- Recognising inspiring individuals, schools and companies, who have made a difference in the field of education
- ScooNews constituted 65 categories of awards to recognise exceptional educators, teachers, education technology companies and startups working in the global education arena
- Principal of the year – Dr Amlan K Saha
- School of the year – The Sanskaar Valley School, Bhopal
August 4, 2018: ScooNews Global Educators Fest 2018 brought together some of the best educators from across the globe to brainstorm their ideas and practices. The programme which lasted two days (August 3 & 4, 2018) at the picturesque City Palace, Udaipur was home to some of the best speakers, pioneers in the field of education, who shared their insights on varied topics ranging from “Beginning at the roots to make India a global education powerhouse” to “Nation building through education for all.” The Royal Durbar Hall at the City Palace saw speeches and debates that made educators rethink their current ways of teaching and administration and opened up new ideas of teaching that can be put into practice.
The incredibly inspiring fest concluded with the ScooNews Global Education Awards. The annual Scoonews Global Education Awards recognise exceptional educators, teachers, education technology companies and startups working in the global education arena. ScooNews constituted 65 categories for the awards. These awards were created to raise awareness and bring to the limelight outstanding work being done in the field of education, worldwide.
Bringing together individuals,schools, start-ups and unique companies that are making contributions to the cause of education, the awards aim to recognise their work and showcase it to the world. The award categories were thoughtfully cherry-picked to recognise schools and individuals who are soaring ahead in their own fields, be it by using cutting edge technology or by going green!
The awards were presented to the recipients by Princess Nivritti Kumari Mewar in the presence of Mr Ravi Santlani, CEO-ScooNews, Mr Bahul Chandra, Co-founder ScooNews and Mr Rahul Agarwal, Secretary, Pacific University, Udaipur.
Following are the awards and recipients:
Pre-school category
| WINNER NAME | AWARDS CATEGORY |
| I2GLOBAL SCHOOL | INNOVATION IN PRE-SCHOOL PEDAGOGY |
| BILLABONG HIGH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, ANDHERI. | EMERGING PRE-SCHOOL OF THE YEAR |
| WILLIEZ PRESCHOOL | STANDALONE PRE-SCHOOL OF THE YEAR |
| CANVAS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (INGENIOUS EDU SCHOLARS) | EMERGING PRE-SCHOOL CHAIN OF THE YEAR (WESTERN REGION) |
| APTECH MONTANA PRE SCHOOLS | EMERGING PRE-SCHOOL CHAIN OF THE YEAR |
| BACHPAN…A PLAY SCHOOL | BEST PRE SCHOOL CHAIN OF THE YEAR (EDITOR’S CHOICE) |
| LITTLE MILLENNIUM EDUCATION PVT. LTD. | BEST PRE SCHOOL CHAIN OF THE YEAR (JURY’S CHOICE) |
| PODAR JUMBO KIDS | BEST PRE SCHOOL CHAIN OF THE YEAR |
School Category
| WINNER NAME | AWARDS CATEGORY |
| SACRED HEART SCHOOL, KALYAN | BEST SKILL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE |
| CHILDREN’S ACADEMY – THAKUR COMPLEX | BEST ICT IMPLEMENTATION |
| RAJMATA KRISHNA KUMARI GIRLS’ PUBLIC SCHOOL | BEST GIRLS’ DAY BOARDING-CUM-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL |
| NEHRU WORLD SCHOOL | BUILDING TRUST THROUGH EQUITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR |
| VIDYA DEVI JINDAL SCHOOL | DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE IN ACADEMICS |
| G D GOENKA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, UDAIPUR | EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN SPORTS – REGIONAL |
| DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BORIVALI | EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN SPORTS |
| G.D. GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, SILIGURI | EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (EAST) |
| YS GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS | EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (NORTH) |
| DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BORIVALI | EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (EDITOR’S CHOICE) |
| BOMBAY CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, ANDHERI WEST | EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (JURY’S CHOICE) |
| CHILDREN’S ACADEMY, MALAD | PHENOMENAL IMPLEMENTATION IN PEDAGOGY (EDITOR’S CHOICE) |
| JBCN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, OSHIWARA | PHENOMENAL IMPLEMENTATION IN PEDAGOGY (JURY’S CHOICE) |
| THE HERITAGE SCHOOL, VASANT KUNJ | PHENOMENAL IMPLEMENTATION IN PEDAGOGY |
| THE MANN SCHOOL | GREEN SCHOOL OF THE YEAR AWARD (NORTH) |
| JBCN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BORIVALI | GREEN SCHOOL OF THE YEAR AWARD (WEST) |
| MUSSOORIE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | GREEN SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (EDITOR’S CHOICE) |
| THE EMERALD HEIGHTS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | GREEN SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (JURY’S CHOICE) |
| EMPYREAN SCHOOL | PROMISING SCHOOL OF THE YEAR |
| CHILDREN’S ACADEMY, ASHOK NAGAR, MUMBAI | INNOVATIVE SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (EDITOR’S CHOICE) |
| VIDYA DEVI JINDAL SCHOOL | THE BEST SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE AWARD (EDITOR’S CHOICE) |
| G.D. GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, SILIGURI | THE BEST SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE AWARD (JURY’S CHOICE) |
| THE GEEKAY WORLD SCHOOL | THE BEST SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE AWARD |
| RYAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, GREATER NOIDA | STEM PROJECT OF THE YEAR (EDITOR’S CHOICE) |
| VIDYA DEVI JINDAL SCHOOL | STEM PROJECT OF THE YEAR (JURY’S CHOICE) |
| SAMSIDH MOUNT LITERA ZEE SCHOOL | SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE AWARD (SOUTH) |
| ROCKWOODS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE AWARD (NORTH WEST) |
| SEEDLING MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOL | SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE AWARD (NORTH WEST) |
| WISDOM VALLEY GLOBAL SCHOOL | SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE AWARD (NCR) |
| MEENAKSHI WORLD SCHOOL | EMERGING SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (NCR) |
| SANJAY GHODAWAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | EMERGING SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (WEST) |
| MOUNT LITERA ZEE SCHOOL , MYSORE | EMERGING SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (SOUTH) |
| EDIFY SCHOOL NAGPUR | EMERGING SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL) – EDITOR’S CHOICE |
| RAM RATNA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | EMERGING SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL) – JURY’S CHOICE |
| SETH M.R. JAIPURIA SCHOOLS | EMERGING SCHOOL OF THE YEAR |
| MILLENNIUM EDUCATION MANAGEMENT PVT LTD | SCHOOL CHAIN OF THE YEAR |
| VIDYASAGAR SCHOOL | SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL) |
| SUNBEAM SCHOOL VARUNA | SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL) |
| G.D. GOENKA WORLD SCHOOL, GURUGRAM | SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (EDITOR’S CHOICE) |
| JBCN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, PAREL | SCHOOL OF THE YEAR (JURY’S CHOICE) |
| THE SANSKAAR VALLEY SCHOOL, BHOPAL | SCHOOL OF THE YEAR |
Higher Education Category
| WINNER NAME | AWARDS CATEGORY |
| PODAR INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION | SKILL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR IN HIGHER EDUCATION |
Lifetime achievement awards
| WINNER NAME | AWARDS CATEGORY |
| SUNITA SWARAJ | SCHOOL LEADER OF THE YEAR (EDITOR’S CHOICE) |
| LAKSHMI KUMAR | SCHOOL LEADER OF THE YEAR (JURY’S CHOICE) |
| GRACE PINTO | LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD |
| VINITA RAJ | PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR (EDITOR’S CHOICE) |
| DR. AMLAN K. SAHA | PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR |
Products and services category
| WINNER NAME | AWARDS CATEGORY |
| MAYA ENTERTAINMENT LTD | BEST AR/VR LEARNING SOLUTION |
| INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ORGANISATION | BEST ASSESSMENTS SOLUTION |
| CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS | BEST EDUCATION PUBLISHER |
| EBIX SMARTCLASS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED | BEST E-LEARNING SOLUTION |
| EBIX SMARTCLASS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED | BEST INTERACTIVE SOLUTION |
| SPORTSEED-PRO | BEST SPORTS EDUCATION PROGRAMME |
| IIBM INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT | EMERGING MANAGEMENT EDUCATION (ONLINE) SOLUTION |
| FLINTO LEARNING SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD | INNOVATIVE EARLY LEARNING SOLUTION |
| INTEGRATED PRESCHOOL TEACHERS TRAINING ACADEMY (IPTTA) | BEST TEACHER TRAINING SOLUTION |
| HOUSE OF LEARNING | EMERGING TEACHER TRAINING SOLUTION |
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