Top scorers at Mumbai Schools Survey 2023

The Chief Guest at the event was police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar

by e4m Staff
Published: Dec 20, 2023 1:45 PM | 4 min read

Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Smt. Sulochana Devi Singhania School and N. L. Dalmia High School, were among the top scorers at The Free Press Journal’s Mumbai Schools Survey 2023 awards.

The awards were handed over at a ceremony at the Four Seasons hotel. The Chief Guest at the event was police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar and Guest of Honour was VC Ravindra Kulkarni. The ceremony was attended by the who’s who from the city.

Police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar addressed the audience saying, “We will have to train all of our boys to be very respectful towards girls, and not just their sisters, mothers and relatives, but every girl and boy in the world. I hope that the 96 schools here take up this initiative of educating the boys and the boys' mothers in particular. You have these parent-teacher associations. You will be able to do that. You will be able to invite all the mothers to these parent-teacher association meetings and emphasize bringing up the boys properly. It is very, very important.
You know, I was brought up by my grandmother, and whatever I am today is because of her. We have undertaken a drive against gutka and e-cigarettes. You know, e-cigarettes have become a bigger kind of a craze and you will be happy to know that we have seized close to 38,873 such e-cigarettes.
Congratulations to all the schools that were surveyed. Congratulations to all the schools that are going to win the awards. And, more congratulations to those who didn't win.”

Guest of Honour, VC Ravindra Kulkarni said, “The Free Press Journal (FPJ) has taken up a great task of undertaking a survey under different categories. It is a good initiative assessing schools in terms of pedagogy, digitalization, inclusivity or new reforms. Those who have received recognition under different categories, heartiest congratulations to them. Hats off to all of you for working so nicely in the field of education and looking after a variety of initiatives which will enhance the teaching learning process, assessment process, understanding students in terms of knowledge gained and also equipping students for skills that are necessary in the 21st century.”

The Mumbai Schools survey is an annual one, which began last year, saw participation from hundreds of schools from Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Mumbai in its second edition.

Known for its free-of-cost, honest, and merit-based approach, The FPJ Mumbai Schools Survey 2023 focused on five key parameters to assess the schools, namely:

Learning & Curriculum.
Sports & Extracurricular Activities.
Tech-Savvy Teaching.
Inclusive Classrooms.
Future Readiness & Upskilling.

The schools were assessed by a seven-member jury panel, which included renowned names such as Swati Vasudevan, Country Director, Khan Academy India; Lina Ashar, Founder, of Dreamtime Learning School; Basanti Roy, Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan; Farida Lambay, Founder Trustee, Pratham; Himanshu Rai, Director, IIM Indore; Henry Menezes, Governing Council Member, International Sports University, Maharashtra; and Lajwanti D'souza, Consulting Editor, The FPJ.

Aditya Birla World Academy, B.D.Somani International School, Bombay International School, Campion School, Lycee Francais International De Mumbai, and Dhirubhai Ambani International School, were some of the schools among the best in Learning and Curriculum category.

Christ Church School, St. Mary’s School ICSE, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Don Bosco High School, excelled in Sports and Extracurricular Activities.

D Y Patil International, Worli, Oberoi International School, Lodha World School, Dombivli, Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School emerged as the best schools in Tech-Savvy Teaching.

Greenlawns School, Worli, Anjuman-I-Islam’s Dr MIJ High School, Bai Avabai Framji Petit Girls High School, Jankidevi Public School, and N.L.Dalmia High School have some of the most inclusive classrooms, according to the data gathered by The FPJ.

Future Readiness and Upskilling category saw Children’s Academy, Malad, RBK International School, Trinity International School, Beacon High, and many others coming out on the top, according to the survey data.