India’s Premier Girls Day Schools 2017-18

Except for the #1 rank which has been retained by the J.B. Petit High School for Girls, Mumbai, the Top 10 league table of India’s most admired girls day schools has undergone a major makeover. There’s a major shake-up in the EW India Girls Day Schools Rankings 2017-18. Except for the #1 rank which has been retained by the J.B. Petit High School for Girls, Mumbai, the Top 10 league table of India’s most admired girls day schools has undergone a makeover. Carmel Convent, Chandigarh has risen in public estimation to #2 (from #4 in 2016) as has the Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls’ Public School, Jodhpur to #3 (6). The ascent of these institutions has pushed La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata to the #4 (2) position, a rank it shares with Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ Public School, Jaipur which has moved up from #7 last year. Loreto House, Middleton, Kolkata has retained its #5 rank even as Modern High School, Kolkata is tied at #6 (3) with Nasr Girls, Hyderabad (8). The Top 10 table is completed by St. Mary’s Pune, ranked #7, Sacred Heart Secondary, Chandigarh at #8, Villa Theresa High School, Mumbai at #9 and La Martiniere Girls College, Lucknow at #10. Benaifer P. Kutar, principal of the vintage K-X J.B. Petit High School for Girls, Mumbai (JBP, estb.1860), is delighted that the “massive” sample respondents polled by C fore have reaffirmed JBP as India’s #1 girls day school and top-ranked it on the important parameters of academic reputation, faculty competence and leadership/management quality. “The #1 rank is encouraging validation of the efforts put in by the management and teachers over the past several decades to provide an enriching school experience to generations of girl students. Our students graduate as articulate, expressive and confident women, not afraid to voice their opinions, while respecting the sentiments of others and appreciating multiple perspectives and views. Last March we unveiled the ambitious ‘JB Building Excellence’ redevelopment project under which we plan to expand and modernise the campus and introduce the International Baccalaureate diploma programme. This will effectively complement the existing heritage building and benefit girl students for generations to come,” says Kutar, an alumna of SNDT University, Mumbai who signed up as teacher in 1995 and was appointed principal of the school in 2010.  Neera Singh, principal of the Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls’ Public School (RKKGPS), Jodhpur, which has been advancing steadily up the girls day schools league table, is also elated by the school’s progression to the Top 3 this year. Promoted in 1992 by Maharaja Gaj Singh II of Marwar, this new-gen school which has 1,310 day scholars, is ranked #1 in Rajasthan (pop. 68 million) and also top-ranked in its category for infrastructure provision. “As the school celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, the news of our promotion to #3 has energised the entire RKK fraternity comprising faculty, students and parents. I believe the major factors that have contributed to our rising reputation within the informed public are…