COVER STORY EW Boarding Schools Survey 2010

Parameters of Excellence: India’s Top 10 Boarding Schools

Rank Rank Academic reputation Rating Co-curricular education Rating (100) (100) 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010

431 The Doon School, Dehradun 84 NR 5 1 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 89 972 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 83 232 The Doon School, Dehradun 88 323 Mayo College, Ajmer 82 643 Sherwood College, Nainital 87 874 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 81 673 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 87 844 Lawrence School, Sanawar 81 NR NR 4 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 86 655 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 80 564 Rashtriya Indian Military College, 955 St. John’s International Residential Dehradun 86 School, Chennai 80 784 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 86 655 Sherwood College, Nainital 80 265 Lawrence School, Sanawar 85 NR NR 5 Orchid International School, Nasik 80 NR 6 5 Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School, 766 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 79 Jaipur 85 766 RiverDale International Residential 785 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 85 School, Pune 79 796 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 84 NR NR 6 Mussoorie International School 79 536 The Scindia School, Gwalior 84 NR 5 7 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 78 876 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 84 NR 7 7 New Era High School, Panchgani 78 126 Mayo College, Ajmer 84 977 Daly College, Indore 78 127 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 83 NR NR 8 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 77 987 Daly College, Indore 83 NR 8 8 Sela Qui World School, Dehradun 77 187 Lawrence School Lovedale, Ooty 83 588 Rashtriya Indian Military College, 387 Jain International Residential School, Dehradun 77 Bangalore 83 NR 8 8 Bangalore Military School 77 428 Orchid International School, Nasik 82 579 The Scindia School, Gwalior 76 NR NR 8 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 82 NR 9 9 Chinmaya International Residential NR 9 8 Sela Qui World School, Dehradun 82 School, Coimbatore 76 NR 9 8 Shigally Hill International Academy, NR 10 9 B G S International Residential School, Dehradun 82 Bangalore 76 NR 10 9 RiverDale International Residential 11010 Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School, School, Pune 81 Jaipur 75 8109 Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie 81 NR NR 10 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 75 6109 Sainik School, Jamnagar 81 NR 10 10 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 75 NR 7 10 Sainik School, Satara 80 61010 Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital 75 NR NR 10 Army Public School, Dagshai 80 NR NR 10 St. John’s International Residential School, Chennai 80 NR NR 10 Bangalore Military School 80 NR NR 10 Taurian World School, Ranchi 80

The Doon School, Dehradun and Mayo College Girls, Ajmer have substantially improved their academic reputation and co-curricular education rankings this year Doon School, Dehradun: improved academic reputation rating

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Rank Rank Competence of faculty Rating Individual attention to Rating students (100) 2008 2009 2010 (200) 2008 2009 2010 231 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 180 2 1 1 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 92 NR 7 1 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 180 122 The Doon School, Dehradun 90 112 The Doon School, Dehradun 179 243 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 88 673 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 173 454 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 87 224 Mayo College, Ajmer 172 NR 3 5 New Era High School, Panchgani 86 885 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 170 NR NR 5 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 86 645 Lawrence School, Sanawar 170 976 Daly College, Indore 85 10 10 6 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 169 376 The Scindia School, Gwalior 85 996 Rashtriya Indian Military College, 787 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 84 Dehradun 169 487 Lawrence School Lovedale, Ooty 84 NR NR 7 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 168 898 Rashtriya Indian Military College, NR NR 7 Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar 168 Dehradun 83 NR NR 7 Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong 168 NR 9 8 Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie 83 778 Daly College, Indore 167 NR 10 9 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 82 NR NR 8 Dr. Graham’s Home, Kalimpong 167 7109 St. Joseph’s School, North Point, 548 Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty 166 Darjeeling 82 NR NR 8 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 166 NR NR 9 Sela Qui World School, Dehradun 82 528 Orchid International School, Nasik 166 3510 Mayo College, Ajmer 81 749 Army Public School, Dagshai 165 7710 Orchid International School, Nasik 81 NR NR 9 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 165 NR 10 10 Musssorie International School 163

Rank Rank Quality of alumni/ Value for money Rating students Rating

2008 2009 2010 (100) 2008 2009 2010 (100) 2 1 1 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 82 211 The Doon School, Dehradun 93 45 2 Rashtriya Indian Military College, 532 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 91 Dehradun 81 733 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 90 99 3 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 80 124 Mayo College, Ajmer 89 52 4 Lawrence School Lovedale, Ooty 79 325 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 88 NR NR 4 St. Joseph’s School, North Point, 756 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 87 Darjeeling 79 546 Lawrence School, Sanawar 87 NR 7 5 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 78 NR NR 6 Sherwood College, Nainital 87 67 5 Mayo College, Ajmer 78 647 The Scindia School, Gwalior 86 NR 3 6 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 77 10 9 7 Rashtriya Indian Military College, NR NR 6 Dr. Graham’s Home, Kalimpong 77 Dehradun 86 34 7 The Doon School, Dehradun 76 NR 10 8 St. Joseph’s School, North Point, 65 7 Lawrence School, Sanawar 76 Darjeeling 85 NR 9 8 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 75 NR 6 8 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 85 NR NR 8 Musssoorie International School 75 6108 Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty 85 56 9 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 73 NR NR 9 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 82 NR NR 9 Army Public School, Dagshai 73 NR 5 9 Army Public School, Dagshai 82 NR NR 9 Bangalore Military School 73 NR NR 9 Daly College, Indore 82 NR 4 10 Daly College, Indore 72 NR 7 10 RiverDale International Residential NR NR 10 St. Augustine’s, Kalimpong 72 School, Pune 80 NR NR 10 Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie 72 NR NR 10 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 80

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Rank Rank Leadership/management Honesty/integrity Rating Rating quality (100) 2008 2009 2010 (100) 2008 2009 2010 11 1 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 91 531 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 91 89 2 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 90 222 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 88 32 3 The Doon School, Dehradun 89 332 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 88 34 3 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 89 NR NR 3 Daly College, Indore 87 NR 4 4 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 88 524 Sherwood College, Nainital 86 75 4 Chinmaya International Residential NR NR 5 St. Joseph’s School, North Point, School, Coimbatore 88 Darjeeling 85 65 5 St. Joseph’s School, North Point, 10 5 5 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 85 Darjeeling 84 NR 4 6 New Era High School, Panchgani 84 NR NR 6 Jain International Residential School, NR 3 7 Army Public School, Dagshai 83 Bangalore 83 NR 9 7 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 83 NR NR 7 Sherwood College, Nainital 82 448 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 82 56 7 Rashtriya Indian Military College, NR 6 8 B G S International Residential Dehradun 82 School, Bangalore 82 NR 6 7 Bangalore Military School 82 119 The Doon School, Dehradun 80 NR NR 8 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 81 999 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 80 23 8 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 81 NR NR 10 Lawrence School Lovedale, Ooty 79 NR 3 8 RiverDale International Residential 5410 Orchid International School, Nasik 79 School, Pune 81 NR NR 9 Orchid International School, Nasik 80 NR NR 9 Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar 80 NR NR 9 Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong 80 Rank 4410 Daly College, Indore 79 Parental involvement Rating 8410 St. John’s International Residential (100) School, Chennai 79 2008 2009 2010 NR 4 10 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 79 77 1 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 85 43 2 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 84 NR NR 2 The Doon School, Dehradun 84 11 3 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 83 74 4 Sherwood College, Nainital 82 10 10 5 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 81 NR 5 5 New Era High School, Panchgani 81 NR 6 6 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 80 NR NR 6 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 80 22 7 The Scindia School, Gwalior 79 99 7 Mayo College, Ajmer 79 NR 8 8 Lawrence School Lovedale, Ooty 78 NR 9 8 B G S International Residential School, Bangalore 78 86 9 Orchid International School, Nasik 76 Assam Valley’s Mountford (centre): Top 10 table debut NR NR 9 Jain International Residential School, Bangalore 76 NR NR 10 Army Public School, Dagshai 75 Mayo Girls tops the critical NR NR 10 St. John’s International Residential leadership and parental involvement School, Chennai 75 parameters in the EW-C fore 2010 NR NR 10 Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School, survey of legacy boarding schools Jaipur 75

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Rank Rank Admissions transparency Rating Sports education Rating (100) 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010 (100) 381 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 84 NR NR 1 Daly College, Indore 90 722 The Scindia School, Gwalior 83 341 Rashtriya Indian Military College, 142 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 83 Dehradun 90 10 2 2 B G S International Residential 562 The Doon School, Dehradun 88 School, Bangalore 83 NR 7 2 Orchid International School, Nasik 88 333 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 82 10 2 3 Army Public School, Dagshai 87 NR 3 3 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 82 NR 3 4 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 86 NR 3 3 New Era High School, Panchgani 82 614 Mayo College, Ajmer 86 494 The Doon School, Dehradun 81 545 Sherwood College, Nainital 85 NR 1 4 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 81 NR 4 5 Bangalore Military School, Bangalore 85 365 Lawrence School, Sanawar 80 456 Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty 84 NR NR 5 St. Joseph’s School, North Point, 756 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 84 Darjeeling 80 567 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 83 NR NR 6 Sherwood College, Nainital 79 NR NR 7 St. Joseph’s School, North Point, NR NR 6 Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong 79 Darjeeling 83 NR NR 7 Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok 78 367 Sainik School, Jamnagar 83 657 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 78 678 Lawrence School, Sanawar 82 NR NR 7 Chinmaya International Residential 778 The Scindia School, Gwalior 82 School, Coimbatore 78 NR NR 8 Mussoorie International School 82 NR NR 8 Rashtriya Indian Military College, NR 7 8 82 Dehradun 77 Sainik School, Satara 569 81 NR NR 8 Bangalore Military School 77 Welham Girls School, Dehradun NR NR 9 81 NR NR 8 Army Public School, Dagshai 77 St. Augustine’s, Kalimpong NR 9 9 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 76 NR NR 10 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 80 1210 80 2109 Maharani Gayatri Devi School, Jaipur 76 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling NR 8 10 80 NR 7 9 Daly College, Indore 76 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 9910 NR NR 9 Pinegrove School, Dharampur 76 Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore 80 7610 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 75 8910 Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie 80 NR 8 10 Jain International Residential, Bangalore 75 NR 9 10 Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior 80 NR NR 10 Dr. Graham’s Home, Kalimpong 75

Rank 86 6 St. Joseph’s School, North Point, Darjeeling 86 Infrastructure provision Rating 44 6 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 86

2008 2009 2010 (100) 25 7 The Scindia School, Gwalior 85 111 The Doon School, Dehradun 92 NR 9 7 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 85 521 Lawrence School, Sanawar 92 23 7 Mayo College, Ajmer 85 232 Daly College, Indore 91 58 8 St. John’s International Residential NR NR 2 Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar 91 School, Chennai 84 10 5 3 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 90 38 8 Jain International Residential School, 444 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 88 Bangalore 84 544 Sherwood College, Nainital 88 NR 8 8 Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital 84 NR 4 4 New Era High School, Panchgani 88 310 9 Maharani Gayatri Devi School, Jaipur 82 355 Army Public School, Dagshai 87 NR 10 9 The Blue Mountain School, Ooty 82 NR 5 5 B G S International Residential 5710 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 81 School, Bangalore 87 NR NR 10 RiverDale International Residential 485 Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty 87 School, Pune 81 666 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 86 NR NR 10 Sela Qui World School, Dehradun 81

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