School Details

Academics and Pedagogy

1. 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 primary teachers:
  • Qualification
  • No. of years of experience
• Eligibility criteria for hiring secondary teachers:
• Qualification
• No. of years of experience

2. 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

3. 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.

• How many hours are dedicated to co-curricular education in a week ?
• Do you have activity clubs for your students ?

4. 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.

• How many hours are dedicated to sports education in a week?
• Do you have dedicated teachers for different sports ?
• Do you outsource your sports faculty ?
• Achievements

5. Digital Learning Advancement

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 ?
• Frequency of LMS training for teachers and students in a month ?
• What are the newest digital tools you have incorporated into the teaching process ?

6. Student Advancement & Mentoring

Mentoring is particularly critical because it helps young people overcome the barriers and risk factors in achieving successful academic outcome. Schools will be ranked based on the initiatives taken by management in respect to Student Advancement & Mentoring.

• Frequency of life-skill classes & workshops offered to students in a month
• Frequency of student mentoring programs in a month

7. 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:

8. 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

9. 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 ?

10. Value For Money

Students receive value for money when they experience the full benefits of education - both during their studies and afterwards - in exchange for the effort, time and money they invest. Rankings will be based on this criterion.

• Are your students given exposure through seminars, workshops, conferences etc ?
• Have you given your students adequate access to digital resources ?

11. Community Service

Community service among students will help them develop real- world skills that will help them succeed in middle school, high school and beyond. Ranking will be based on the opportunities given by the management to help students understand the importance of community service.

• What unique initiatives have your students taken to reach out to the society during the pandemic ?

12. Career Counseling & Advancement

Career counseling potentially draws from and contributes to both individual pupil's career development and individual counseling. Career counseling should be a core activity of the school to make the students future-ready. Rankings will be based on the efforts put in by the management to meet student's requirements with regard to career counseling and advancement.

• Frequency of career counseling sessions in a year
• Do you have a dedicated team for career counseling or do you outsource a team?

13. Psychological Well-being of Students

Psychological problems have become increasingly common among students nowadays, especially during the pandemic. Schools will be ranked on the basis of the initiatives taken to keep mental peace among students.

• How often do you conduct counseling sessions for your students in a month ?
• How many workshops have you organized on mental health awareness ?

14. 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 student's progress in a week?
• Do you provide remedial classes for weaker students ?
• Do you have dedicated facilities for students with special needs ?

15. Integrations

Multiple intelligences (MI) refer to a theory describing the different ways students learn and acquire information. These multiple intelligences range from the use of words, numbers, pictures and music, to the importance of social interactions, introspection, physical movement and being in tune with nature. STEM can exist across a range of activities and content areas. Rankings will be based on the integrations done in academics to meet the requirements.

• Have you introduced MI in your curriculum ?
• Have you introduced STEM Integration in your curriculum ?
• Do you organize workshops on integration of MI ?
• Do you organize workshops on integration of STEM ?
• Have you introduced AI in your curriculum ?

16. Parental Involvement (Brief)

17. Special Needs Education

1. Any toppers from your institution (National/State level) during the last year ?
   • Academics
   • Sports
2. What makes your institution stand out from others? (Brief)
3. Why does your institution deserve to be rated as one of the best schools in North India? Please specify.