QS I-GAUGE Rating Criteria

Institutional Excellence & Evaluation Parameters - Rating Cycle 2026

Institutional Parameters & Indicators

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Teaching and Learning

Number of students

  • Class-wise, section-wise student strength

Classroom Management Practices

  • Classroom conduct for Students
  • Classroom conduct for Teachers
  • Conflict resolution policy
  • Record book of interventions related to conflict resolution in classroom
  • Student Handbook/School Almanac with all the school policies
  • Student-specific Personality Development Plans and feedback for tracking individual growth
  • School Policy/Practices for off-beat learning for encouraging students after school hours (Collaborating, leading, making decisions, and taking responsibility)

Digitisation of Teaching and Learning

  • Presence of LMS in the institution
  • Course creation
  • Course delivery
  • Student Assessment
  • Attendance
  • Timetable
  • Feedback mechanism
  • Student progress tracker
  • Others

Academic Excellence & Results

  • Grade 12
  • Grade 10

Academic Best Practices for Student Development

  • 1. Interactive Teaching Techniques
    • Project
    • Presentation by students
    • Case study
  • 2. Experiential learning
    • Field Visit
    • Student group projects
    • Community service volunteering
    • Educational/cultural tours
    • Participation in experiential learning competitions
  • 3. Balance between scholastic and co-curricular activities
    • Inter-school co-scholastic competitions

Career Counselling Services

  • Presence of a career counselor (Full-time/Part-time)
  • Working collaboration with career counsellor service providers or with any educational board
  • Presence of a Career Development Cell/Office
  • Presence of psychometric/similar assessment-based Career Counselling
  • Alumni engagement in career counselling workshops
Competency Development

Integration of Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)

  • workshops organised for students on Higher-Order Thinking Skill

Multilingualism

  • Full-time language trainer available on-campus

Academic and Co-curricular Competency

  • Notable accomplishment/award/recognition in academic activities
  • Notable accomplishment/award/recognition in extra-curricular activities
  • Competition/Event organized by the institute
  • International level competition/event participated by the students on/off campus
  • Academic & Co-Curricular Competency and Freedom (Academic and co-curricular best practices shared with other schools) (Academic and co-curricular freedom given to students and faculty)

Academic and Co-curricular Competency and Freedom

  • Academic and cocurricular best practices at the institute are shared with other schools
  • Freedom for faculty to pursue pedagogy of their choice; and express their opinion in intellectual debate without fear of bias/ discrimination/ censorship
  • Academic & co-curricular freedom for students; and freedom to express their opinion in intellectual debate without fear of bias/ discrimination/ censorship
Resources and Facilities

Information Technology Services

  • IT support staff (Full-time staff only)

Ideation and Innovation

  • Presence of innovation/ business/ Incubation Hub or Tinkering Lab on campus to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, design/scientific thinking
  • Presence of Community Development/Human Rights Society/Social Engineering Labs etc. to facilitate ideation and innovation of solutions for addressing social problems

Library

  • Access to international repository
  • Access to national repository
  • Books' titles added to the library in last 12 months

Facilities on Campus

  • Maths Lab/ Public Policy or Humanities Lab (hands-on activities on compelling social challenges of interest to today's students)
  • Science Lab (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
  • Playground with a full-time coach
  • Performing Arts studio (Dance, music, drama, art)
  • School virtual tour on official website
  • Student common room
  • Counselling room
  • Transportation Facility
  • Smart Classroom
  • Computer lab/Audio Visual Lab

Medical Facilities

  • On-campus Health/Medical Centre
  • Collaboration with external Hospital/Clinic
  • Full-time nurse/medical staff
  • On-campus Ambulance
  • Quarterly health check-up/medical camp for students and staff
  • Health insurance extended to all hostel boarders of the school
  • Policy and procedures in place for isolating and caring for students in the event of an outbreak of a highly infectious disease, or pandemic

Accommodation to the students

  • Separate boarding facility for boys and girls
  • Presence of full-time female security in girl's residence
  • On-Campus Hostel

Facilities for Differently Abled Students and Faculty

  • Ramps with Railings
  • Disabled-friendly lift with a person to assist
  • Special/Accessible toilets
  • Learning Tools for Differently Abled
  • Detailed policy followed by school for addressing the needs of the differently abled staff and students
Social Responsibility and Sensitisation

Social/Community Involvement

  • Social/community outreach activities/initiatives
  • Support provided to neighbourhood public schools

Environmental Impact

  • Sustainability (green audit certificate)
  • Energy conservation
    • Policy
    • Practice
  • Water conservation
    • Policy
    • Practice
  • Eco-friendly transportation
    • Policy
    • Practice
  • Recycling of waste
    • Solid waste (Policy, Practice)
    • Liquid waste (Policy, Practice)

Funding for Community Outreach

  • Activities/visits organised

Recognition for Community Development

  • Awards/ Medals/ Certificates of appreciation received for social development

Social Awareness and Sensitisation

  • Presence of a committee for social and gender sensitisation
  • Annual Report/minutes of meeting of committee for social and gender sensitisation
  • School's policies on child rights
  • Awareness activities on social and gender issues
Health and Safety

Public Health Awareness

  • Health Awareness Programs
  • Availability of Record book/register maintained by the institution on food allergies and health issues

Grievance Redressal Mechanism

  • Grievance Redressal policy and process for feedback & process
  • Safety and Wellbeing
    • Security Office
    • Display of emergency exit points (in all floors)
    • Fire-extinguishers in classrooms and common areas
    • CCTV Cameras on Campus
    • Full-time physiotherapist OR On-call physiotherapist
    • Public announcement system in all classrooms

Psychological/Mental Health Safety

  • Presence of a counselor
  • Sessions related to mental health issues
  • Workshops on management of exam stress

Student Safety Protocols

  • Visitor Management Protocols
  • Support Staff Management Protocols
  • Transportation Protocols
  • General Safety Protocols
  • Observation Book

Emergency/Disaster Management

  • Emergency response policy
  • Emergency response team
  • Training workshops on Disaster safety for the emergency response team
  • Display of evacuation plan, safe assembly area and other emergency response charts at main locations in the campus
  • Mock drills
Academic Facilitator

Faculty Qualification

  • Certified faculty in pastoral care counselling

Research articles/publications by faculty or facilitators

  • Faculty/facilitator who published any research articles or publications

Academic Leadership

  • Formal meetings involving the principal and the faculty
  • Interaction of academic leaders(co-ordinators/HODs) with parents
  • Pastoral care advisory council meetings with the hostel warden, staff, head of each committee etc.

Exchange Programs

  • Inbound Faculty Exchange - Facilitators/faculty from partner schools abroad, teaching in the host institution for a minimum period of 2 weeks
  • Outbound students exchange - Faculty/facilitator teaching in partner schools abroad for a minimum period of 2 weeks
  • Inbound Students Exchange - Students from abroad studying for a minimum period of 2 weeks at the host institution
  • Outbound students exchange - Students on outbound exchange programme with partnered institutions abroad for a minimum period of 2 weeks at the institution

Competitive Collaboration Programs

  • Collaborations with Ed-Tech academies for training students on competitive examinations
  • International collaborations/MOUs/MOAs in last 24 months

Student Scholarships

  • Scholarship name
Pastoral Care

Facilities at boarding houses

  • Student residential halls with beds, cupboards, study tables, etc
  • Solar hot water facility
  • Social rooms (television, newspapers, music system, computers, and indoor games)
  • Warden Office
  • Study Room
  • Hobby room
  • Drinking water facility on every floor
  • Dining Hall/Mess
  • Wi-Fi facility
  • Canteen/Cafeteria
  • Laundry facility
  • Barber shop
  • Stationery/Grocery shop
  • Attached Washroom/ toilet facility on every floor
  • Air-conditioned rooms
  • Faculty accommodation (on campus)
  • Guest house facility for parents/guardians/visitors (on campus)

Pastoral Roles and Responsibilities

  • Guidelines for providing pastoral support to students
  • Guidelines for providing quality residential facilities and on-campus support for international students
  • Access to postal services, computers, telephones to send or receive communications for students
  • Procedures for the induction of new boarders, including a buddy system
  • Pastoral support meetings involving boarding house staff

Residential Committees

  • Pastoral committee
  • Mess managing committee
  • Technical committee (repair & maintenance)
  • Cleanliness & hygiene committee

Health and Nutrition

  • Presence of Full-time dietician/nutritionist
  • Guidelines and practices for special diet/daily menu in the school dining hall
  • A mechanism for boarders to provide feedbacks regarding meals and snacks
  • Workshops/sessions/events carried out to promote healthy eating habits

Warden ration

  • Wardens Appointment letters

Accreditation

  • Accreditations awarded
Arts and Culture

Awards received by students, faculty members, or the institution for excelling in performing arts activities

  • Cultural Award

Arts & Culture Scholarships

  • Policy for scholarships/financial support-based admission for students excelling in performing arts activities

Arts & Cultural Facilities & Clubs

  • Auditorium hall
  • Amphitheatre
  • Gallery/Design/Arts studio
  • Dedicated recording studio
  • Dance/Music practice rooms
  • Cinema hall
  • Others (List down names)
  • Arts & Cultural Clubs/Societies (students’ cultural/performing arts clubs/societies)

Arts & Cultural Competitions organised by the institution

  • Events/competitions organised by the institution for excelling in performing arts/extracurricular activities
Sports Activities

Awards received by students, faculty members, or the institution for excelling in sports activities

  • Award

Sports Scholarships

  • Policy for scholarships/financial support-based admission for students excelling in sports activities

Sports Facilities & Clubs

  • Sports courts (Example: Basket ball, Volley ball, Badminton)
  • Sports grounds
  • Swimming pool
  • Gymnasium
  • Sports equipments
  • Others (List down names)
  • Student Sports Clubs/Societies

Sports Competitions organised by the school

  • Events/competitions organised for excelling in sports activities
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