{"id":8368,"date":"2018-11-22T05:12:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T05:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitallearning.eletsonline.com\/ranking\/?page_id=8368"},"modified":"2019-12-03T13:24:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T13:24:45","slug":"top-schools-of-india-ranking-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitallearning.eletsonline.com\/ranking\/top-schools-of-india-ranking-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Schools of India Ranking 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cEducation is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world,\u201d Former South African president and late antiapartheid activist Nelson Mandela once said.<\/p>\n

With such golden words the late leader underlined the significance of education, while suggesting how such an education can influence one\u2019s purpose and the road to lead a life. For this very reason, there is a need to take school education quite seriously, especially when you are admitting your ward or while they are to be moved to a different a school.<\/p>\n

Therefore, school selection is a serious affair and needs to be done with due diligence following a proper research by parents. It\u2019s a common knowledge to admit children into schools; most of the parents go by neighbours or close relatives\u2019 advice.<\/p>\n

Though a good piece of advice should be welcomed always, there are certain parameters to assess schools. Is a highly decorated or popular school good enough reason to send one\u2019s children there or should there be some yardsticks to evaluate any school considering future challenges of academics and professional career?<\/p>\n

Not just that, the everyday growing global competition does not limit the purpose of education only to get a job but also caters to develop a generation of vibrant minds and global leaders.<\/p>\n

With an important place in global education industry, India has more than 1.5 million schools (government, public and private) that educate more than 260 million students (Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation). India is the second largest market for e-learning after the US, which is currently pegged at $2 billion, and is expected to touch $5.7 billion by 2020.<\/p>\n

The Government of India is also aiming to raise the current Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) to 30 percent by 2020 (Source: India Brand Equity Foundation). These initiatives are likely to help the education sector of India to boost at a rapid growth rate. All the aforesaid facts inspired us to conduct a comprehensive \u201cTop Schools of India Ranking 2018\u201d for the sixth consecutive year. The school ranking spread across the length and breadth of the country will help education stakeholders to break the barriers of demography as it is not limited to the metros or big cities alone.<\/p>\n

RANKING METHODLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this exercise, we have tried to select and rate the top schools located in metros and cities of five zones \u2013 North, Central, South, West, and East of India. The ranking has been conducted on the basis of data collected through primary, secondary and perception based research.<\/p>\n

This mammoth exercise was spread over two months. We have also covered the residential, boarding and international schools across the country. The residential and boarding schools are the ones which offer accommodation facility to the students as well and international schools that offer the latest and best global practices to their students. The schools have been ranked nationally on these parameters matter the most to parents while making a selection of the best schools.<\/p>\n

Hope this exercise helps our readers, as parents; make a more informed decision while choosing the school for their child. It is hoped that digitalLEARNING\u2019s ranking edition will be beneficial for schools as well to improve themselves as per the factors concerning education sector the most at present.<\/p>\n

RANKING PARAMETERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div>

<\/span>Goodwill & Legacy<\/div>
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Thinking of any school means mentioning it in terms of the goodwill it enjoys and the legacy it has built over the years in the education fraternity.<\/p>\n

Schools build a name for themselves in a region or State after delivering quality education, teachers, and impressive results for years. Besides education, the schools are also looked upon for imparting other essential training and skills as part of an endeavour to develop a generation which can be enabled to survive in global competitive.<\/p>\n

Maintaining such standards over a period of time helps a school build up on its goodwill front in terms of perception of education stakeholders.<\/p>\n

Why digitalLEARNING considered \u201cGoodwill and Legacy\u201d as a parameter for Top Schools of India Ranking – 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As goodwill and legacy automatically reflect the quality of any school, it is among the first and foremost criteria of consideration for parents while selecting a school for kids. digitalLEARNING magazine considered following factors under Goodwill and Legacy parameter for acquiring detailed information of a school before ranking it.<\/p>\n

Unbiased environment:<\/strong> A good school is disruptive of bad cultural practices. These include intolerance based on race, income, faith, and gender preference and apathy towards the environment.<\/p>\n

Safe and secure environment:<\/strong> Safety is about how much one is protected. It is extremely important to provide the child with a safe and secure environment predominantly at the school level, as the child is most vulnerable to various forms of physical or mental abuses.<\/p>\n

Good Alumni feedback:<\/strong> Alumni relations or engagement are a stand-alone activity which needs to be valued by every school. A good alumni network is very important for a school, as it is the best way to consolidate a genuine and influential report of school\u2019s reputation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/span>Academic Excellence<\/div>
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Largely viewed as the demonstrated ability to perform, achieve, or excel in scholastic activities, it has been identified with achieving high grades and better performance. But academic excellence is not just restricted to making good grades. It is the maximum development of a person\u2019s intellectual capacities and skills.<\/p>\n

Importance of Academic Excellence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Academic excellence is more than achieving top exam results. It\u2019s an ability to master a commitment and dedication to learning and growing. Academic excellences help one to embrace knowledge and new experiences in everyday life and to apply this philosophy to an area of study.<\/p>\n

Academic excellence and professional skills are pivotal in shaping up the future of a student but it is also important for schools to manage the holistic development. Society is going through a transition and for making the students future ready academic excellence in the current scenario has taken a holistic approach.<\/p>\n

Achieving academic excellence is a process of both formal and informal education, which is a limitless and unending process to be enjoyed for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

Why digitalLEARNING considered \u201cAcademic Excellence\u201d as a parameter for Top Schools of India Ranking – 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n

While laying emphasis on the overall develop of student, academic excellence features as a key part of it. The ability to understand, explore and embrace new concepts of knowledge and approaches makes or mar a student\u2019s prospects. digitalLEARNING Magazine\u2019s Top Schools of India Ranking \u2013 2018 considered \u201cAcademic Excellence\u201d as a parameter to acknowledge the best schools that have also adapted the best practices with an aim to ensure overall development of students without compromising on a student\u2019s academic brilliance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/span>Future-Ready Infrastructure<\/div>
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Increasingly, apart from teaching pedagogy employed and the overall brand value of school, the concept of future-ready infrastructure as exhibited by various schools has also emerged as a key factor in shaping a positive image of educational institutions.<\/p>\n

Keeping this factor into account, we have analysed the utility of future-ready infrastructure and how it\u2019s creating value for educational institutions across the country.<\/p>\n

Under this, the following parameters were factored in.<\/p>\n

Robust, Digitally-enabled Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n

These days, harnessing the power of digital tools and techniques has become the new norm by schools across the country. Coupled with that, digital classrooms have transformed the whole concept of educational content delivery and have brought the very concept of \u201cShow me and I understand\u201d closer to reality.<\/p>\n

Also with regard to instruction and assessment, nowadays, many schools are employing digital tools and software that enable teachers to assign assignments, keep a record on them and of each student\u2019s performance, while at the same time enabling students to organise their activities, do their assignments and submit them to the teachers online too.<\/p>\n

Personalised Professional Learning:<\/strong>Here we looked at the market ready curriculum of various schools and how effectively they are imparting professional training to their students. The higher the focus on the \u2018Personalised Professional Learning\u2019, the higher is the ranking accorded to it.<\/p>\n

Why digitalLEARNING considered \u201cFuture-Ready Infrastructure\u201d as a parameter for Top Schools of India Ranking – 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In our analysis, given the increasing usage of IT in academic assessment and curriculum formation, we ranked the school in terms of its efforts towards digitisation of its curriculum, instructions and assessment. The more the digitisation of such aspects by any specific school, the higher is the ranking accorded to it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/span>Enrichment of Learning Experience in Sports and Cultural Activities<\/div>
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A good learning experience can make any school a home away from home. The learning experience does not only include study of books but also participation in sports and other extracurricular activities.<\/p>\n

Such activities help in students\u2019 holistic development and lead to inculcating traits like team-work, leadership and creative thinking among them.<\/p>\n

To benefit students and make them future ready, education sector is undergoing a paradigm shift from traditional teaching methods to innovative learning processes that can be understood in various ways.<\/p>\n

Traditional Teaching: The Chalk-and-Talk Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, teachers are more of a felicitator helping students to acquire knowledge using technology and other practical tools. The traditional chalk-and-talk method has been basically about passing the knowledge from one person to another. Today, audio visual tools, videos and infographics help students to learn a concept of any subject practically.<\/p>\n

These formats act as an integrated multi-sensory interactive applications or presentations to convey information to students.<\/p>\n

Innovative Learning Process: The New-age Learning:<\/strong>\u201cLearning by doing\u201d can be considered as the basis of all the practices on which various schools are focusing nowadays. Multimedia is the greatest enabler for all such methodologies.<\/p>\n

Why digitalLEARNING considered \u201cLearning Experience\u201d as a parameter for Top Schools of India Ranking – 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Traditional educational approaches have resulted in a mismatch between what is taught to the students and what the industry needs. Many institutions are heading towards the learning focused on finding solutions to problems. Such learning nurtures students who are creative, critical thinkers and analytical to solve problems.<\/p>\n

digitalLEARNING magazine considered \u201cLearning Experience\u201d as one of the parameters for its Top Schools of India Ranking-2018 because the cognitive experience of a student should be fun rather than burden and boredom.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/span>Online and Social Presence<\/div>
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An organisation\u2019s website is actually a window of its reputation and people associated with it. It also applies to the organisation\u2019s social media or digital presence.<\/p>\n

According to IMAI (Internet and Mobile Association of India), 65 percent of the population prefers online search for educational content.<\/p>\n

Offering a deep insight about any school, a website helps in deriving an impression of a school\u2019s various activities and environment as well.<\/p>\n

Institutes with more online or social visibility seem to enjoy a marked advantage in terms of being more accessible and being popular among students.<\/p>\n

The website also lists schools\u2019 key differentiators and how its key strengths stack up with the rest of the players. All this helps parents to decide about a school.<\/p>\n

To analyse a school website, following features were considered:<\/p>\n

Utility and User Friendly Website<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apart from analysing how user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing\/ appealing a particular school website is, technical robustness is also taken into account. Further, the kind of information available on the homepage, placing of information about the school, and navigation styles of the website are also considered.<\/p>\n

Social Connectivity and Community Building:<\/strong>It serves to check how effectively the institution is reaching out to potential students, professionals and harnessing the power of social media in networking with different edu-stakeholders including bolstering parental involvement.<\/p>\n

Why \u201cOnline & Social Presence\u201d was a parameter for Top Schools of India Ranking – 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just like a school\u2019s edifice, it is the website that determines its introduction. Be it parents or students, they look at a school\u2019s website as one of its original reflections. More and more schools today use the power of digital technology and reach out to the target audience, taking its surging importance digitalLEARNING magazine has considered \u201cOnline & Social Presence\u201d as a key parameter of its \u201cTop Schools of India Ranking 2018\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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