the vintage legacy co-edu day schools category, Saint Thomas College, Dehradun was ranked fourth in India, rising from the eighth rank last year.
Among vintage legacy boys schools, Saint George’s College, Mussoorie was ranked third while Saint Joseph’s College, Nainital was ranked fifth. In the vintage legacy girls boarding schools category, All Saints’ College, Nainital was ranked first in the nation while Convent of Jesus of Mary, Waverly, Mussoorie was ranked second.
Among the vintage legacy co-ed boarding schools, Sherwood College, Nainital was ranked second while Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie was ranked third. Similarly, in the boys boarding school category, The Doon School, Dehradun was ranked first, Welham Boys School, Dehradun came second jointly with Sarala Birla Academy, Bengaluru, Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital came fourth, GD Birla Memorial School, Ranikhet came fifth while Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School (Boys), Mussoorie came eighth. In the girls board school category, Welham Girls School, Dehradun was ranked second jointly with Ecole Globale International Girls School, Dehradun was jointly ranked second while Unison World School, Dehradun was ranked third and Hopetown Girls School, Dehradun was ranked sixth. Vantage Hall Girls Residential School, Dehradun was ranked seventh, The Doon Girls School was ranked ninth and the Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School, Mussoorie was ranked tenth.
In the co-ed boarding schools category, Selaqui International School, Dehradun was jointly ranked second along with Chinmaya International School, Coimbatore while Kasiga School, Dehradun was ranked third. In the international residential schools category, Mussoorie International School was ranked second jointly with Good Shepherd Resident School, Ooty. In the vintage legacy international residential schools category, the Woodstock School was ranked first in the nation.
Among the government board schools, the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun was ranked second while Oak Grove School, Dehradun was ranked fourth. In the philanthropy schools category, Him Jyoti School, Dehradun was ranked number one in the nation. A sample database of 8,700 respondents including 5,150 parents and 3,550 education professionals across 34 cities in India were surveyed to rate the top 4,000 schools on 14 parameters of excellence for this survey.