Indian School, Salalah
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| Motto | ॥ तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ॥ (Thamasoma Jyothirgamaya) |
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Motto in English
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From Darkness to Light |
| Established | 11 July 1981 |
| Chairman | Mr. Wilson V George |
| President | Dr. Debashish C Bhattacharya |
| Principal | Mr. Trevor Ronald Brown |
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Administrative staff
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170 teaching and 20 non-teaching staff |
| Location | Salalah, Dhofar, Oman |
| Campus | Dhariz |
| Colors | Navy blue & White |
| Nickname | ISS |
| Affiliations | CBSE, BOD of Indian Schools in Oman |
| Website | http://www.indianschoolsalalah.com |
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The Indian School Salalah is an Indian-run, self-financing, co-educational institution, primarily established to meet the academic needs of children of Indian expatriates working in the Sultanate of Oman in the Persian Gulf. The school also admits children of other nationalities. The school is located in the Dahariz area, of Salalah town, in the southern governorate of Dhofar.
The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, India. It follows textbooks prescribed by the NCERT, New Delhi.
The school is structured into Kindergarten (LKG & UKG), Lower Primary (Grade 1 & 2), Primary (Grade 3 & 4), Middle School (Grade 5-8) and High School (Grade 9-12).
English is the primary medium of education, and students are required to learn Hindi as a second language from class 1 to 8. Arabic, French or Malayalam can substitute for Hindi in classes 9 and 10. A third language, Arabic or Malayalam, is a requirement in classes 5 to 8.
The school conducts All-India public exams regulated by the CBSE for classes 10 & 12. The class 9 final exam is conducted as a public exam by the regional Gulf board (an association of Gulf Indian schools).
The institution also holds the Maths olympiad conducted by the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad every February. All top scorers are awarded certificates. Olympiads for Maths, Science and Computer Science are conducted by the New South Wales University, Australia for classes 9th & 12th.
ISS holds ASSET Examination every year.This Assessment is conducted by Educational Initiatives, India. Every year students of ISS also write the NGSE Examination conducted by National Genius Search Foundation (NGSF), India and the NTSC Competitive Assessment. Students of class 5 to 10 also appear for the Shastra Prathibha Contest conducted by Science India Forum Muscat (SIF Muscat) in association with Vijnana Bharathi.
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