Winner of the coveted international Asia Pacific Quality Award for 2009, Presence in 8 countries with over 21,000 students
Global Indian International School (GIIS) - Asia's leading and Singapore's largest award-winning international school - today announced its first campus in Dubai. The school is scheduled to open its doors in the academic session starting April 2010.
Headquartered in Singapore, GIIS is established by Global Indian Foundation (GIF), a Singapore based non-profit foundation which operates the largest pan-Asian educational institution chain. GIIS Dubai will be the first school in the city to offer a choice of Montessori (KG1 & KG2), ISC (Indian School Certificate), Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program.
GIIS Dubai is established in association with 'Score Plus Education - a reputed education holding group headquartered in Dubai. The school will initially provide classes from Kindergarten to Grade 6, with two new grades added every subsequent academic year up until Grade 12.
The school is built on educational excellence with world-class quality standards and benchmarked against the best schools across the globe.
Commenting on the launch of GIIS Dubai, Mr Atul Temurnikar, Chairman of GIF, said, "Quality education with world-class standards is the hallmark of GIIS Schools. GIIS always seeks to provide the Indian Diaspora with world class education in environments that aligns with their values and cultural heritage. Dubai is committed to create centres of academic excellence. The city boasts of some of the best educational institutions from around the world. The Dubai campus will offer the same award winning first rate academic standards provided in our schools across Asia Pacific and Japan. It will indeed be a breath of fresh air for the Indian community in Dubai."
GIIS Dubai will offer world-class facilities such as smart technology enabled learning environment, state-of-the-art laboratories, excellent teacher to student ratio enabling personalized attention as well as experienced faculty.
Mr Maneesh Tripathi, CEO, GIF, Singapore, said: "At GIIS, our mandate is to nurture students to become responsible global citizens, empowered with innovative and critical thinking skills through a tried and tested model of teaching and learning. GIIS Schools create true Global Indian citizens who can be placed in any part of the world. This is a part of our "flip- a-generation" program."
Mr Kamal Kalwani, CEO of Score Plus Education, Dubai, said: "I am glad that Dubai now has a global institution in the form of GIIS. With its vast experience in providing world-class education, it will contribute considerably to the educational sector in the region. GIIS Dubai will offer an environment conducive to promoting excellence in education. Located in close proximity to the Mankhool metro station, GIIS Dubai will offer a day boarding school - where homework, group work, and sports are completed under the supervision of teachers within school hours. I am elated to provide a platform to create Global Indians from Dubai."
To facilitate excellence in education across GIIS schools and consistency in academic standards, GIIS Dubai will have the Global Indian Cultural Centre (GICC) set up in the campus. This centre will serve as a community hub open to all. It will offer classes in Indian and Foreign languages, Music, Dance, Drama, Philosophy, Meditation, Art & Craft and Yoga. It will also organize activities to mark major festivals with performances, workshops, lecture demonstrations, concerts and exhibitions.
With the addition of this school, GIF brings to Dubai a truly international educational institution, as it joins the GIIS network of schools operating in countries such as Singapore, USA, Malaysia, Japan, UAE, Thailand, India and Vietnam. GIIS also recently announced the opening of its first school in the USA which is scheduled to start operations in the fall of 2010 in the Silicon Valley.
GIIS gave the world the first worldwide topper in the International Baccalaureate (IB) 2008 with a perfect score of 45 out of 45 points and the 3rd and 4th ranked students across five southern states in CBSE (2009).
GIIS was set up in 2002 with 48 students in Singapore. Today the school has become a source of quality education reaching over 21,000 students through its 21 campuses spread all over the Asia Pacific region and beyond.
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About Global Indian Foundation:
Global Indian Education Foundation (GIF) is a non-profit educational institution headquartered in Singapore. It has 5 core areas of operations, school and tertiary education, managing schools for other corporations, publications of non-commercial cultural and language books, consulting services in education and cultural centers. Please visit www.globalindianschool.org for more details.
About Global Indian International School:
Global Indian International Schools (GIIS) are non-profit schools offering Kindergarten to Junior college education offering the Montessori (London), CBSE (India), ICSE (India) IGCSE Cambridge (UK) and International Baccalaureate IBO (Geneva) curriculum. GIIS has over 21,000 students enrolled in its 21 schools in Singapore, USA, Malaysia, Japan, UAE, Thailand, India and Vietnam. More information on GIIS schools is available at: www.globalindianschool.org
GIIS schools boasts of several unique features
GIIS provides a global outlook using PYP methodology that adopts an inquiry based, concept oriented approach to learning, promoting Higher Order Thinking skills, Multiple Intelligences, Soft Skills and the Emotional Intelligence Quotient.
International Advisory and Governing board, comprising of outstanding global leaders from diverse fields
Technology aided education, using multimedia lessons,e-learning,3D modeling software etc
Best practices in school education from countries with advanced education systems like US, Singapore and New Zealand
Global centre for Educational Excellence, following US based Malcolm Baldrige excellence criteria
Excellent track record of University placements with placement offers from MIT, Harvard, University of California (Berkeley),National University of Singapore,etc
Value based education, guided by principles of Sarva dharma and harmony
International platform provided for participation in sport and other holistic development activities like speech and drama, debate and music.
Global student exchange program to provide international exposure to students and an opportunity for students to develop a global outlook
Strong emphasis on continued teacher training and development programs based on international guidelines
About Score Plus Education:
Score Plus Education is an education holding group headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The company was established in 2002 with the mission to bring to the region high quality education programs. Each year 15,000 students take courses at Score Plus training centers. Its areas of operations are the following: college admissions test preparation, university admission services, language courses, IT courses, and management training. Please visit www.score-plus.com for more details.
To view the press corner of GIIS, please visit: http://www.globalindian.org.sg/Default.aspx?tabid=4987 .
For information please contact:
Ms. Ritu Kalwani
#506, 5th Floor, Sultan Business Ctr,
Near Lamcy Plaza, 21 Oud Metha Road.
Post Box #44098
Dubai
UAE
Tel : +971-4-334-0004;
Tel: +97150-452-4900
Email: kalwanir@score-plus.com
Website: www.giisdubai.org
Padma Shivdasan Venu
BPG Public Relations
T: 04 295 3456
F : 04 295 1027
M: 00971 50 5056196
E: padma@batespangulf.com
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