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From healthcare to education sector
After scaling the heights in the healthcare sector, this man is now out on a mission to change the way schools operate. Dr Azad Moopen, chairman and managing director of DM Healthcare, plans to find success in the education sector by redefining ‘good schools’.
“Healthcare and education are two sectors where you can help people while doing a business. We have done that in healthcare and now I want to focus on education,” Dr Moopen said in an interview with Khaleej Times. Dr Moopen’s vision for good education includes giving students an ability to think for themselves by providing strong foundations.
“Spiritual, intellectual, physical and social development should be the four pillars of a strong foundation for any child. Most schools don’t emphasise much on spiritual and social development,” said Dr Moopen. His plans for education have evolved into what is now known as the Credence School in Dubai. Admissions for the school have already started and a steady flow of students have put the school on course for a good opening year.
Dr Moopen started his career as a lecturer at a medical college in Kozhikode, India, and from 1982 to 1987, he spent his time as an academic.
Today, he is well known for managing more than 120 establishments in the DM network of clinics, hospitals and pharmacies.
“Like in healthcare, where quality plays an important role, I strongly feel educational institutions should also have quality. If you want a child to be empowered when they leave school, the child should have the courage to do it themselves,” he said.
The Credence School will use new teaching pedagogy and provide students with a new approach towards learning with a five-step teaching-learning system. Educators at the school believe children will be given a chance to absorb and apply knowledge, instead of memorising texts.
“A teacher should be a guide by the side, who initiates an activity and promotes learning rather than spoon-feeding. The whole system of learning should change. It is important for us to create this school as a benchmark. We are going to create more institutions in the UAE and wider Middle East region. It has to ultimately become an icon for education where people are willing to send their children to get nurtured.”
Asked about the challenges in setting-up his first school with partners, Dr Moopen said, “There are operational challenges in setting-up a new school but we want to make a model and perfect it.”
Admissions to the school are still open at the school which is situated off Shaikh Zayed Road, behind Al Khail Mall.
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