Indore (Madhya Pradesh): 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.

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)

These institutions may no

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