Arab Unity School

Arab Unity School
Location
Al Rashidya Dubai
UAE United Arab Emirates
Coordinates 25°14′11″N 55°25′48″E / 25.23639°N 55.43000°E / 25.23639; 55.43000Coordinates: 25°14′11″N 55°25′48″E / 25.23639°N 55.43000°E / 25.23639; 55.43000
Information
Type Private
Motto Seeking knowledge is compulsory for every man and woman.
Established 2nd October, 1974
Director Abdul Hussain Taher
Principal Mr. Peter Hodge
Grades Kindergarten To A level(13)
Gender Co-educational
Language Urdu/Hindi/Bengali/French
Website www.arabunityschool.com

Arab Unity School is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The school educates about 3000 in Kindergarten to Grade 12, to the IGCSE curriculum and for A levels and As levels[1] The school's vice-principal and founder is Arwa Taher.[2] Arab Unity was founded in 1974.[3]

Academic standards

In 2002, this became the first school to in the Middle East to obtain the 'Fellowship Centre' status from Cambridge International Examinations.[2]

The school pioneered the introduction of ICT skills tests into the school curriculum.[4]

KHDA Inspection report

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), an educational quality assurance authority in Dubai, has published the following the inspection ratings for Arab Unity School.

School Name 2010-2011 2009-2010 2008-2009 Curriculum
Arab Unity School Acceptable Acceptable Unsatisfactory UK

The 2009 rating of "Unsatisfactory" was an all-time low for the school. The main reason given for the rating was poor management and a low standard of teaching. But in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 the school received the rating of "Acceptable" . The main improvements were multimedia facility and teaching quality .

Sport

Arab Unity specialises in cricket, basketball, and football. In 2006, the school won the under-18 Pepsi inter-school cricket championship.[5] Student Adil Khalil won the cricket 'Best All-rounder' award at under-15 inter-school level for 2008-09.[6] Arab Unity School also won the inter-school cricket championship in 2015.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Arab Unity School", JustLanded.com, accessed 19 January 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Cambridge body gives 'fellowship status' to school", Gulf News, 2 October 2002.
  3. ↑ "Baniyas Square - a testimony to early glory", Gulf News, 29 March 2003.
  4. ↑ "Arab Unity School", University Of Cambridge International Examinations, accessed 19 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "arab unity shine in pepsi inter-school cricket final", Al Bawaba, 22 February 2007.
  6. ↑ "Shyam Bhatia awards: Javed steals show with all-round effort", Xpress, 15 January 2009.

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