Best Co-ed Day-cum-Boarding Schools 2016-17

Best Co-ed Day-cum-Boarding Schools 2016-17, i.e day schools that also host a substantial number of boys and girls as boarders, constitute a special category in the annual EducationWorld India School Rankings. The league table of India’s best co-ed day-cum-boarding schools has experienced a churn this year. After two years at the top, the reign of Daly College, Indore has ended with the Modern School, Barakhamba Road, Delhi (MSBR, estb.1920) pipping it by a short nose this year. And although Delhi Public School, RK Puram, a long-standing member of the high end of the Top 10 table, retains its #3 rank, this year it’s obliged to share it with the new genre Greenwood High, Bangalore which has been rising in the esteem of the informed public with each passing year. Delhi Public School, Dwarka (Delhi) has also retained last years #4 ranking, but two non-metro schools — SAI International, Bhubaneswar and Sanskaar Valley, Bhopal — both ranked #5 — have been promoted to the high end of the Top 10 table of co-ed day-cum-boarding schools. Co-ed day-cum boarding schools, i.e, day schools which also host a substantial number of boys and girls as boarders, constitute a special category in the annual EducationWorld India School Rankings (EWISR) surveys. Unlike day schools simpliciter which attract local students, co-ed day-cum-boarding schools tend to pitch themselves higher to draw students from all parts of the country, and often from abroad. Therefore in terms of infrastructure, co-curricular and sports education, student care and services, as also student body diversity, they tend to offer more holistic education and better facilities. Therefore, they are ranked separately in the national and international categories. Unsurprisingly, Dr. Vijay Datta, who was appointed principal of MSBR (which hosts 150 boarders) in 2014 after acquiring valuable teaching and admin experience at Mayo College, Ajmer (1991-2011) and Army Public School, Dagshai (2011-14), is elated with the promotion of this school from #3 last year to top rank in 2016. “MSBR has a tradition of tirelessly striving for excellence in academics, co-curricular activities and sports. The dedication which drives our teachers and students, has brought this accolade. For this achievement, I must also place on record the valuable leadership and guidance provided by our board of trustees and the managing committee of the school”, says Datta, an awardee of a Ph D in life skills and emotional intelligence management of the Regional Institute of Education, Ajmer. Dr. Amlan Saha, principal of the Sanskaar Valley School, Bhopal (SVS, estb.2006), which has made a great leap forward in public perception from #32 in 2013 and #9 last year into the Top 5, also believes the promotion is due to the sustained effort of faculty and students to improve learning outcomes and co-curricular and extra-curricular education in this CISCE (Delhi) and CIE (UK)-affiliated K-12 school promoted by the Dainik Bhaskar newspapers group a decade ago. “Its a matter of great pride for us that Sanskaar Valley has been ranked among India’s Top 5 co-ed day-cum-boarding schools within the…