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Dear Parent,
International Indian Schools in Saudi
Arabia have been playing a major role in
meeting the educational needs of the
Indian community in the Kingdom for more
than four decades. The valuable
contribution of these schools is
attested to by the fact that the number
of such schools has increased to 10,
with combined strength of more than
50,000 students. All International
Indian Schools have maintained academic
excellence despite the strain caused due
to increase in number of students due to
‘open admission’ policy generally
practiced by them. However, some of
these schools are now finding it
difficult to cater to new admissions due
to infrastructural limitations.
2. International Indian
School, Jeddah was started in 1969 with
6 students to cater to the requirements
of Indian community residing in the
Western province. The school has
excelled in all spheres since its
inception and holds the distinction of
being one of the largest schools in the
region, with 10,600 enrolled students.
The academic and co-curricular
achievements of students of IIS Jeddah
are better than other CBSE schools in
the region despite having comparatively
lower fee structure.
3. Ambassador and the Patron
of International Indian Schools in Saudi
Arabia and the Higher Board have
directed that the school should
significantly expand and upgrade
infrastructural facilities to equip our
children with the best possible skills
to meet the academic and technological
demands placed upon them by the
prevailing environment scenario.
International Indian School, Jeddah will
be pursuing following goals in future to
meet these objectives:
(i)
Purchase of land/construction
of school building: The existing
premises of the school are inadequate to
meet the requirements of additional
classrooms generated due to new
admissions and the school has been
forced to hire villas to cater to new
admissions. Despite the hiring of
villas, school is able to grant
admission to about 1600 students out of
3900 new applicants. The rent liability
on school has increased to SR 1 million.
The school plans to acquire land plot
of 50000 sq. mtrs. and construct new
premises which would be sufficient to
cater to the new admissions for at least
next ten years. The purchase of land and
construction of premises is expected to
cost SR 70 million. However, the
self-owned premises would not only
ensure financial savings in terms of
annual rent but also permit school to
grant new admissions without strain on
infrastructure.
(ii)
Up-gradation of school
facilities: The academic
environment in CBSE schools has
undergone a sea-change after the
introduction of “Continuous and
Comprehensive Evaluation” . The new
system, which focuses on holistic
personality development of children,
poses new challenges for students,
teachers and schools. The school has
drawn up an ambitious agenda for
up-gradation of its academic facilities,
especially Information Technology and
science laboratories. The school intends
to spend nearly SR 2 million in the near
future towards improvement of classrooms
into “smart” classrooms. The existing
sports facilities will also be upgraded
to improve the non-academic performance
of our students. The school plans to
introduce e-libraries for the students
in near future.
(iii) Improvement in teaching
standards: The school is working
tirelessly to improve the capacity and
performance of our teaching staff to
further improve academic performance of
students. The school intends to hire
competent teachers from India by
obtaining more visas for teaching
staff. However, the recruitment of good
teachers from India is hampered by the
fact that salary structure for teachers
in good schools in India is now far
better than the salaries offered by us.
We have found that the
existing salary structure for teachers
in school generally fails to attract the
best teachers. We intend to revise the
salary scales of teaching and
non-teaching staff, which has been
frozen for several years. The proposed
revision will not only motivate and
improve the performance of existing
staff, but will enable the school to
attract best talent as teachers. The
salary revision is aimed at overall
betterment of teaching standards of the
school.
(iv) Improvement in
infrastructural facilities: Several
parents have complained about lack of
proper infrastructural facilities in
school, including unhygienic toilet
facilities, inadequate security
arrangements and unsatisfactory
transportation arrangements. The school
will take necessary steps to address
these concerns to the satisfaction of
parents. The existing janitorial staff
would be increased, new buses will be
purchased to meet transportation
requirements and security of school
premises will be enhanced. The
non-revision of fee structure by school
for several years has led to
deterioration of school’s financial
condition.
4.
Taking these factors into
account, the school has no choice but to
go for upward revision of fee structure
for the school. The Higher Board has
approved the following fee structure for
the school, keeping in mind the
financial requirements of the school in
future, the existing financial position
of the school and the general
affordability of parents.
|
Class |
Existing Fees |
Revised Fees |
|
KG |
170 |
200 |
|
I to V |
170 |
225 |
|
VI to X |
180 |
250 |
|
XI to XII |
230 |
300 |
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30% Concession from 3rd
Child onwards. |
Building Development Fund (Payable once
at the time of admission)
|
First Child |
SR 1000/- |
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Second Child |
SR 750/- |
|
Third Child |
SR 500/- |
|
Fourth Child onwards |
Nil |
Bus Fee
|
ZONE |
Monthly fee for each
student irrespective of
levels |
|
1 |
SR 100 |
|
2 |
SR 115 |
|
3 |
SR 125 |
|
4 |
SR 135 |
|
MAKKAH |
SR 210
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The new fee structure is
still low in comparison to the fee
charged by the other private schools in
the region.
5. I would like to reassure
that the additional funds generated
through the fee revision will be spent
only for the betterment of education for
children studying in the school.
Yours sincerely,
Syed Masood Ahmed
Principal
Distribution to:
All Parents of IIS, Jeddah
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