Indian School Al Ghubra

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Indian School, Al-Ghubra


Motto	Strive for the Best
Established	1990
Type	Private
Principal	Mr. Gilbert Thangadurai
Director	Mr. B.S. Bhatnagar
Location	Muscat, Oman
Colors	Green & White
Nickname	ISG, Ghalians
Website	http://www.indianschool.com

The Indian School Al-Ghubra, established in September 1990, is located in the city of Muscat, Oman. The school was founded by an Indian born Omani businessman Dr. P. Muhammad Ali who is Managing Director of Galfar Engineering and Contracting, one of the largest construction companies in Oman. Mr. B.S. Bhatnagar was principal of the school since its inception in 1990 to Spring 2006. The present principal is Mr. Gilbert Thangadurai, who succeeded Mr. Bhatnagar in 2006. The school is a participant in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. The school is also the first and only Omani school that is a member of the Round Square. The Indian School Al-Ghubra is renowned for its discipline and quality of education offered in the Sultanate of Oman.

1 Academics
2 The Houses
3 Department of Information Technology
4 School Song and Motto
5 Quiz Teams
6 Hall of Principal
7 External links

[edit] Academics

The school is a private, co-educational day school that is under the Central Board of Secondary Education of India and has been modelled after an Indian boarding school. The school offers complete educational services starting from Kindergarten through to 12th grade senior school.

In the last two years, 11th and 12th, students can choose from two streams of specializations, Commerce and Science, and the subjects include accounting, business studies, physical education, mathematics, economics, computer science, biology, physics and chemistry. The school also offers foreign languages such as French and Arabic. The school's alumni have attended various universities including Harvard, Indian Institute of Technology, University of Texas, Purdue, McGill, University of North Carolina, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UC Berkeley, Georgia Institute of Technology, Christian Brothers University and University of Michigan.

The school has a badminton courts and can also accommodate six table tennis tables.

[edit] The Houses

The students of the school are organized in 8 "houses", which compete against each other during intraschool tournaments, which include sport events and interhouse quizzing. The houses are named after famous Omani cities like Nizwa, Muscat, Khasab, Ibri, Salalah, Seeb, Sur and Sohar. Each house is headed by a housemaster.

[edit] Department of Information Technology

The school was one of the first schools to incorporate an independent IT department, called the Department of Information Technology. This allows the school to augment the students existing syllabus with computer education. The department has 164 workstations which are spread over 4 labs. The department is also responsible for maintaining the school's website, one of the first schools in Oman to have a web presence.

[edit] School Song and Motto

The school song was written and composed by Mr. Denzel Prince. The school's official motto is "Strive for the Best".

[edit] Quiz Teams

The school has produced teams that have won national and international quiz competitions. In 1998, the school won the Times of Oman Quiz and went on to win the All-Asia Bournvita Quiz Contest held in India. The school conducts general knowledge quizzes every month to raise the awareness of world affairs among students.