GEMS opens new CBSE School in Abu Dhabi

Press release

Published December 9th, 2015 - 06:24 GMT

UIS Building

GEMS Education, the region’s leading education provider has opened GEMS United Indian School in Abu Dhabi. The new CBSE school is now taking registrations for students from KG1 to Grade 10 for the 2016-2017 academic year and will expand its capacity in the following years, as well as extend to Grades 11 and 12 as part of a natural progression.

George Mathew, Principal, GEMS United Indian School, said: “We are excited about the new school and know that we will be able to build upon the track record already created by GEMS CBSE schools in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. GEMS United Indian School will deliver an internationally comparable quality Indian education, and the innovative learning and teaching will empower our learners to achieve excellence.”

Located in a purpose-built facility at 42nd Street, Baniyas West in Abu Dhabi, the school is within minutes of the city's arterial roads and will offer a high quality CBSE education to families in the capital. The school is committed to providing an education that is exceptional in value, and places an emphasis on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration.

Dino Varkey, Group Executive Director and Board Member said: “With the opening of GEMS United Indian School we want to further our commitment to delivering high quality schools to the community of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE as a whole. Through our learning and teaching we envision our students to be forward thinking leaders that are equipped with competencies and positive attitudes that will help them to shape the future of the world.”

GEMS CBSE affiliate schools hold an impressive track record with an outstanding 100 per cent pass rate, which is 20 per cent higher than the CBSE world pass rate. GEMS students have been accepted into over 980 universities and colleges in over 48 countries.

Background Information

GEMS Education

In 1959, two teachers, KS Varkey and his wife Mariamma, arrived in Dubai.

At the time, Dubai was a burgeoning trade centre on the Arabian Gulf. The Varkey family had left Kerala, India to seek a better life for their family. What they found was a real need to educate children arriving in the city from around the world.

Their son, Sunny, added a visionary’s ambition to a practitioner's experience. From simple roots in a family of teachers, GEMS Education, is today an international company with schools and education services across the Middle East. We still share the same mission - to provide a quality education to everyone.