New Indian Model School is a low fee CBSE curriculum school, part of a group that is represented in almost every emirate of the UAE.

The story so far...

New Indian Model School Al Ain (NIMS Al Ain) was established 1994 and is therefore one of the longest established schools in the Garden City.  It is one of five school in the NIMS Group of Schools, which together educate almost 15,000 students.  The school is also very much at the lower end of the fee range.

The school states that its Vision is  "Providing the Best Education of the Highest International Standards." The school aims to be "receptive to the best international practices and thus to mold [sic] the best international citizens who have the competence and adaptability to live in the future perky world. Reforms in the field of teaching and learning to suit with the present and future centuries are an ongoing and interminable process which contributes a lot to the achievement of quality."

Its rather shorter, and less loftily phrased Mission is "Developing A New Generation of Future Global Citizens Who Will Be Able to Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges."

With approximately 800 students pre-Covid from KG1 to Grade 12, the school has seen a significant drop in numbers to just 450 when inspected in the 2021-22 academic year.  As would be expected Indian students make up the dominant nationality.   Students are supported by a much reduced 23 teachers and two teaching assistants (compared with 48 teachers in 2019) from the sub-Continent, who are a mix of Graduate and Post-graduates. 

With a teacher:student ratio of 1:19, this is, as would be expected, in a low cost school.  

What about the Curriculum?

The curriculum is based on CBSE standards from KG 1 to Grade 7 and Kerala State Board standards from Grade 8 to Grade 12. 

The school says that it seeks "to ensure that a high quality, creative curriculum effectively meets the needs and extends the achievements of each individual child. We are committed to delivering exciting, rich learning experiences that not only equip our pupils in the subjects taught, but also ensure that they receive a broad and balanced curriculum developing individual talents and encouraging life-long enjoyment and motivation to learn that impacts positively on their aspirations and achievements." 

In the Kindergarten

, students study English, Mathematics, General Knowledge, Drawing, Arabic, Islamic Education/Quran/Moral Science, Art and Craft.  This is extended further in the Primary section with a choice of Hindi/Urdu/Malayalam/Bengali, Environmental Studies, Social Studies, and Drawing being added to those subjects taught in KG. 

By Secondary School, the core subjects are English, Malayalam/Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Mathematics, Social Studies, Moral Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Art/Craft, and Islamic Education. The school also offers Additional English and Special English from Grade 8 onwards in lieu of Malayalam.

Finally, in Higher Secondary, when students are working towards the Grade XII Kerala State Board examinations, a choice of Science or Commerce streams is available.  In the Science stream, students study English, a Second Language ( either Malayalam/ Hindi or Arabic/), Physics, Chemistry, Biology /Computer Science and Mathematics. Students in the Commerce Stream focus on English, a Second Language (Malayalam /Hindi or Arabic ), Accountancy, Business Studies, Economics, and Computer Application. 

Islamic Education is compulsory for Muslim children. Non-Muslim students are offered Moral Science in place of Islamic Studies. Urdu, Tamil and Bengali are offered as optional languages. Arabic is taught from KG. There is an intensive focus on computer studies for students from Grade 4 onwards.

Whilst there appears to be a strong focus on the academic, the school does reserve the last period of every Thursday for "literary, artistic and scientific activities." All students have access to sports, arts, music, literary and environmental activities either within the core curriculum or as part of after school activities.

What about Academic achievement?

Higher Secondary classes, both in Science and Commerce streams began in 2001 when the school relocated to a new custom-built building.  According to the school "it has been securing cent percent success with the topmost grades in the Board Exams."  This statement does not quite reflect its other statement, that "Standards achieved are above or in line with national expectations in the core subjects at all levels." 

Very limited Topper Only information is available here.

What about the Facilities?

As with much of the information available about NIMS Al Ain, relatively little has been revealed.  The school states that classrooms are equipped with "computers and circuit libraries" and that there are well-equipped laboratories for science subjects "to effect learning by doing". 

According to the school, there is also a well-equipped audio-video library to facilitate higher levels of learning.  Historically, ADEK inspectors have been critical of the limited resources of the school.

With the level of fees charged by the school, it is unsurprising that investment in facilities and resources is at a premium.

What the inspectors say

NIMS Al Ain was awarded an Acceptable rating (the minimum required by ADEK) for the fourth time in six inspections following its inspection in 2019-20.  It has again been awarded the same rating in the post-Covid 2021-22 inspection round, but with a noticeable decline in Good ratings from 12% in 2019-20 to 6% in 2021-22.  

If you would like to read the full ADEK inspection report, and we strongly advise you to do so in order to gain a detailed understanding of the reasons behind the rating, you will find it here.

The Buzz

Unfortunately, there is no independent information about the views of parents, students or teachers at NIMS Al Ain. 

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What about the fees?

Fees at NIMS Al Ain are payable in ten monthly installments each of AED 440 in KG, AED 501 for Grade 1 to Grade 4, AED 542 for Grades 5 to 7, AED 696 for Grades 8 to 10, and AED 737 for Grades 11 and 12.  A monthly bus fee of AED 250 per child is excluded from the above fees.

ADEK classifies the fees as very low.

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