EducationWorld in association with C fore, Delhi, conducted its 14th annual EducationWorld (EW) India School Rankings survey. The EducationWorld (EW) survey rates and ranks the country’s top 2,000 schools in six main and twelve sub-categories – Day Schools: Co-ed, Boys and Girls, Day-cum-boarding Schools; Boarding Schools: Co-ed Schools, Girls and Boys; International: Day, Day-cum-boarding and fully Residential.
EducationWorld also rates and ranks India’s best Special Needs; Private Budget Schools and Government schools. This is the most comprehensive, in-depth and extensive league tables of any schools ranking survey worldwide.
The schools have been ranked on 14 parameters: academic reputation, competence of faculty, individual attention to students, leadership/ management quality, curriculum and pedagogy (digital readiness), co-curricular education, safety and hygiene, community service, internationalism, parental involvement, teacher welfare and development, value for money, sports education and infrastructure provision.
The top 10 schools in Chandigarh as per the EducationWorld (EW) India School Rankings are:
1. Strawberry Fields High School, Sector 26
The school was established in April, 2004, for students in the age group of 5 to 18 years, from Kindergarten to Class 12. It is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination and in Class 11 and 12 it offers the Commerce, Humanities and Science streams. The school has been set up under the aegis of the Durga Das Foundation, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation. It also offers IB programme- an internationally recognised, rigorous academic programme.
2. Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Chandigarh Kendra was founded on July 17, 1983. Each year, the school earns top rankings at the National Level based on its Class XII CBSE results.
Bhavan Vidyalaya also partakes in international student exchange programmes and organises trips abroad. A delegation of 7 students and 2 Educators from the Webb School, Knoxville USA visited this school as a part of a Student Exchange Programme initiated by Rotary Club in 2019.
3. Vivek High School, Sector 38
Vivek High School was established on April 4, 1984, and is being run under the aegis of Bhagwant Singh Charitable Trust. The school is co-educational and the medium of instruction is English. Within a year of its inception, the school was affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. The school offers various international programmes such as tGELF, PASCH (an initiative of Foreign Ministry), International Award for Young People (IAYP), Trinity College London Examinations & Certification and more.
4. St Kabir Public School, Sector 26
St Kabir Public School is an un-aided, co-educational school founded in 1974. It is run by the Kabir Educational Society (a government registered body) and is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. The school runs the ‘Wings Theatre Academy’, in association with Mr Zubin Mehta, after school hours, all year round. This academy is open to all school-going children of the tricity.
5. Delhi Public School, Sector 40
DPS, Chandigarh, was established in 2003 and is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. It follows the pattern of fourteen years of schooling. Starting with one year of Nursery (at the age of 3+), followed by one year of Preparatory Class (KG) and then 12 years of Secondary and Senior Secondary School, based on the 10+2 CBSE pattern of instruction. It has a modern building housing, a striking sports complex, state-of-the-art infrastructure and spacious classrooms.
6. Chitkara International School, Sector 25
Chitkara International School is a CBSE Affiliated School that has been accredited for ‘Quality School Governance’ by National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET). It has also received the International School Award by British Council and placed in the ‘Platinum’ Category by the Department of Education Chandigarh in association with PGIMER, Chandigarh, and Indian Council of Medical Research under the School Health Accreditation Project (SHAP).
7. St Stephen’s School, Sector 45
St Stephen’s School is an English medium and co-educational institution, affiliated to The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. It was founded by Harold Carver, who had started a school from residential buildings in Sector 8, Chandigarh. Through his dedication, foresight and planning, he was successful in establishing St Stephen’s School. He was honoured with National Award in 2008 by the President of India.
http://www.stephenschandigarh.com/mydefault.php
8. St Anne’s Convent School, Sector 32
St Anne’s Convent School is an English medium, co-educational senior secondary school, affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It is a Christian minority Institution, established by the Simla-Chandigarh Educational Society, in the year 1977 and administered by the Religious Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate, in the Catholic Church. The school is under the religious jurisdiction of the Catholic Bishop of Simla-Chandigarh Diocese. The school has its state-of-the-art e-library named Annean’s E-Library. It has been exclusively designed to support home learning.
9. Kailash Bahl Dav Senior Secondary Public School, Sector 7, and Shivalik Public School, Sector 41
The foundation stone for Kailash Bahl (KB) DAV Public School, Chandigarh was laid on February 1, 1994, by Principal BS Bahl, vice president DAV CMC, New Delhi, and Chairman of the School. The KB DAV-7 rink has prepared many Roller Hockey Indian Teams to participate in Asian and World Championships. Their students have shown mettle in sports and have made outstanding achievements in skating, on both National and International Fronts.
Shivalik Public School, Chandigarh, established in 1970, is an English medium and co-educational institution. It is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, under the 10+2 pattern. The Public Health Department of PGI conducted a two year survey and the school was found to be complying with health promoting school accreditation standards. It was awarded under gold category by PGIMER, Chandigarh.
https://www.shivalik.org/chandigarh/
10. DAV Senior Secondary School
(Lahore), Sector 8
Theschool was established at Lahore on
June 1, 1886, and re-established at Chandigarh on April 19, 1955. Under the
aegis of Indian Council for Environment Education, the school implements the
programmes and concepts which lead to sustainable development. At present the
following projects like rain water harvesting, sprinklers system, drip
irrigation system, vermiculture bio-technology, vermiwash (liquid manure), eco-friendly
methods of composting and green house are running in the campus.
