Jabriya Indian School

Jabriya Indian School is a Kuwait-based institution that offers Indian system of education (CBSE) as well as International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). It is recognized by the Kuwait Ministry of Education and affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.

Jabriya Indian School
Location
Al Jabriya-4 Block 8 Street 13 (since 2019)

Coordinates29.325699°N 48.039309°E / 29.325699; 48.039309
Information
MottoKnowledge Is Power
Opened1969's (as The New Indian School)
1999 (as Jabriya Indian School)
Statusopened from 6:00am till 2:00pm
Closed1991 - 1999(during gulf war)
School boardCentral Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) & International General Certificate of Secondary Education(IGCSE)
PrincipalAchuthan Madhav (PRINCIPAL JABRIYA INDIAN SCHOOL)
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi, Arabic, French
Websitehttps://www.indiansinkuwait.com/school/57/Jabriya-Indian-School

History

Pre-dating the Iraq invasion of Kuwait, Jabriya Indian School was earlier known as The New Indian School (aka NIS and Al-Madrasa Al-Hindiya Al-Jadeeda), registered in Hawally. The New Indian School moved to the present building (in Jabriya, Block-4 street 109 in front of Mubarak al Kabeer Hospital ) have been there since 2019. The school's motto was 'Knowledge Is Power'. During the school's peak days it boasted a student population in excess of 3500 students, mostly of Indian nationality along with Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, and a little bit of Arabs and Europeans. Jabriya Indian School (jis), following the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi) syllabus, The school provides class students from Kindergarten to twelfth. The New Indian School ceased to exist after the Iraqi invasion (since approx. 3 August 1990, just a day before the annual 3-month long school summer vacation was to end).

Located in the Jabriya district of Kuwait, the school was re-founded in September 1993 as the Jabriya Indian School (JIS), making it one of the most recent schools in Kuwait to cater to the large Indian community.

Curriculum

At present, the school provides educational facilities up to the twelfth standard and it is well set to fulfil the educational needs of students. The school's motto is 'Knowledge is power'. In the academic year, 2007-2008, Jabriya Indian School secured 10/10 pass result in class XII CBSE board exams but nothing after that since everything fell apart.

The Jabriya Indian School is recognized by the Kuwait Ministry of Education and affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. It admits students of all nationalities and prepares students for the All India Secondary School examination and Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. The school aims at providing an integrated scheme of education giving unequal thrust to training the mind, body and spirit and thus seeks to train individuals worthy of taking up the challenges of the new century and has newly introduced IGCSE International General Certificate of Secondary Education. The School follows the Cambridge Curricula for grades 1 to 10 covering the Key stages 1 to 2. Students take the Cambridge IGCSE examinations in May–June each year. Year 11 and 12 students take up AS and A level courses.


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