Newdelhi's
Best Schools - Mother's International tops the charts
in Newdelhi
INDIA'S TOP SCHOOLS
|
CITY
|
SCHOOL
|
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NEW DELHI
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Mother's International
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BANGALORE
|
Bishop Cotton
Boys School
|
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CHENNAI
|
DAV Boys, Gopalapuram
|
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HYDERABAD
|
Little Flower
High School
|
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KOLKATA
|
St Xavier's Collegiate
|
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MUMBAI
|
Bombay Scottish
|
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CHANDIGARH
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St John's High
School
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Choosing the right school is probably one of
the dilemmas faced by a parent. After all, a good education
is the best investment you can make for your child.
But with the concept of education today shifting from
the overall development of the child to a mere means
of securing a 'good job', it has now become an even
bigger dilemma.
While state-run schools, or Public schools, as they
are called, are considered the best in the West, here
in India, it is the reverse. Today, education in context
to wisdom and values is outdated. Most parents look
for an upscale public school to educate their children
in the hope that they would make it to reputed medical/engineering
colleges.
There are an estimated 5,000 good schools in India
with decent infrastructure and student faculty ratio
of at the most 20:1. They are affiliated to either one
of the boards, the CBSE or the ICSE.
Although ICSE is rated better than CBSE, since all
competitive exams are based on the CBSE syllabus, most
parents opt for CBSE schools. Says Francis Fanthome,
Chief Executive & Secretary of the Council for Indian
School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) which conducts
the ICSE in over 1000 countrywide, "The system
of selection has made education irrelevant. The government
boards' curricula focus mostly on narrow cognitive capabilities.
Rote learning is encouraged and students aren't taught
to think, question or analyse."
As reported in the Outlook, a survey was conducted
by the Centre for Forecasting and Research in
six metros and Chandigarh. 632 teachers were asked to
evaluate the top 15 schools in each city on a 10-point
scale. The parameters used were competence of the faculty,
attention to studies, individual attention to students,
sports, extra-curricular activities, teaching moral
and social values and infrastructure and facilities.
These are the results.
NEW DELHI'S TOP SCHOOLS
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RANK
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SCHOOL
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1.
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MOTHER'S
INTERNATIONAL |
|
2.
|
DPS, RK
Puram |
|
3.
|
Springdales,
Dhaula Kuan |
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4.
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Shri Ram,
Vasant Vihar |
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5.
|
Sardar
Patel Vidyalaya |
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6.
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Sanskriti |
|
7.
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Modern,
Vasant Vihar |
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8.
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DPS, Vasant
Kunj |
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9.
|
St Columba's |
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10.
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DSP, Mathura
Road |
Mother's International School, Delhi
Legend has it that all those who enter the portals of
Mother's International, whether as teachers or students,
either stay with the school or return at a later date
as parents seeking admission for their little ones or
as teachers or volunteers. The teachers explain it as
a transformative experience or a soul change that the
school brings about on them.
At Mothers, they groom students for life rather than
careers. It is more important to be a sentient human
being than a certificate/trophy/medal seeker. Not that
they haven't won laurels - they have to their credit
a Junior KBC winner and an Intel computer lab among
their trophies.
At the school's spacious play fields, commodious classrooms
and labs, the acquisition of knowledge has a higher
purpose - the school houses go by names such as Gratitude,
Honesty, Perfection and Truth. The challenge though
is to achieve it through a CBSE syllabus.
Source: Outlook
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