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Founded in 1950, The Indian School, bahrain was started with a workforce of three staff and a Headmistress.

Over the last 60 years, it has made significant contributions to the growth of education in the island of Bahrain.

The Indian School in Bahrain is one of the largest expatriate schools in the persian gulf region having a strength of 8000 students with campuses at sitra andisa town

The school is affiliated to the CBSE, new delhi and mainly aims at providing a rich and varied education to children of indian origin living in Bahrain, although students of other nationalities are also admitted. The school gives the students an appreciation for indian culture and traditions.

A book which is being written on the history of the school will be available soon. This is the first school in bahrain and third in the persian gulfto get an ISO 9001:2000  certificate. Also, it is the first school to start multimedia teaching, which combines auditory and visual forms of communication to provide all-round education, from 6th to 8th classes in Bahrain.

The current principals of the School are Dr. A.S. Pillai and Ms. Ravina Gandhi The current Chairman of Indian School is Mr. Abraham John. Indian School hosts two competitions, or youth festivals every year. They are Rithu & Harmony. While Rithu is an inter house competition, Harmony is an inter school competition. A block for 12th and 11th grades was recently constructed and was named Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Block.

The Indian School Bahrain is the one of the oldest institutions providing CBSE education in the persian gulf. It has developed into one of the largest co-educational schools in the region. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education of India.

Overview

The school is divided into two campuses, one located in Sitrah and Isa Town boasting a combined strength of over 8000 students. The campus in Sitrah is for students from LKG to 3rd grade. The campus in Isa Town is for students from 4th to 12th grade.

Administration

The School is an independent institution. The Executive Committee is elected by the parents of the students enrolled in the school and is responsible for the running and maintenance of the school including its finances. Recently there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the previous administration, after there had been an overflow of funds to the construction of the new Shaikh Isa Block, which put the school in considerable debt. This issue is being slowly resolved by the current administration which has employed several cost-cutting measures.

Campus

The Isa Town Campus consists of 5 blocks named after the great leaders of India. The most recent block to be built was the Shaikh Isa Block completed in 2009. It has classrooms for 11th and 12th grade including state of-the-art Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology and Physics Labs. Most grades have around 14 sections (A-N) consisting of around 35 students each. The Campus also includes a football field, an outdoor basket ball court, an auditorium cum indoor badminton court which also houses tables for table tennis.

Academics

The school follows the CBSE system of education and is one of the two schools on the island to offer CBSE education all the way up to 12th grade. The school has produced students who have the all time highest percentage records in the Gulf in both 10th and 12th grades.

The School offers students to choose from Science,Commerce and Humanities streams in 11th and 12th.

The School has also collaborated with a leading training institute from India, FIITJEE, to give a more rigorous level of education for the students, for success in the entrance examinations across the world.