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Re the EW India School Rankings 2017-18 (EW September), I would like to place on record that for the past three years, our school has been getting two ranks in EWISR. We had complained about this anomaly in writing last year. Yet again this year we have got two ranks, #37 and #41 in Karnataka’s best co-ed day schools league table. This is very de-motivating for the school.  Please note our name is Presidency School Bangalore South not Presidency School Bilekahalli, Bangalore South and we don’t have any branch in Bannerghatta. Please resolve this issue at the earliest.  J. Bhuvaneswari Director/Principal, Presidency School Bangalore South We regret the error — Editor   Wrong classification We were shocked to read that the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Dehradun, has been ranked #2 in Uttarakhand in the girls’ day schools category in the EW India School Rankings 2017-18. For the past three consecutive years we have been ranked the #1 girls day school in Uttarakhand and Dehradun in your league tables.  For your information CJM is a 117-year-old school providing unmatched quality education to girl children and is the only all-girls’ day school in Dehradun. Waverley Convent, Mussoorie which has been ranked #1 in Uttarakhand this year, is a boarding school with only 1 percent day scholars. Therefore CJM and Waverley should not be judged in the same category.  Please immediately rectify this category classification error and issue a corrigendum ranking CJM #1 in the state of Uttarakhand. Sr. Greta D’Souza Principal, Convent of Jesus and Mary, Dehradun This contention is correct. We have awarded CJM the #1 rank trophy and certificate. See p. 90 — Editor    Crass sensationalism The recent ghastly murder of a seven-year-old child at Ryan International School, Gurgaon, has stirred the conscience of the nation. The media is in overdrive demanding the arrest and trial of Dr. Augustine and Grace Pinto and their son Ryan — the promoter-directors of the school. The Central and state governments and police have also raised their own concerns. Amid all these emotional outbursts, it would be unfair to lose track of the commendable work done by the Pinto family in promoting 135 K-12 schools across the country and abroad. Cumulatively, nearly 30,000 students graduate from these schools every year. Thus they have made a great contribution to school education in India. While it is their bounden duty to cooperate fully and honestly in the investigations, the insulting manner in which mud has been slung at them by the media is grossly unfair. Crass sensationalism has given this tragedy an ugly touch. Close on the heels of the Ryan horror, a nine-year-old girl student of a government school in Gurugram was reportedly raped by her teacher. Should the police not reach the doors of the minister of education, the owner of the school? India has an excellent private education system which is the envy of Asia. This system is being systematically destroyed through unimaginative legislation by state and Central governments. Not many promoters would now consider…