Our Own English High School

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Our Own English High School is a chain of schools started by the Varkey Group of Schools across the cities of the United Arab Emirates. The first Our Own school was started in 1968 in Dubai.

[edit] Dubai Branch

Our Own English High School Dubai initially started with 400 students and a few teachers. Since then, it has mushroomed into one of the largest educational institutions in the UAE, with over 9000 students and 350 teachers. Till 2005, it followed a split shift pattern, with girls and the kindergarten attending school in the morning and the boys attending the school in the afternoon. At the beginning of the academic year 2005 (i.e March 2005), the boys' school shifted to Al Warqa'a, a far-flung locale. This allowed the boys' school to be run in the morning as well. Since then, the Al Warqa'a branch has been semi-autonomous of the main branch, with its own principal and bus colours.

[edit] Curriculum

The school follows and is affiliated to the CBSE curriculum.

[edit] Administrative Structure

The head of the school is a principal (Mr Madhav Rao in the main branch and Mr J T Mathai in the Al Warqa'a branch). The principal is subordinated by a headmaster. Below the headmaster are seven supervisors, one each for two grades (for instance one for grades three and four). Supervisors and headmasters are appointed from within the staff.

Mr. Hamid is the girl's head master. In 2007, he will retire and Mrs. Asha Alexander will replace him as the new headmistress.