07 September 2014
DOHA: A new Indian school, Olive International School (OIS), was inaugurated on Friday.
The school is located in Nuaija, near the Medical Commission intersection in Doha's Al Hilal area. OIS also has a second campus near Mesaimeer Health Center, Doha.
The inaugural function started with the planting of four olive saplings in the school campus by the participating dignitaries. Supreme Education Council official Mubarak Al Sulaity hoisted the school's flag prior to the inauguration.
Later, the chief patron of the school, Saleh Abdullah Al Sulaity, in his speech thanked the SEC for extending all assistance to the new school.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, India's former Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen, who is a member of the school's advisory board, recalled his long association with the Patricians. Describing himself as an alumnus of a prestigious educational institution managed by the Patricians in India, he said he was still working closely with the academic pioneers.
Sareen expressed the hope that OIS would soon be an institution to be reckoned with in the country's expatriate community.
The OIS is managed by the Patricians, headquartered in Ireland, with a history of managing educational institutions in more than 200 locations spread over Europe, Australia, Africa and India.
School principal A J George briefed the gathering on what the institution and its stakeholders intended to do to promote quality education. George, who is leading a team of experienced faculty members, has come on deputation from a prominent Patrician school in Dehradun in India's Uttaranchal state.
QDVC chief support services officer Sheikha Athba bint Tamer Al Thani, Australian sport and leisure entrepreneur Dean Gilchrist, who is working with the school, and the Indian embassy's first secretary, Dinesh Udenia, were present at the opening ceremony.
DOHA: A new Indian school, Olive International School (OIS), was inaugurated on Friday.
The school is located in Nuaija, near the Medical Commission intersection in Doha's Al Hilal area. OIS also has a second campus near Mesaimeer Health Center, Doha.
The inaugural function started with the planting of four olive saplings in the school campus by the participating dignitaries. Supreme Education Council official Mubarak Al Sulaity hoisted the school's flag prior to the inauguration.
Later, the chief patron of the school, Saleh Abdullah Al Sulaity, in his speech thanked the SEC for extending all assistance to the new school.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, India's former Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen, who is a member of the school's advisory board, recalled his long association with the Patricians. Describing himself as an alumnus of a prestigious educational institution managed by the Patricians in India, he said he was still working closely with the academic pioneers.
Sareen expressed the hope that OIS would soon be an institution to be reckoned with in the country's expatriate community.
The OIS is managed by the Patricians, headquartered in Ireland, with a history of managing educational institutions in more than 200 locations spread over Europe, Australia, Africa and India.
School principal A J George briefed the gathering on what the institution and its stakeholders intended to do to promote quality education. George, who is leading a team of experienced faculty members, has come on deputation from a prominent Patrician school in Dehradun in India's Uttaranchal state.
QDVC chief support services officer Sheikha Athba bint Tamer Al Thani, Australian sport and leisure entrepreneur Dean Gilchrist, who is working with the school, and the Indian embassy's first secretary, Dinesh Udenia, were present at the opening ceremony.
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