Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom, in the state capital and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Chennithala, in Alappuzha have bagged the top all-India ranks among government schools and government boarding schools respectively at the 14th annual EducationWorld India School Rankings (EWISR) 2020-21. KV Pattom has bagged the all-India No. 1 spot after a gap of two years.
             
Two other schools from the state – GVHSS for Girls, Nadakkavu, Kozhikode (Rank 3) and Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, Naval Base, Cochin (Rank 6) – also found a place among the all-India top 10 spots in the government school category.

In the government boarding schools category, the other schools from the state that figured in the top 10 all-India ranks were: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Chendayad, Kannur (Rank 7) and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Neriamangalam, Ernakulam, (Rank: No. 9).
            
Pallikoodam School, Kottayam, improved its position from ninth to fourth rank this year in the all-India ranking for Day-cum-Boarding schools. In the Special Needs Schools category, Dare School (Srishti Welfare Centre), Munnar, bagged the all-India 12th rank.

The EWISR survey 2021 was conducted by education magazine EducationWorld in association with Delhi-based market research and opinion polls company C fore. A sample respondents database of 11,368 individuals was constituted including school principals, teachers, educationists, fee-paying parents in SEC (socio-economic category) ‘A’, and senior school students in 28 major cities and education hubs across India.
          
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