Academic Reputation

Academic reputation is essential for all institutions. Rankings of schools will be done based on the overall impression of excellence or quality created by a number of factors.

• Eligibility criteria for hiring teachers:
• Qualification
• No. of years of experience
• Have you received any credible rankings/achievements?
Yes
No
• Mention Here (Long)
• Student Teacher Ratio
• Availability of resources:
• Digital Resources
• Remedial classes

Teacher's Advancement & Well-being

Teachers are central to student success. Teacher well-being and job satisfaction strongly influence teacher behavior and is positively related to school and classroom climate and pupil achievement. Initiatives taken by management with regard to teacher's advancement & well-being will be ranked under this parameter.

• Frequency of teacher-training programs in a year
• Frequency of teacher's assessment in a year
• Do you conduct counseling sessions for teachers?
  Yes

  No

Co-curricular Education

Co-curricular Education involves activities or subjects beyond the curriculum. These activities include those subjects that are not a part of your academic curriculum but are important to ensure the holistic development of an individual. Schools will be ranked based on the activities initiated by the management.

• Explain measures taken towards adaptation to digital co-curricular education?
• How many hours are dedicated to co-curricular education in a week?
• Do you have activity clubs for your student
• Achievements

Sports Education

Sports education not only teaches the students to maintain their physical stamina, but also instills the habit of obedience, discipline, the determination to win, willpower, etc. Ranking will be based on the sports education techniques adopted by the schools during the pandemic.

• Explain measures taken towards adaptation of digital sports education?
• How many hours are dedicated to sports education in a week?
• Do you have dedicated teachers for sports?

Modern technologies allow data collection on student responses, learning patterns, content access, and a myriad of information on learning effects. Rankings will be done on the basis of the advancement and adaptation of technology for the betterment of students.

• Which Learning Management System (LMS) do you use?
• What are the newest digital tools you have incorporated into the teaching process?

Leadership in Quality Management

The role of leadership in quality management forms the backbone of any improvement strategy. Ranking will be based on the internal environment created by the management to achieve the quality of deliverables.

• How is the staff’s quality of work assessed?
• Frequency of quality management assessment in a year

Parental Engagement

This parameter will assess the involvement of parents in supporting their children's academic learning. Ranking will be based on the initiatives taken by the management in terms of motivating parents to involve themselves in their child’s academics and in the school activities.

• Frequency of PTA meetings in a month
• What are the initiatives taken to include parents in school activities?
• How do you engage parents using digital platforms?

Future-Proof Learning Infrastructure

It’s impossible to predict the future, a lesson well-learned in the past year. As school systems at all levels around the world struggled to come up with viable ways to ensure students could continue their education, one thing became abundantly clear to IT leaders in education: the need to future-proof their school’s IT infrastructure. Rankings will be based on the IT Infrastructure of the leading schools.

• Do you outsource your IT requirements?
• How did you introduce innovative digital learning techniques?
• How many people does your IT team consist of ?

Individual Attention to Students

Individual care and attention constitute a very important part in the advancement of students. This requires that you give attention to their health and assess the level of their progress in academics and other activities. Ranking will be based on the initiatives taken to ensure the requirements.

• Frequency of one-on-one discussions of students’ progress in a week?
• Do you have dedicated facilities for students with special needs?

Innovative Pedagogy In Early Years Of Education

Is your school keeping up with the times? Does your teaching methodology reflect outdated 20th century practices or has your school taken initiatives to innovate for the modern age of Gen-Z learners? The early years of education are undoubtedly the most important ones as they shape who we are, what we learn and how we learn. This category is meant for schools that have made efforts to incorporate new technologies into classroom learning, introduced unique lecture formats or have come up with alternative ways of testing children in their early years of education.

Outstanding Contribution In Early Years Of Education

The early years, or the wonder years as they are often called, are by-far the most important ones in a student's life. This category is reserved for the school that has made the biggest and best contributions to early years' education in India. These contributions could be in the form of new teaching and testing techniques, outstanding extra-curricular opportunities or coming up with improved methods of learning and personality development for younger children.

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Hygiene Process