Dunes School: The future is here
Riyadh: Ghazanfar Ali Khan Dunes International School has made a momentous beginning under the initiative and leadership of Dr. Ibrahim H. Al-quayid, chairman of Dunes’ board of directors.
He is a prominent Saudi academician, who is proud to create an educational facility in Saudi Arabia that provides its students with a comprehensive system of education to help them to develop well-rounded personalities and grow into smart, confident young people.
Nadeem Tarin, managing director and a prominent Indian expatriate who has promoted several schools globally, believes that the mission of Dunes is "to enhance the skills of students to the highest level of competence and thereby making the world an emancipated and enlightened place”.
The school is governed by a board of directors chaired by Al-quayid, who was a member of the National Society for Human Rights and an elected member of the Riyadh municipality.
Highly experienced educationist D. Manon, who had the distinction of serving as principal of Army School in Jammu and Singhania School in Rajasthan in India, has been appointed as principal.
Well-known academic Dr. S. U. Rahman is honorary director for academics at the school.
Well- known management expert Amjad Khan, who holds a management degree from India's Aligarh Muslim University, is the director for operations and finance and Awad Al-qahtani is director of the school.
Dunes takes pride in its excellent advisory board. Dr. Shomie Das, a veteran in school education, served as the principal of The Doon School and tutored Prince Charles.
Dr. Nigat Shamsi, experienced in training academics; Mrs. Linda Amin, speaker coordinator for TARA and associate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children; and Dr. Anna Marie Amudi, English department supervisor at Dhahran Ahliyya School, are other members of the board.
The latest and a very modern educational center of excellence on the educational canvas of Alkhobar promoted by Daratassalam , Dunes International School has come a long way in the last year.
In its very first year the school had an enrolment rate of 500 plus students. The school brings the best available educational practices and blend them with the national curriculum (CBSE) with time tested values and ethics.
It believes in and aims for total quality education, which ensures developing children who make excellence in all endeavors a habit and a way of life.
At Dunes the emphasis is more on understanding a concept rather than simple memorization of facts, rules and formulae. The school is committed to grooming every child into a role model for the society of tomorrow by providing the children holistic education for the growth of mind and body. It makes use of the latest technology, multimedia and audiovisual tools in teaching.
Enthusiasm, awareness, creativity, responsibility are just some of the qualities that the school’s qualified, dedicated and experienced teachers bring to the classroom to help mold the children into the global citizens of tomorrow.
From advanced classrooms to various sports infrastructure, Dunes School is equipped with every facility that it needs to deliver world-class education.
The campus is planned bearing in mind the needs of the children and their future. More than 18,000 square meters of land has been transformed into a learner’s paradise.