Indian High School Dubai is a private K-12 school. As of 2015-2016 the ‘Old Dubai’ Oud Metha branch of the school received a KHDA inspection rating of Outstanding for the fifth year in a row after upping its Good rating of 2010/2011. The Garhoud located junior school has received a Good rating since inspections began.
The school was established in 1961 with nine students and has since grown to approximately 15,000 students with 800 teachers – if you include its recently opened third campus in Dubai’s Silicon Oasis free zone. The Oud Metha branch alone contains over 5,900 students with 427 teachers, the Garhoud branch around 4,200. While large numbers of students in and of itself is no bad thing, a KHDA recommendation in its 2014/15 report is to reduce over crowding in some of its classrooms.
Economies of scale partly explain how the Indian High School Dubai is so affordable with fees ranging from 4000 AED at KG, rising very little to 8,500 AED plus for Grade 12. We say partly, because despite the strength in numbers, this is a school that will need to be run incredibly efficiently with these price points. It is even more impressive that the school is then able to deliver an Outstanding level of education at secondary level, and a ‘Good’ level at primary (with Outstanding attainment in English and Maths). Perhaps it should be no surprise, governance at the schools is said to be Outstanding. Note: The CEO at the Oud Metha branch in the post for some 18-years…
The schools provide education to children of Indian expatriates and those interested in the Indian curriculum. Although the schools are co-educational, the classes are split separately for girls and boys.
The Junior school for students between Grades 1-4 is located in Al Garhoud, the Secondary school for students between Grades 5-12 is located in Oud Mehta. The newest campus located in Silicon Oasis, as yet unrated by the KHDA, caters to students right through from Grades 1-12. The schools are officially recognized by the UAE’s Ministry of Education and affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.
Indian High School Dubai follows the CBSE curriculum with core subjects from grades 1-4 including English, Hindi, Arabic, Mathematics, General Science, Social Studies, Art Education, Moral Science / Islamic Studies, Work Experience, Physical and Health Education as well as Computer Education.
The Oud Metha school also offers a number of extra-curricular activities as well as scholarship programs to encourage students. Extra-curricular activities include a number of sporting programs, a radio station which is run and managed by students and a selection of publications which are also written by students.
Facilities at the main campus include a number of state-of-the-art ICT laboratories, three science laboratories, a home science laboratory, an auditorium (with 1800 person seating capacity), canteen, as well as a library and research centre. The school also comes equipped with three counselling centres, and a number of medical centres equipped with full time medical officers and a number of trained nurses. Transport is also offered to all students with a fleet of 81 buses.
