Indore govt schools MIA, Bhopal earns 2 spots

Zero government schools from Indore. 2 from Bhopal. That’s the stark reality emerging from India’s most respected national school rankings for 2025-26. While Indore continues to ride high in private education with some of the country’s top-ranked institutions, its government schools have completely failed to secure a spot in the national list — a damning indicator of systemic neglect and widening educational disparity.

- Tina Khatri

In a year where Madhya Pradesh made strong private-sector gains, only two government-run schools — both from Bhopal — managed to enter the national rankings:

> Army Public School, Bhopal — India Rank 41 (Central Government Schools)

> Model Higher Secondary School, TT Nagar, Bhopal — India Rank 24 (State Government Schools)