What successes has your school achieved during the 2024-25 academic year that have inspired students, parents, or the community? We are looking for a school that can demonstrate how it has been an inspirational school this academic year. Judges will be looking for innovative approaches with measured success, and the category will consider anything the school considers inspirational across the whole school curriculum or specific projects.
2. MOST INSPIRATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL (CITY-WISE)
What successes has your school achieved during 2024-25 that have inspired students, parents, or the community? We are looking for a school that can demonstrate how it has been an inspirational school this academic year. Judges will be looking for innovative approaches with measured success, and the category will consider anything the school considers inspirational across the whole school curriculum or specific projects.
3. TEACHING-LEARNING EFFICIENCY
Analyzing teaching-learning efficiency in a physical classroom is a relatively straightforward task, but it becomes more challenging in an online mode. This category is on the lookout for schools that have successfully examined the efficiency of the digital learning process. This could include the creative use of new elements related to the curriculum or the production of something new, resulting in educational innovations.
4. UNIQUE CLASSROOM ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES
Did your schools take any special initiatives to prepare the students for the online learning experience and introduce them to your learning management system? Were there any unique engagement strategies you adopted to see that the students were actively participating in the learning process?
5. BEST CURRICULUM DESIGN ADAPTATION
How well is your school keeping up with the times? Has it taken initiatives to cater to the learning needs of modern-day learners? This category aims to evaluate schools that have consistently made efforts to tailor their curriculum to meet the needs and abilities of their students.
Being clever but humble, compassionate, and leading by example are some of the qualities that make a great leader. This category acknowledges the efforts of exemplary leaders in the education fraternity. This could include school officials who have made remarkable contributions to the school by significantly improving its pedagogy or policies, and by introducing new perspectives and opportunities for students.
This category is on the lookout for schools offering new-age, future-proof learning with career-oriented skills.
8. RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Research is the first step of any breakthrough. Life-changing innovations that are brought to the marketplace are usually backed by a great team of researchers. We are looking to recognize and celebrate the school that has introduced the most innovative products, projects, and concepts through its students. What we look for is originality, creative thinking, and well-thought-out research. The shortlisted schools will have taught their students the art of research, instilled in them an eagerness to learn about every aspect of a particular topic, and encouraged them to come up with innovative ideas that would stand out in the marketplace.
9. EXEMPLARY DIGITAL LEARNING EFFICIENCY
Addressing students' attention spans during online classes is a significant challenge, making a well-structured virtual learning environment essential. This category seeks schools that have gone beyond simply replicating a physical classroom through video by integrating various collaboration tools and engagement methods that promote inclusion, personalization, and intelligent learning.
10. MOST PROMISING IMPLEMENTATION OF LEARNING TOOLS
How effective has the implementation of learning tools been since the teaching-learning process shifted to a digital mode, and how have they contributed to positive learning outcomes for students' academic performance?
11. STEM PROJECT OF THE YEAR (CITY-WISE)
This category recognizes schools that have developed a STEM-based project during the 2024-25 academic year, offering an opportunity to create an innovative and practical approach that encourages students to engage with science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. It can be a project that focuses on one element of STEM or one that covers all four areas.
12. BUDGET-FRIENDLY SCHOOL
With the Indian Education System being one of the largest in the world, with over 250 million children attending more than 1.5 million schools, there is a large section of the society that requires budget schools. This category seeks schools that are affordable for middle-class families without compromising on the quality of education delivered to students.
13. EFFECTIVE STUDENT MOTIVATION
Keeping students focused during online classes can be tough. How has your school motivated students to attend and actively participate in virtual learning sessions? Were any innovative platforms or initiatives introduced to maintain their interest and motivation levels?
14. INNOVATIVE DISTANCE LEARNING PEDAGOGY
What innovative and out-of-the-box approaches has your school implemented across various learning levels? How have you ensured the development of essential skills such as problem-solving and creative thinking in an online learning environment?
15. MOST EFFECTIVE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Has your school developed a Learning Management System (LMS) to support e-learning? How have you ensured the availability of quality learning materials and used the platform to conduct seminars, workshops, track performance, manage records, grades, submissions, and monitor student engagement?
16. MOST PRODUCTIVE CONTENT DESIGN
How has your school transformed its distance learning content over time? Are you breaking free from providing students with text-heavy materials and improvising on engaging digital learning content to render the process of remote learning more interesting and fruitful?
17. MENTAL & EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING SUPPORT
An immensely crucial aspect of education today is the mental and emotional well-being of both students and school staff. This category recognizes schools that have prioritized mental health and made significant efforts to boost morale. What are some of the extraordinary initiatives your school has undertaken, beyond general counseling, to support emotional wellness?"
This category recognizes schools that have set the benchmark high when it comes to delivering promising academic structure and content. The focus should be put on moulding students into bright and intellectual personalities with the essential life skills required for them to succeed in the real world, rather than just imparting bookish knowledge.
Institutions that make a significant effort to be present online and engage through social channels will be recognized under this category.
20. ECO-SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (CITY-WISE)
Here, we will recognize private institutions that have been successful in educating their students about eco-friendly practices and have initiated activities to support this purpose.
21. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
This category is on the lookout for educational institutions that have been adopting innovative techniques to enhance learning and experiences in the K-12 segment.
This category recognizes schools that inspire students to develop a comprehensive understanding of the various career pathways and opportunities open to them. We are seeking innovative and creative approaches to guiding students toward future careers and developing the next generation of workers. Are your students being prepared for the world of work with measured outcomes?
23. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
Tell us about the ways your school has developed close community partnership links, with specific examples of community-led projects. Has your school formed community partnerships, and what have been the results for the school, students, parents, and the community? We're seeking the best partnerships that have delivered tangible results.
24. MOST INSPIRATIONAL PRESCHOOL (CITY-WISE)
What successes has your school achieved during 2024-25 that have inspired students, parents, or the community? We are looking for a preschool that can demonstrate how it is an inspirational school for this academic year. Judges will be looking for innovative approaches with measured success, and the category will consider anything the school considers inspirational across the whole school curriculum or specific projects.
25. LEADERSHIP TEAM OF THE YEAR (CITY-WISE)
This category will identify the most outstanding leadership team, involving the head teacher/principal, deputy, and other senior leadership staff. We are looking for a team that can demonstrate and show, by key performance indicators, why they are outstanding, while highlighting key successes for the academic year 2024-25 and explaining how the team is on track to achieve its set objectives.
Does your school represent the widest array of students from diverse communities, regions, and districts across our country? This category is designed to celebrate schools that promote diversity in all its forms, including cultural, linguistic, and regional diversity. Here, the judges will take a close look at the demographics of a classroom and assess how well the school caters to the needs of different social classes, while ensuring smooth cooperation and assimilation of students from various backgrounds.
27. INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP
What makes a good leader? Humility, compassion, and leading by example are among the responses provided by our judges. Innovative Leadership is a management category that aims to celebrate exemplary leaders in the field of education. This could refer to school officials who have successfully implemented significant changes to a school, its pedagogy, and policies, or those who have introduced fresh perspectives and facilitated new opportunities for their students.
28. EXEMPLARY CREATIVE TEAM
This category seeks creative teams from institutions that have implemented a diverse marketing plan to communicate with stakeholders and students effectively.
29. DIGITAL PLATFORM INNOVATION
What are the various e-learning platforms your school has implemented in its attempt to ensure that the learning process is smooth and enjoyable for the students? Were there any additional innovative platforms or teaching aids that were incorporated and yielded great academic results?
This category aims to recognize the school that can demonstrate an increase in the quality of care and educational services provided to students with Special Educational Needs through a proactive and caring approach, which has led to a real impact within the school.
31. BEST MARKETING TEAM OF THE YEAR (CITY-WISE)
Those schools that have made tremendous efforts in creating diverse marketing communications for institutions in the K-12 community will be recognized under this category.