New Indian school in Dubai set to welcome students

A new Indian school in Dubai’s Al Khail area is all set to welcome students for the new academic year. Education Minister Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qattami inaugurated the newly built Credence High School on Tuesday.

Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qattami, Dr Abdulla Al Karam and Indian Ambassador to the UAE T. P. Seetharam being briefed by Dr Azad Moopen about the Credence High School after its opening in Al Khail, Dubai, on Tuesday. — KT photo by Mohammad Mustafa Khan

The school includes a library with a museum ambience, IT rooms, a dance and drama hall, an indoor auditorium that can accommodate 1,500 students. Sports facilities at the new school include a football pitch with FIFA-approved artificial grass, a full-length cricket pitch with floodlights, an international standard volleyball court and a six-lane athletic track.

“As Dubai continues to grow, we are witnessing a rapid expansion in the number of school places across all curricula. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) welcomes high-quality new schools to Dubai’s educational landscape,” said Dr Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director-General of KHDA.

The promoters of the school are Dr Azad Moopen, Chairman of Aster DM Healthcare; Nalapad Ahmed Abdulla, Managing Director of Nalapad Group Overseas; and Sameer K. Mohamed, Managing Director of Jaleel Holdings.

“It is a milestone for Credence today, as it embarks on its journey to create new benchmarks in school education in the UAE, aiming to be a leader in offering quality and excellence across academic and non-academic spheres to foster wholesome development of children with a commitment to the community,” Dr Moopen said.

He said the school’s value addition to the community will be in terms of its new collaborative and experiential learning methods that aid the wholesome development of a child based on the out-of-the-box concepts.

“We will have internal assessment tools that are innovative and will help measure a child on broader parameters and not just on his learning skills alone. We strongly believe that children should be prepared to face the challenges of tomorrow and our learning methodologies as well as evaluation parameters will be focused on getting the best out of a child,” Dr Moopen added.

muaz@khaleejtimes.com