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Overview

New Indian Model School (NIMS), Dubai offers affordable education to the Indian expat community. The school was inaugurated in 1980 by H.R Rashid Abdullah Thaha, the Deputy Minister of Education. It is part of the NIMS group that operates four other schools in the UAE including Central School (Dubai), Model School (Abu Dhabi), NIMS (Sharjah) and NIMS (Al Ain).

New Indian Model School Dubai secures 100% results and over 80% of students achieve get 75% marks. The KHDA rated the school as “Acceptable.” NIMS is located in Garhoud and offers both CBSE/Kerala State Curriculum to students aged 4 to 17 years. This co-education school has 6,551 students and most are Indian nationals. Girls and boys have separate classrooms from Grade 6 onwards.

New Indian Model School (NIMS) has completed over 40 glorious years in the field and has sent the largest number of students to SSLC and Higher Secondary Examination of Kerala State among all the other schools in the region.

NIMS focuses on empowering students so they can become successful lifelong learners and responsible citizens.

In a Nutshell

  • Location: Al Garhoud
  • School fees: AED 3,915 - AED 6,811
  • Curriculum: CBSE / Kerala Board
  • Co-ed or segregate: KG 1 - Grade 5 (Co-ed) / Grade 6 onwards (segregated)
  • KHDA/ADEK rating: Acceptable
  • Years Offered: KG 1 until Grade 12

Residential Communities near New Indian Model School

Residents of these areas can consider New Indian Model School for their school going kids.

Dubai Festival City is a popular mixed-use district in the emirate. Ras Al Khor is well-known for the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Oud Metha is based between Al Karama and Al Garhoud. It is an ideal location for renting apartments because of their affordability and availability of many amenities nearby.

Those looking for accommodation near the school can consider:

Campus of New Indian Model School

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Colourful classrooms make the learning process more fun (Image Credit: New Indian Model School)

New Indian Model School Al Garhoud campus covers over 5 acres of land and has a specially designed outdoor space for sports and recreation. The labs for physics, chemistry, home science and biology are well-equipped. NIMS has three computer labs and a multi-media lab. Wi-Fi is available throughout the campus.

SMART boards are used in the multimedia lab and a few classrooms. The school also has a good canteen. There is a large library with almost 16,000 books and the number keeps increasing each year. The official school website has detailed information about the New Indian Model School Garhoud facilities.

Location of New Indian Model School

Located in Al Garhoud, New Indian Model School is in proximity to Ras Al Khor and Umm Ramool. People who live in one of these surrounding areas can easily access the school. Dubai Festival City is also a 9-minute drive from the New Indian Model School.

Why New Indian Model School?

New Indian Model School offers both CBSE/Kerala State Curriculum. The school also offers a unique Tahfeez ul Quran program for Muslim students. In this course, Muslim students memorise the Holy Quran according to the Tajweed rules. Students who complete the course receive a degree in a grand convocation ceremony.

NIMS understands that salah or prayer is an important pillar of Islam. The importance of regular prayer is well-established in New Indian Model School Dubai in its prayer room.

NIMS Garhoud Dubai has an excellent inclusion policy that’s in line with the UAE’s Vision 2021. The school has a dedicated department – Department of Empowerment to Inclusion and Wellbeing (DEIW). This department is responsible for the care, support, wellbeing and counselling of Students with Educational Needs and Determination (SEND). Currently, the school offers a modified curriculum to over 900 SEND students.

The school has achieved great academic results over the past few years. The school has a 100% passing rate in both curricula with over 80% of students achieving distinction (over 75% marks).

The school also offers a good range of extracurricular activities for the well-rounded development of the students. For this, it has developed an excellent communication channel between the school and parents in the form of a parents’ council. The school also has an alumni forum.

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School Details

Years Offered at New Indian Model School

New Indian Model school is an all-through school divided into followed sections:

SectionGrades
Pre-Primary KG-1 and KG-2
Primary Section Grade 1 – Grade 5
Secondary Section Grade 6 – Grade 12
Years offered at New Indian Model School
The school offers pre-primary to Grade 12 classes (Image Credit: New Indian Model School)

New Indian Model School Curriculum

New Model Indian School Al Garhoud offers both CBSE and Kerala state curriculum. The Montessori based curriculum is offered in the Kindergarten section. The CBSE curriculum is offered from Grade 1 to 12 while The Kerala Board curriculum is for Grade 8 to 12. Both curricula have Science and Commerce streams. The curriculum design, implementation and adaptations meet the academic needs of students.

Kindergarten is a transition period from home to school, and aspects like playing, singing, practical activities and social interactions are essential elements of early years education.

The early learning experiences is further enhanced by caring adults who provide high levels of interaction to pro- mote positive attitudes to learning.

Kindergarten curriculum is designed to address eight areas of development:

Language ArtsMathematics
Environmental StudiesFine Motor Skills
Gross Motor SkillsPersonal Social and Emotional Development
Islamic Education & Moral ValuesArts and Crafts

Similarly Montessori is a personalised approach to learning which recognises that each child learns with a unique style and pace. The century-old method is based on how children learn naturally.

Montessori curriculum is designed to address the following 10 areas of development:

Sensorial ActivitiesExercise of practical life
Language ArtsEnvironmental Studies
Fine Motor SkillsGross Motor Skills
Personal Social and Emotional DevelopmentMathematics
Arts and CraftsIslamic Education & Moral Values

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts final examinations for Grade 10 and Grade 12 each year. To get promoted from Grade 10 to Grade 11, a student must get 33% marks overall. Class 12 students are promoted only if they achieve 33% marks in both theory and practical examinations.

Introduction to Computer Science is taught from Grade 1 onwards. Islamic Education is compulsory for Muslim children while Arabic and Social Studies (UAE) are compulsory subjects as per the regulations of the KHDA.

In secondary level, students are taught the following subjects:

EnglishMalayalam/ UrduHindi
ArabicModern Math Social Studies
Moral Sciences PhysicsChemistry 
BiologyArt/CraftIslamic Education

Please note that after Grade 8, Additional English and Special English is taught in lieu of Malayalam. 

Moving on, the senior secondary school is divided into CBSE and Kerala Board curriculum.

Subjects for Senior Secondary (CBSE) are:

Science StreamCommerce Stream
English English
(XI-XII) (CBSE)Mathematics Mathematics
Physics Accountancy
Chemistry Business Studies
Biology Economics
Informatics Practices Computer Science
Computer Science Home Science (Girls)
Home Science (Girls) Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Physical Education (Boys)
Painting (Boys)

Subjects for Higher Secondary (Kerala Board) are:

Science StreamCommerce Stream
Math / Home Science English
English Economics
Physics Business Studies
Chemistry Computerised Accounting
Biology / Computer Science Computer Application
Malayalam / Hindi Malayalam / Hindi

Parents can know more about the New Indian Model School curriculum on the school’s official website.

KHDA Rating

Knowledge and Human Resource Authority (KHDA) is a government initiative to assist private schools operating in Dubai. The primary responsibility of this organisation is to evaluate the performance of schools and rate them accordingly. They award the ratings on a six-point scale as depicted below.

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KHDA School Ratings

The KHDA inspected the New Indian Model School for the academic year 2019 - 2020 and awarded an “Acceptable” rating.

According to New Indian Model Schol KHDA report, the best features of the school are:

  • Good quality of provisions and outcomes in kindergarten
  • Progress made by students in mathematics
  • Student’s learning about Islam
  • Protection, care, guidance and support provided to students
  • The school’s leadership
  • The school’s partnership with the community and parents

The 2019 KHDA report also has a few recommendations:

  • Governors must be aware of the recommendations and actions needed for improvement
  • The school must work on improving students’ progress in learning Arabic, English and science across all phases
  • Improve the quality of teaching across all phases
  • Improve the accuracy of assessment information
  • Teachers must use assessment data effectively to challenge all students
  • Leaders should improve the accuracy of teacher appraisals so they can focus on learning outcomes

Academic Calendar for New Indian Model School

The academic calendar of NI Model School Garhoud is as follows:

For the current academic year, the school started on the 4th of April. The term ends in June with the summer vacations beginning in the first week of July. The school reopens on 29th August 2022. The school closes for the winter vacation in the second week of December and reopens in January. The last day of the school is on 15th March 2023.

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Admission and Fees

How to Apply to New Indian Model School?

Parents can fill out the registration form available on the official website. Once the form has been filled and submitted, parents receive an email to visit the school campus to further proceed with the admission process.
Parents can collect the admission form from the cash counter and pay the registration fee. From Kindergarten to Grade 8, applicants should have a session with the concerned HOS. This session is to determine the student’s capabilities and knowledge. The school admission team then determines the most suitable path for the applicant.

Grade 9 and 11 students have to clear the written admission test and the final decision is made on the test result. Parents have to meet the admission team to complete the process and all the required documents are checked at this point. Parents also get a unique student ID for further communication.
These documents must be submitted at the time of admission:

  • Passport copy of the student
  • Two recent photographs of students
  • Emirates ID card copies of parents and student
  • Transfer certificate attested from the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (for grade 2 and above)

New Indian Model School has the following age criteria in place for admission:

Admission to Grade 2 and above depends on the Transfer Certificate. For KG1 to Grade 1 admissions, candidates must meet the below mentioned age criteria by the 31st March of the academic year.

GradeAge by the 31st of July
Kindergarten 1 or Montessori 1 4 Years
Kindergarten 2 or Montessori 2 5 Years
Grade 1 6 Years

Fee Structure at New Indian Model School

Here’s the New Indian Model School fees structure

GradeFee (AED)
KG1 and KG2 3,915
Grade 1 – Grade 3 4,305
Grade 4 – Grade 7 4,853
Grade 8 – Grade 9 5,088
Grade 10 5,792
Grade 11 – Grade 12 6,811

You can also view other charges for the school here:

Optional FeeFee (AED)
Academic Resources 624 - 947
A to Z Learning Program 65
Student ID and Diary 50
Mandatory FeeFee (AED)
Activities 250
Laboratory 200
Medical 100

The other charges are based on the info available in KHDA’s fee fact sheet.

Scholarships at New Indian Model School

New Indian Model School gives merit scholarships and fee concession to deserving candidates. The school honours the grade toppers with the academic excellence award. The most deserving students get a tuition fee waiver for the academic year.

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Facilities

Lunch Options at New Indian Model School

The school canteen provides healthy snacks and sandwiches all day long. Students can also bring healthy lunch from home.

Lunch options at New Indian Model School
Healthy lunch options are available for students (Image Credit: New Indian Model School)

School Transportation at New Indian Model School

School transportation is outsourced to M/s. Golden Cosmos LLC. The school has a fleet of 66 buses that function as per regulations laid down by the RTA. Exceptional safety standards are ensured by the school and transport management. All bus drivers are well-trained and certified by RTA. Each bus has a supervisor who is responsible to ensure that students follow safety rules during the journey.

New Indian Model School school transportation
Safety standards are ensured by school transportation (Image Credit: New Indian Model School)

Sports Facilities

New Indian Model School sticks to its motto of “sports for all” and designs competitive sports for students. Sports activities help instil discipline and obedience in students and promote healthy habits in them. Students, as a result, are alert and tactful in addition to being physically and mentally fit.

Sports facilities at New Indian Model School
New Indian Model School sports team has won many tournaments (Image Credit: New Indian Model School)

Popular options for sports at the school include:

  • Volleyball
  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Cricket

Inter-school Volleyball tournaments are organised at NIMS Dubai. New Indian Model School Dubai team has won many trophies. It also qualified for the National CBSE Volleyball Tournament in India and has won various competitions in the UAE.

Interested students go through vigorous football coaching. The football team has shown outstanding performance and has won many football matches in the UAE. New Indian Model School basketball and cricket teams have won regional and inter-school tournaments.

Extra-curricular Activities at New Indian Model School

NIMS – Al Garhoud arranges various competitions to keep students busy in extracurricular activities. This helps them balance their academic focus. To explore the creative potential of the students, NIMS Dubai arranged a drawing and colouring competition for juniors, seniors and super seniors. Students can engage in these activities:

Drawing Qirat
Urdu Recitation Hindi Recitation
Earth Day Volleyball

To promote language and literature, students take part in various recitation competitions for Urdu, Hindi, Malayalam and English.

Extracurricular activities at New Indian Model School
Students engage in various extracurricular activities (Image Credit: New Indian Model School)

Field Trips from New Indian Model School

Age-appropriate field trips are scheduled and planned for students throughout the year. Students of KG and Montessori visited the Creek Park Bird Show. Students in the primary section were taken to the Sharjah Book Festival. Students in the senior section visited Yas Waterworld and Motion Gate.

Field trips from New Indian Model School
Students visited the Creek Park Bird Show (Image Credit: New Indian Model School)

Medical Care at New Indian Model School

New Indian Model School has a first-aid centre with qualified clinic doctors and nurses to deal with emergencies.

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Contact

Mode of Communication between Teachers and Parents

The Parents Council Executive Body is established for each academic year of the New Indian Model School. 15 selected parents along with school leaders run the committee for the betterment of students.

Parents can log in on the parent portal through the school’s official website. They can also fill out the Parent Feedback Form. This form helps improve the quality of service the school provides.

New Indian Model School Dubai EduCare parent app ensures easy communication. The user-friendly application sends instant notifications to parents regarding their child’s activities. This app helps parents keep track of the student’s academic performance, conveyance, circular and attendance.

New Indian Model School Contact Information

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FAQs

How many grades are there in your school?

The school offers classes from KG 1 until Grade 12.

Does your school follow a co-education model?

The school follow a co-ed setting from KG 1 until Grade 5. From Grade 6 and above, girls and boys are taught separately.

How many students are currently studying in your school?

The school has over 6,538 students, majority of them belonging to Indian nationality.

Do you have any special education programmes or learning plans for students of determination?

Yes, NIMS Al Garhoud runs learning plans for almost 900 students of determination enrolled at the school.

Can you please describe the academic calendar of your school?

The academic calendar runs from April to March.

Can you please mention the range of the tuition fee charged by your school?

The school fee ranges from AED AED 3,915  to AED 6,811.

Do you offer scholarship programmes to needy and deserving students?

Yes, the school offers merit scholarships and fee concession to deserving candidates.

How do you communicate with parents?

There are several means to communicate with parents, including Parents Council Executive Body, EduCare parent app and a parent portal.

Do you have a cafeteria or a canteen on campus?

The school canteen provides healthy snacks and sandwiches all day long.

How many teachers are currently teaching in your school?

Currently, the school employs 349 teachers.

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