bangalore five bangalore schools are among the top 10 in the country according to the education world india school rankings 2012 in the international school category indus international and international school bangalore are in first and seventh position in the day school category valley school bangalore mallya aditi international school and centre for learning were ranked second fourth and seventh vasant valley school of new delhi and rishi valley school chittoor were no 1 in day school and boarding school respectively the top schools will be felicitated in new delhi on sept 29 during the past few years theres been a growing appreciation of schools which offer students new teaching techniques such as experiential collaborative and peer learning within parent and teacher communities theres new awareness that school education should be an engaging joyful and life skill development experience for children socalled alternative schools which profess holistic new pedagogies have become more popular said premchand palety founderchief executive c fore which did the surveymethodology the survey conducted in 21 cities and education hubs ranked 443 schools c fore centre for forecasting and research polled a mix of 3070 feepaying parents principals teachers and educationists participants were asked to rate 443 wellknown schools on 14 parameters including academic reputation quality of cocurricular and sports education infrastructure leadership management quality of alumni and faculty competence disabled friendliness teacher welfare and development the perceptual scores by sample respondents under each parameter were aggregated to arrive at a total score for 342 day schools 57 legacytraditional boarding schools and 40 new genre international schoolsthe top threeday schools 1 vasant valley school new delhi 2 the valley school bangalore 3 shri ram school gurgaon and cathedral and john connon school mumbaiboarding schools 1 rishi valley school chittoor 2 the doon school dehradun 3 mayo college girls school ajmerinternational schools 1 indus international school bangalore 2 dhirubhai ambani international school mumbai 3 woodstock school mussoorieprincipal speak were very highly motivated at achieving the no 1 ranking at our institute we go beyond providing excellent education were focused on preparing children for life and for that we partner with parents we also put a lot of emphasis on teachers development we also teach our students community services and leadership qualities sarojini rao principal indus international school