Yara School ranks among the best
Riyadh: Ghazanfar Ali Khan attention is paid to every student.
The “Teachers Development Program” is an ongoing process at Yara to keep teachers abreast with the changes in the education field. Students are also encouraged to participate in the ASSET examination, which is a sort of diagnostic test by virtue of which one understands the weaknesses of the students in a particular subject, Saleem observed. Counseling sessions for students and parents are also organized from time to time, she added.
Moreover, the faculty and the staff of YIS have been meticulously chosen to ensure that there is no gap between the school’s vision and its implementation, said the Yara principal, adding that the teachers’ efforts are closely guided and monitored through performance evaluation process, which incorporates parents’ feedback as well as objective assessment by the top school officials. Annual excellence awards are bestowed on teaching and non-teaching staff to motivate our staff, she said.
The school, she said, also runs a Canadian- based “Computer Education and Certification Program”. YIS can also boast of a well-equipped science laboratory and computer laboratories as well as a well-stocked library, which has a rich catalogue for students and teachers. “The introduction of Educomp Smart Classes across the grades in the new, state-of-the-art campus is a giant leap forward in the shift from traditional teaching to the futuristic education of e-learning,” noted the principal, while referring to the adoption of new IT tools and techniques and to make the school digital-friendly. Also, a fleet of airconditioned buses owned by the school is yet another strength, said Saleem. Activity clubs for public speaking, science and mathematics, heritage, health and wellbeing, music, dance and art & craft provide a platform to draw out latent talents in the students. In a short span of eight years, Yara has become a name to reckon with. “For an institution, which started with a modest beginning, the journey of success has been extraordinary in every sense of the word,” she said.