Abu Dhabi Indian School
| Abu Dhabi Indian School (ADIS) | |
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| Coordinates | 24°26′42″N 54°24′39″E / 24.445026°N 54.410699°E |
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| Established | 1975 |
| Principal | Mr. Neeraj Bhargava |
| Number of students | 5500+ |
| Website | www.adisuae.com |
Abu Dhabi Indian School (ADIS) is one of the largest private school offering Indian (CBSE) curriculum education in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The School is managed by a Honorary Board of Governors, with the head chairman being Dr. B. R. Shetty. This school is run on a no-profit basis and its facilities are dedicated to the service of the community, with the oversight of the Ambassador of India to U.A.E, as the Chief Patron, H E Mr. Navdeep Singh Suri. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, India and is recognized and licensed by the Ministry of Education, Abu Dhabi. The School is ranked one of the bests in location and size.
Location
Abu Dhabi Indian School is located on 23rd Street, of Shabia Muroor Area in Abu Dhabi, at close proximity to Al Salam Street (8th Street) and the New Corniche, easily accessible by road from all parts of Abu Dhabi city. It is located near the house of the South African Ambassador to the U.A.E.
History
Abu Dhabi Indian School was initially based at the old Indian Social Center (ISC) premises in the year 1975. The school was able to have its own campus by 1980, with the help of the Late UAE President, H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan had donated a large plot of land in the Shabia Muroor Area so as to provide good educational facilities for the Indian community in the UAE. Personalities that have spoken at Abu Dhabi Indian School include Abdul Kalam, Pratibha Patil, Kapil Sibal, Sam Pitroda, Anand Kumar etc.
Academics
The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and is recognized by the Ministry of Education, Abu Dhabi. The school offers full-time education from Kindergarten to Class XII. Boys and girls are segregated in upper primary school and in secondary school (from Class 2).
SSC-level language electives include French and Hindi and Special Arabic. HSC-level specializations include the Science stream with Mathematics / Biology / Computer Science, and Commerce with Mathematics / Informatics Practices / Sociology electives. Throughout this decade, the school has produced excellent results in the CBSE board examination of Classes X and XII. Its alumni have gone on to join some of the top colleges in India like the Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, Anna University, Delhi Technological University, AIIMS, BIT Mesra, Loyola College, Chennai, Christ University, etc. and abroad like NUS, Nanyang Technological University, Georgia Tech, UCLA, Caltech, Cornell, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, etc.
Admission
Admission to Abu Dhabi Indian School is extremely competitive.[citation needed] Admissions in lower classes is done on the basis of a lottery followed by an interview. For class 9 and above, it is done on the basis of an entrance examination followed by an interview. Last year[when?] there were more than 2,000 applicants for 1st Standard admission which only has a total of 200 seats. In 2013, there were around 4,000 applicants for 75 seats to KG1. For 11th admission, over 300 students from all over the emirate took the entrance test, out of which only 9 of them were selected for the science stream and 2 for the commerce stream. The rest of the seats were filled internally based on the merit list of the students passing out from the same school after 10th grade.[citation needed]
Campus
The campus land and was granted by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the former president of the United Arab Emirates to the Indian Ambassador to build an educational institution for the Indian community in Abu Dhabi.
The Abu Dhabi Indian School, which has one of the largest campuses in the UAE,[citation needed] was the first private school to have a variety of co-curricular facilities like the artificial turf, tartan track, indoor swimming pool, tennis court, indoor badminton courts, etc. It is the only Indian school in Abu Dhabi with international standards.[citation needed]
The academic complex of the school comprises:
- Administration Building
- Middle Boys and Kindergarten Building
- Middle and Senior Girls Building
- Senior Boys Building
- Auditorium Building
- Multi-purpose Recreational Building with Olympic size Swimming Pool.
- Junior Girls Building
- Junior Boys Building
The facilities of the school consist of:
- Tennis Court
- Indoor Badminton Courts, with Table Tennis facilities
- Outdoor Basketball Court
- 3 Volleyball Courts
- 100m & 200 m Synthetic Athletics Track
- 25m Indoor Swimming Pool
- Football Ground with Artificial Turf
- 9 Level Spectator Stand
- Nature Study Grounds
- 4 ICT Lab for Middle and Senior Boys and Girls
- 6 Science Labs for Boys and Girls
- Long Jump Pitch
- Short and Long Throw Pitch
- 2 Libraries
- 2 Medics for students with Vaccinations and Emergency Equipment
- 2 Mathematics Labs for External Education
- 2 Art and Craft Rooms for Enhanced Learning
- 1 Dance and Music Room for Dedicated learners
- 6 Audio Visual rooms with up to 60 Students Capacity
- Smart Panels/Smart Boards equipped in all classes
- Kho-Kho Field
Student activity associations
Various student associations provide a platform for students to organize activities of interest. The clubs have always tried their best to achieve their goals but constantly failed especially at lower levels due to lack of opportunities. Most of the Clubs are only for 10-12th Graders.
Prakriti - Nature Club
The Nature Club of the Abu Dhabi Indian School was formally launched in April 1993 with an aim to spread environmental awareness among the students and the community, in collaboration with local governmental and non-governmental agencies associated with environment protection. This Club organizes various intra-school competitions.
Q-Matter - Quiz Club (boys)
Founded in 2012, the Q-Matter quiz club caters to the students of 10th through 12th. It recently started meetings for grades 7 and 8. The club meetings are conducted in the Junior computer science labs. Established to help students develop critical thinking and quizzing abilities, the club seeks to foster a quest for knowledge and quizzing among its members from different grades.
Q-Matter provides students with a platform to develop and articulate their skills from decoding the nuances of a particular question, to learn to make educated guesses.[citation needed]
Voices — Debating Club (girls)
Voices, the girls debating club of the school, was officially instituted in 1999 by the Girls Section of the School, which aimed at improving the student's abilities in public speaking. The club organizes intra-school as well as inter-school debating competitions, and provides a platform for students with interest in debating and public speaking.
The club has been awarded several laurels[clarification needed] over the years for their contributions to the school.[citation needed]
Transition — IT Club ( Boys)
Transition is a newly formed IT club formed in 2014 which creates a pavement for the students of Abu Dhabi Indian School to showcase their ideas in computing, image editing, video editing and photography. It aims at improving the computing skills in a student for simplification of their work.This club has received immense acclaim for the work it has done for school from making the film "PROUD" to helping Abu Dhabi Indian School design its 40th-anniversary logo.[citation needed]
Kingsmen Chess Club(Boys)
Kingsmen is a Chess club for Boys of Abu Dhabi Indian School(ADIS), the Club was formed on 7 December 2015 and places great emphasis on making chess a popular sport. The club conducts member assessments for students once a year to track the progress of its members in the field of chess. The club was initially formed to boost the logical reasoning, creative thinking and critical analysis of the students. It also aims to provide coaching facilities for the students by the end of the academic year 2016-2017. This Club due to poor administration has failed to achieve its goals in 2015-16 year.
Verbatim — Debating Club (boys)
Verbatim, is a debate club to cater to the interests of students in the boys section. Officially formed in 2009, it provides a platform for students to exhibit their talents and their public speaking interests. It aims at improving the communication skills of students in the boys section.
GEARS - Robotics Club (boys)
GEARS was formed in 2011 after the school's participation in the 2011 World Robotics Olympiad. It was officially instituted on June 25, 2012 at the school auditorium. It seeks to encourage most students to take part in robotics.
Notable Alumni
- Benny Dayal, a famous Indian singer.
- Vishakha Singh, a bollywood actress, known for playing 'Neetu' in the 2013 movie Fukrey.
