[6], Founded and headquartered in Dubai, GEMS has offices in the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore, India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Kenya, and the United Arab Emirates. and Mariama Varkey in 1959. WSS- Accounting Teacher GEMS WESTMINSTER SCHOOL - SHARJAH. [29][30] That year it was also named Education Company of the Year at the Gulf Business Industry Awards,[31][32] and it also received that same award in 2013. [11][19][35] The more expensive schools have more spacious grounds and amenities such as golf and tennis facilities, and smaller class sizes. "Gems Attains 'Partner' Status with WEF". It’s the most highly rated KHDA Indian school and has been, deservedly, ranked Outstanding for some seven years. In 2014, GEMS Education appointed former Eton College headmaster Tony Little as Chief Education Officer; he has been responsible for ensuring the quality of education across the global chain. [165][164] It is an independent co-educational day school for children between the ages of 3 and 13,[165] and since 2009 has been housed in the former historic Chelsea Library, a listed building. [73][74][75] Bill Clinton co-launched the initiative. [234][235][236] Global Partnership Schools, in partnership with GEMS Education Solutions, and financed by newly available three-year federal School Improvement Grants (SIG), managed some previously failing schools in the U.S. beginning in 2010. [133], The company opened its first school in Qatar, GEMS American Academy, in September 2014. PRAXIS ADVERTISING Office # 203, Mardoof Building, Al Safa 1, Dubai, UAE, Linkedin [76], Sunny Varkey is the founder of the GEMS Education Group. [129] It offers the International American curriculum leading to International Baccalaureate certification, and according to GEMS was designed to meet international educational standards in the context of Saudi Arabian cultural values. Must Read: Kings’ School Dubai, Umm Suqeim. [218][219][220][221] An upper school for grades nine through 12 was scheduled to open in the fall of 2017. [202], GEMS Cambridge International School in Uganda opened in September 2013, in the Ugandan capital city of Kampala. [2] It is the largest operator of private kindergarten-to-grade-12 schools in the world, and as of 2015 had over 70 schools in over a dozen countries. [258], In November 2013 GEMS Education acquired its first school in France, Ecole des Roches, a prestigious 60-acre international boarding school founded in 1899 in Normandy. [1][2][22] Its two schools in the U.S. are in Chicago: a pre-school, and the pre-school through elementary school GEMS World Academy-Chicago, which opened in 2014 to eventually extend through grade 12. [102][103][104], In December 2015 GEMS Education and the UAE Ministry of Education launched an annual UAE National Teacher Prize. [15][111], Our Own English High School in Dubai, now exclusively for girls, had a 2014 enrollment of 10,000 and tuition that is approximately one-tenth that of GEMS World Academy (Dubai), while still maintaining academic excellence. [259][268], In September 2014 the company opened GEMS World Academy (Singapore), its first school in Southeast Asia. [65], In 2013, the foundation helped launch the annual Global Education and Skills Forum,[66] in partnership with UNESCO and the UAE Ministry of Education. [207] The school's sports facilities also provide training grounds for a variety of national sports teams and hosting grounds for competitions. [189], GEMS Modern Academy in Kochi, Kerala opened in 2019. [10][13] Under his umbrella business organization the Varkey Group, Sunny Varkey opened Indian, Pakistani, and British schools,[8][10] and offered education under the different curricula: Indian (Central Board of Secondary Education and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education), U.S., British, and later International Baccalaureate, French, and dual and local curricula. [93] Approximately 90% of students in Dubai are in private schools, and with rapidly increasing population, private-school enrolment in Dubai doubled in the decade from 2003 to 2013. [222] The school offers a global education and provides links with students around the world. GEMS Modern Academy in Gurgaon in the New Delhi area opened in 2014. [279] The school planned to grow to 1,500 students within five years, eventually accommodating 3,000 students.[279][281]. Through its consultancy arm, GEMS Education Solutions, the company works internationally with public and private sector clients on school improvement initiatives. [273][274] The school has audio and film recording studios, and a 750-seat auditorium and a planetarium were scheduled to be completed by 2017. This appointment came when Sunny Varkey sold a 20% stake in GEMS' emerging-markets business – covering the Middle East, North Africa, and East Asia – to a consortium of investors led by Fajr Capital and including Blackstone and Mumtalakat Holding Company. [246][250][251] Many of the facilities were also open to the public. Basing its analysis on Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores, the study also detailed teacher salaries and class sizes in nationwide schools. [23][24], In 2010 GEMS Education became an official member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of WEF's Global Growth Companies. What ensued over the summer was a transformation of the main reception of the school into an “outstanding” one – filled with subtle marketing messaging and school content. [259][260] The top-tier school, for students age 6 to 19, caters to a clientele from over 100 countries. 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For 20 years, businesses of all sizes and shapes have approached us to add the power of our ideas to their ideas. [41] It has a planetarium; facilities for arts, sciences, and languages; a robotics lab; TV, radio, and recording studios; and music rooms with Steinway pianos. [217] The preschool to eighth grade building opened in 2014, and garnered attention for its architecture accented with color. 2154. It also has a 650-seat auditorium; an amphitheatre; cafés and a roof-top garden; and on-site breakfast or afternoon clubs for parents to meet teachers. [256][257][258] An agreement was reached with La Côte International School to ensure enrolment for the school's students. [245][247] The upscale school also offered merit-based scholarships of 25% to 100% tuition reimbursement for local students. [187] It is a day and boarding facility for children from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The winner receives AED1 million, and the 21 top nominees train outside the country at some of the best educational institutions in the world. 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Rivera as Superintendent of Schools", "What’s the payoff for $4.6 billion in School Improvement Grants? [149][160] It includes extensive sports grounds, facilities, and training;[156] dance training;[161] and an art gallery and artist-in-residence. [163], In 2004 GEMS also acquired The Hampshire School, Chelsea in Chelsea, London. It was founded in 2010 as the Varkey GEMS Foundation, with the intention of impacting 100 impoverished children for every child enrolled at GEMS schools, via enrolment and education-access initiatives, worldwide teacher training programs, advocacy campaigns, and physical projects such as building classrooms, schools, and learning centers. [124][125] The school caters to affluent mainly Saudi families, and teaches a bilingual English-Arabic and international curriculum. View Job. GEMS Education, founded as Global Education Management Systems (GEMS), is an international education company. [156][157] The site had previously been a girls' boarding school, North Foreland Lodge, since 1947. 1,354 were here. [14][21] GEMS subsequently opened schools in Africa, Southeast Asia, the U.S., and Europe. Simple visuals explain the emergence in the aura or advanced technology of the modern era. As of 2017, GEMS had 45 schools in the United Arab Emirates,[85] including 30 in Dubai,[86] 7 in Abu Dhabi,[87] 1 in Fujairah, and 4 in Sharjah. It was established in 2011, taking on projects mainly in the UK, Africa, and Asia. [8][12][13] The education situation in Dubai was ripe for expansion, since local schools were only for native Arabs, and the children of the ever-increasing number of expats needed education of their own. [11][37], GEMS has two divisions: schools and educational services. GEMS Modern Academy Parent since 2001 I am a proud parent of two Modernites, who has been associated with the school since 2004 when my daughter Aakanksha Rai joined the Modern family. [155], In 2004 GEMS acquired the site for Sherfield School – the historic estate Sherfield Manor in Hampshire, set on more than 70 acres. [272] All pupils up to age 11 are provided with a violin or cello, there are sound-proof studios for one-on-one music lessons, and there are also multiple orchestra groups and bands. [204][205] According to the school, it also encourages an appreciation of Ugandan culture and giving back to the local community. [11] He expanded the school, and added new schools as well. With the GEMS Connect App, parents can now access student information, track bus location, pay fees, view circulars, newsletters, timetable, assesment reports and track attendance, submit leave requests and do much more in one place. [259][261][262] GEMS invested €5 million for a five-year large-scale expansion, redevelopment, and modernization of the school, making additions including new class buildings and dormitories, a school restaurant, a large entertainment auditorium featuring a theatre with a symphony orchestra pit, a music studio, and a large sports complex. [67], At the second annual Global Education and Skills Forum in March 2014, the foundation announced the Global Teacher Prize, a $1 million annual award to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession, to be first presented at the third annual GESF in March 2015. [10][36] According to GEMS, educational quality is maintained in the budget-range schools by using high-quality teachers, by efficiency and economisation on time and space, and by capitalising on its breadth of experience: according to the company the large network of GEMS schools shares resources and information and provides training to teachers across the whole system. [92] Many native Emiratis as well choose to send their children to private schools, and since 2011 the number of native Emirati students in GEMS schools has risen faster than any other nationality. WSS- Receptionist GEMS WESTMINSTER SCHOOL - SHARJAH. [88] GEMS is the largest education provider in the UAE, and the UAE accounts for more than 90% of its business. Delhi Private School (DPS), Sharjah School Zone, Muwailih Commercial . teacher to kids ratio 1:17 . [134][135] It provides after-school activities such as Spanish club, cultural dance, choir, robotics, and yoga. 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