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Indian High School Dubai

School name Indian High School Dubai
Type of institute private non-profit secondary school
Curriculum or Student Nationality Indian
Qualifications or Courses CBSE
Head of school Mr Ashok Kumar (Principal and CEO)
Executive body or owner Board of Trustees
Date founded 1961
Number of students (approx) 5100
Number of staff (approx)
School location/area/map Oud Metha Road - location map
Postal address PO Box 106, Dubai, UAE
Telephone +971-4-3377475
Fax +971-4-3344055
Email indiansc@emirates.net.ae
Website www.ihsdxb.com
School fees structure 3,300-6,250 dhs per year (2011-2012)
Teacher salary range 1,900 dhs per month (estimate only, not confirmed)
Student satisfaction rating
3.5 stars from 433 votes.    
Parent satisfaction rating
3.5 stars from 86 votes.    
Teacher job satisfaction rating
(by teachers, not about teachers)
3 stars from 119 votes.    
   
KHDA inspection rating 2011 Good, report issued 22 Feb 2011 (2009-2010 ranking was Good)
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Indian High School Dubai tuition fee structure and information
Grade/Class LKG UKG 1/I 2/II 3/III 4/IV 5/V 6/VI 7/VII 8/VIII 9/IX 10/X 11/XI 12/XII
Monthly fees (AED) 2011-2012 315 315 330 330 330 330 330 400 400 400 500 500 625 625
Annual tuition fees (AED) 2011-2012 3,150 3,150 3,300 3,300 3,300 3,300 3,300 4,000 4,000 4,000 5,000 5,000 6,250 6,250
Monthly fees (AED) 2010-2011                            
Annual tuition fees (AED) 2010-2011                            
Annual tuition fees (AED) 2009-2010                            
Monthly fees (AED) 2008-2009             330 400 400 400 500 500 625 625
Annual tuition fees (AED) 2008-2009                                                                   3,300 4,000 4,000 4,000 5,000 5,000 6,250 6,250
Annual tuition fees (AED) 2007-2008             2,750             5,200
  • IHS is split into two campuses. IHS Dubai senior school for grades 5-12, and IHS Garhood junior school for grades KG-4 (fees information included here for reference)
  • 2011-2012 (assumed but actual year not supplied) annual tuition fees calculated as 10x monthly fees (supplied). Registration fee AED 2,000, activities fee (annual) AED 150, school leaving certificate AED 200, bus transportation AED 235-370 (per month?).
  • Fees information not supplied prior to 2011. Figures in italics are estimates or from secondary sources.
  • Fees for Garhoud campus (Grades KG-4) AED 3,150-3,300 in 2008-2009?
  • Monthly fees for 2008-2009 calculated as 1/10th of annual fee, payable monthly except for July and August.
19 June 2010
  • Indian High School in Dubai has over 8,000 students according to a Gulf News report. That figure might include numbers from the IHS Garhood campus?
  • Founding chairman is Mohan Valrani (also chairman of Al Sharavi Group), who said in the report "The school was started 50 years ago from the one-bedroom apartment of a lady called Hemkala Benbhatia. Then a group of 35 businessmen who formed the board of trustees contributed Dh10,000 each to develop the school with the sheer objective of offering quality education to the Indian community in Dubai,"
23 May 2010
  • The Dubai Indian High School (IHS) entered into a partnership (the "Let Us Rise Together" program) with the Zabeel Secondary School for Girls to help them with IT in return for assistance with Arabic teaching and learning from grades 1-8, after the 2010 KHDA inspection reports were issued (press release 23 May 2010).
17 March 2010
  • Foundation stone of the new Dubai Indian High School laid. New school expected to open in early 2011.
  • Honorary chairman of the IHS board of trustees is Mohan Valrani, he is also senior vice-chairman and managing director of the Al Shirawi Group of Companies.
  • IHS Dubai website seems to have moved again - www.ihsdubai.org forwards to www.ihsdxb.com.
  • Fees information not supplied. Both websites say "This page will be updated soon" on the fees information page. Some fee figures from other sources:
    • Up to AED 8000 per year for 2009-2010 (GN 25 Feb 2010)
    • AED 3,200-6,000 per year for 2009-2010 (KHDA February 2010)
    • AED 4,000-10,000 for Indian schools in Dubai (KT 03 Nov 2009)
  • IHS Dubai had applied for permission from the KHDA to increase school fees for 2010-2011 to go towards improving IT facilities, but the request was denied according to a 17 March 2010 report in the Khaleej Times - Ashok Kumar, the CEO of the IHS said "We did not increase the fees last year and will request KHDA to re-consider," but the KHDA was apparently not interested in a re-submission of the request.
  • IHS Dubai are planning to open a new Indian School in Abu Dhabi.
13 August 2009
26 September 2008
  • IHS is split into two campuses. Grades 5-12 at Oud Metha location, KG1-Grade 4 are at the Indian School Garhoud campus.
  • Tuition fees of AED 3,300-6,240 estimated based on KHDA information (AED 2,750-5,200 for 2007-2008) plus 20% fees increase approved for 2008-2009 (IHS requested 25%). Fees information not found on IHS website - fees info page says "This page will be updated soon"
  • Junior campus fees are estimated at AED 3,120-3,300 per annum.
  • Principal / CEO Ashok Kumar appointed as a member of the CBSE governing body in India (reportedly the first GCC teacher to be appointed to the CBSE board).
  • IHS Dubai websites at www.indianhighschooldubai.org and www.ihsdubai.org, the second one seems to be more up to date. Domain www.ihsdubai.com is for an unrelated company (Innovative Human Resource Solutions), www.ihsdubai.ae is not available, and www.indianhighschooldubai.com is a spammy domain with nasty popups.
09 November 2006
  • Large, well-established school for the Indian community, accepts students from KG to grade XII despite the name.
  • Grades 5-12 girls attend in the morning, boys in the afternoon.
  • Al Garhoud Campus (near Welcare Hospital in Garhood) for KG1 to grade 4 (morning and afternoon shifts) opened in August 1988.
  • Sheikh Rashid Auditorium opened January 1994.
  • Oud Metha campus is also known as the Zabeel East campus.
  • Also called "The Indian High School Dubai".
  • IHS Dubai website says non-profit. Fees not found on website.
Schools in or near Oud Metha Road close to Indian High School Dubai
School Name Founded   Tel    Level  Curriculum Qualifications School Fees Comments
Abacus Quest Point UCMAS      +971-4-3373875   primary  UCMAS  AQPU comments 
Al Rashid Al Saleh School   1971   +971-4-3376126   K-12  Arabic/UAE UAE 5,760-12,360   
Dubai English Speaking School   1963   +971-4-3371457   primary  UK NC 32,880  DESS comments 
Dubai Gem School   1973   +971-4-3376661   K-12  Indian/UK A-level, IGCSE, O-level 11,700-21,800   
English Medium School Dubai   April 1978   +971-4-3377503   K-12  Arabic/UK A-level, O-level 2,540-7,260   
IFA Rugby Academy Dubai   January 2011   +971-4-3371698     Sports   
International Football Academy Dubai   2007   +971-4-3371698     Sports   
Lycee Georges Pompidou Ecole primaire Dubai      +971-4-3374161   primary  French 17,200-20,700  LGPEPD comments 
Our Own English High School Dubai   1968   +971-4-3374112   K-12  Indian CBSE 5,518-11,676  OOEHSD comments 
Pakistan Education Academy   1968   +971-4-3370126   K-12  Pakistan FBISE SSC, HSSC 3,740-6,280  PEA comments 
St Marys School Dubai   1968   +971-4-3370252   K-12  UK A-level, IGCSE, GCSE 3,600-7,730  SMSD comments 
Zabeel School      +971-4-3374821   secondary  Arabic/UAE   

 

Last update 19 January 2012
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