COVER STORY EW Preschools Survey 2011 Parameters of Excellence: Chennai’s Top Preschools

Rank Competence of teachers Rank Infrastructure provision Rating Rating 2011 2010 (100) 2011 2010 (200) 1 1 Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids, NR 1 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar 85 176 2 2 EuroKids, 82 NR 2 VVM-Little Millennium, Anna Nagar 173 NR 2 SEED, Ashok Nagar 82 2 3 EuroKids, Anna Nagar 172 3 3 Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, NR 3 Hansel & Gretel, T. Nagar 172 Raja Annamalaipuram 81 3 4 Vruksha, 170 3 3 EuroKids, Alwarpet 81 4 5 Bamboola, Raja Annamalaipuram 166 4 4 Bamboola, Raja Annamalaipuram 80 5 6 Apple Kids, 162 5 5 Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids, Neelankarai 79 NR 7 SEED, Ashok Nagar 161 4 6 Vruksha, Alwarpet 75 7 8 Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, 6 6 Little Angels, T. Nagar 75 Raja Annamalaipuram 160 NR 6 Learning Tree, Adyar 75 8 9 Little Angels, T. Nagar 157 7 7 Apple Kids, Royapettah 74 9 10 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 154 2 8 Vanilla Play School, R.A. Puram 73 NR 11 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar 151 1 9 Apple Kids, Anna Nagar 72 NR 12 Learning Tree, Adyar 136 NR 10 VVM-Little Millennium, Anna Nagar 71 10 13 Apple Kids, Anna Nagar 135 NR 10 Shiksha Preschool, 71 6 14 Vanilla Play School, R.A. Puram 127 10 11 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 70 NR 15 Shiksha Preschool, Nungambakkam 126 NR 12 Little Millennium, Velacheri 68 13 16 EuroKids, Alwarpet 125 NR 13 Hansel & Gretel, T. Nagar 67 NR 17 Little Millennium, Velacheri 124 NR 14 I Play I Learn, 63 NR 18 I Play I Learn, Nanganallur 122 14 15 Shemrock Little Stars, Adyar 62 19 19 Shemrock Little Stars, Adyar 120

Rank Individual attention to students Rating 2011 2010 (100) 1 1 EuroKids, Anna Nagar 84 2 2 Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids, Neelankarai 80 3 3 Bamboola, Raja Annamalaipuram 75 NR 3 VVM-Little Millennium, Anna Nagar 75 4 4 Vruksha, Alwarpet 73 5 5 Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, Raja Annamalaipuram 72 15 6 Apple Kids, Anna Nagar 71 6 7 EuroKids, Alwarpet 70 NR 8 Learning Tree, Adyar 69 8 9 Apple Kids, Royapettah 68 NR 10 SEED, Ashok Nagar 67 10 11 Little Angels, T. Nagar 65 NR 12 Hansel & Gretel, T. Nagar 63 NR 13 Shiksha Preschool, Nungambakkam 61 NR 13 I Play I Learn, Nanganallur 61 Early environment education at Bamboola, 9 14 Vanilla Play School, R.A. Puram 60 Raja Annamalaipuram 9 14 Shemrock Little Stars, Adyar 60 NR 15 Little Millennium, Velacheri 59 14 16 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 57 66 EducationWorld, October 2011 NR 17 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar 55 COVER STORY EW Chennai Preschools Survey 2011

Rank Rank Innovative teaching Parental involvement Rating Rating 2011 2010 2011 (100) 2010 (100) NR 1 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar 81 1 1 Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, 2 2 EuroKids, Anna Nagar 76 Raja Annamalaipuram 78 2 2 Vruksha, Alwarpet 76 NR 1 Hansel & Gretel, T. Nagar 78 3 3 Bamboola, Raja Annamalaipuram 75 2 2 Little Angels, T. Nagar 76 4 4 Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, NR 3 Little Millennium, Velacheri 75 Raja Annamalaipuram 73 4 4 EuroKids, Anna Nagar 74 4 4 Little Angels, T. Nagar 73 NR 5 VVM-Little Millennium, Anna Nagar 73 5 5 Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids, 11 5 Vanilla Play School, R.A. Puram 73 Neelankarai 71 6 6 Apple Kids, Royapettah 72 NR 6 Learning Tree, Adyar 68 6 6 Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids, NR 7 Shiksha Preschool, Nungambakkam 67 Neelankarai 72 1 7 Apple Kids, Anna Nagar 67 7 7 Bamboola, Raja Annamalaipuram 71 8 8 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 66 8 8 EuroKids, Alwarpet 70 NR 9 SEED, Ashok Nagar 64 NR 8 Shiksha Preschool, Nungambakkam 70 10 10 Apple Kids, Royapettah 63 NR 9 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar 69 11 11 EuroKids, Alwarpet 62 NR 9 Learning Tree, Adyar 69 NR 12 VVM-Little Millennium, Anna Nagar 60 10 10 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 68 NR 13 I Play I Learn, Nanganallur 58 NR 11 SEED, Ashok Nagar 66 NR 13 Hansel & Gretel, T. Nagar 58 12 12 Vruksha, Alwarpet 65 11 14 Shemrock Little Stars, Adyar 56 9 13 Apple Kids, Anna Nagar 62 NR 14 Little Millennium, Velacheri 56 NR 13 I Play I Learn, Nanganallur 62 9 15 Vanilla Play School, R.A. Puram 55 10 14 Shemrock Little Stars, Adyar 60

Rank Safety & hygiene Rating 2011 2010 (100) 1 1 Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids, Neelankarai 85 2 2 EuroKids, Anna Nagar 81 3 3 Bamboola, Raja Annamalaipuram 80 NR 4 Hansel & Gretel, T. Nagar 78 5 5 Vruksha, Alwarpet 77 6 6 Apple Kids, Royapettah 76 14 7 Vanilla Play School, R.A. Puram 75 NR 7 Little Millennium, Velacheri 75 NR 8 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar 74 8 8 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 74 9 9 EuroKids, Alwarpet 73 Showtime at I Play I Learn, Nanganallur 10 10 Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, Raja Annamalaipuram 72 NR 10 Learning Tree, Adyar 72 NR 11 Shiksha Preschool, Nungambakkam 71 On the telling parameter of innovative teaching, the previously unranked NR 12 VVM-Little Millennium, Anna Nagar 70 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar is ranked NR 12 I Play I Learn, Nanganallur 70 first this year 13 13 Little Angels, T. Nagar 68 8 14 Apple Kids, Anna Nagar 66 NR 15 SEED, Ashok Nagar 65 68 EducationWorld, October 2011 13 15 Shemrock Little Stars, Adyar 65 COVER STORY EW Chennai Preschools Survey 2011

Rank Value for money Rank Leadership quality Rating Rating 2011 2010 2011 (100) 2010 (100) 10 1 Vruksha, Alwarpet 79 1 1 Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids, NR 2 SEED, Ashok Nagar 77 Neelankarai 82 2 3 Apple Kids, Royapettah 76 2 2 Vruksha, Alwarpet 79 NR 4 VVM-Little Millennium, Anna Nagar 72 3 3 Bamboola, Raja Annamalaipuram 76 3 4 EuroKids, Alwarpet 72 4 4 Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, 1 4 Vanilla Play School, R.A. Puram 72 Raja Annamalaipuram 74 4 5 Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids, 5 5 EuroKids, Anna Nagar 73 Neelankarai 70 5 5 Apple Kids, Royapettah 73 NR 5 I Play I Learn, Nanganallur 70 6 6 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 72 5 6 Bamboola, Raja Annamalaipuram 69 NR 7 SEED, Ashok Nagar 71 NR 7 Little Millennium, Velacheri 68 8 8 Little Angels, T. Nagar 67 6 7 Little Angels, T. Nagar 68 11 8 Apple Kids, Anna Nagar 67 NR 7 Hansel & Gretel, T. Nagar 68 NR 9 Shiksha Preschool, Nungambakkam 66 7 8 EuroKids, Anna Nagar 67 NR 10 Learning Tree, Adyar 65 7 8 Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, 7 10 Vanilla Play School, R.A. Puram 65 Raja Annamalaipuram 67 NR 11 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar 60 NR 9 Shiksha Preschool, Nungambakkam 66 NR 12 VVM-Little Millennium, Anna Nagar 55 NR 10 Learning Tree, Adyar 65 12 12 EuroKids, Alwarpet 55 12 11 Apple Kids, Anna Nagar 64 NR 13 Hansel & Gretel, T. Nagar 54 11 12 Shemrock Little Stars, Adyar 63 NR 14 Little Millennium, Velacheri 53 11 13 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 62 13 14 Shemrock Little Stars, Adyar 53 NR 14 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar 60 NR 15 I Play I Learn, Nanganallur 52

Rank Special needs education Rank Play facilities Rating Rating 2011 2010 2011 2010 (100) (100) 1 1 Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids, NR 1 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar 81 Neelankarai 67 NR 1 Hansel & Gretel, T. Nagar 81 2 2 EuroKids, Anna Nagar 65 2 2 Bamboola, Raja Annamalaipuram 78 5 2 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 65 3 3 Apple Kids, Royapettah 77 NR 2 Shiksha Preschool, Nungambakkam 65 3 3 EuroKids, Alwarpet 77 3 3 Bamboola, Raja Annamalaipuram 63 4 4 EuroKids, Anna Nagar 76 8 3 Apple Kids, Royapettah 63 5 5 Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids, 6 4 Vruksha, Alwarpet 62 Neelankarai 75 9 4 Little Angels, T. Nagar 62 6 6 Vruksha, Alwarpet 73 7 5 Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, 1 6 Apple Kids, Anna Nagar 73 Raja Annamalaipuram 61 7 7 Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, NR 5 Hansel & Gretel, T. Nagar 61 Raja Annamalaipuram 72 NR 5 Learning Tree, Adyar 61 8 8 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 71 NR 6 SEED, Ashok Nagar 60 10 8 Vanilla Play School, R.A. Puram 71 NR 6 VVM-Little Millennium, Anna Nagar 60 NR 9 VVM-Little Millennium, Anna Nagar 70 11 6 EuroKids, Alwarpet 60 NR 9 Learning Tree, Adyar 70 NR 7 Bumble Bees, Ashok Nagar 56 NR 10 SEED, Ashok Nagar 69 12 8 Apple Kids, Anna Nagar 53 NR 11 Shiksha Preschool, Nungambakkam 68 4 8 Vanilla Play School, R.A. Puram 53 NR 12 Little Millennium, Velacheri 67 NR 8 I Play I Learn, Nanganallur 53 13 13 Little Angels, T. Nagar 65 NR 9 Little Millennium, Velacheri 52 NR 13 I Play I Learn, Nanganallur 65 12 10 Shemrock Little Stars, Adyar 51 15 14 Shemrock Little Stars, Adyar 63

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