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Indian School, Sohar
Secondary Education[1] (CBSE, New Delhi), India.[1] It is
one of fifteen schools managed by Indian embassy in
Oman. The school is intended for students of Indian na-
tionality, but some students are from Pakistan, Egypt,
and Sri Lanka.
History
Indian School Sohar (ISS) was named after the student
community attending it. Mrs Asha Sakrani the first prin-
cipal of the school, saw the school grow from very hum-
ble beginnings. The school was founded for the education
of children from India in and around Sohar. Initially
there were 8 students and the school was run in a single
room. Asha Sakrani was the only teacher available and
the principal too. Students had to use mats and the only
furniture was a single table and chair. The second and
third years saw more students and more teachers. N.
Subramanian took over as Principal in 1992 and later
the school moved to a place near the souq. The CBSE af-
filiation for class ten came in 1994 and the subsequent
year saw the first batch appearing in class ten board
(CBSE)examination. In the year 2001 class twelve also be-
came affiliated to CBSE thus increasing student strength
and need for good education. The school has grown from
one room in 1982 to two double storey blocks with 38
classrooms. It is located in the Al Hambar area of Sohar.
Mr.Jayant Kumar Arora,who is from Gurgaon,Delhi,who
is a very well qualified, disciplined and has remained an
ex-principal of many well known schools in India joined
as the Principal Of Indian School Sohar in the year 2007.
Dr. Vinu Kumar joined the school later in 2008 as Vice-
Principal. The school logo states - "From darkness to
light" in Sanskrit and English, a lamp in the centre
flanked by a pair of swans and an open book symbolizing
learning. It does not have any parent teacher association
which is in accordance to the local laws, however it does
have a student council and a management committee
with a parent representative on it.
Facilities
The School has well equipped Physics, Chemistry, Biolo-
Indian School Sohar is an english medium,co- education- gy, Computer and Mathematics laboratories. The school
al for foreigners and is situated in Sohar in the Sultanate library has 15,212 volumes. It also has an Art and crafts
of Oman. It was founded in 1982 and is managed by the room. Audio-visual aids with 3-Dimensional multimedia
members of the Indian business community. It has stu- animation teaching aids for classes six to eight, comple-
dents from kindergarten to Class 12 and is affiliated to ment regular traditional teaching methods. This facility
Central board of secondary education, Central Board of is expected to be available for other classes also in the
near future. As of now, ISS offers CBSE format of edu-
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cation to 1800 students. A good auditorium, bigger play-
ground with provision for football, cricket, gymnasium
Extracurricular activities
and a swimming pool are proposed. The number of stu-
dents enrolled has soared in these two years, and there Scouts and Guides
was an urgent need to expand the school. New room were The students of classes 6 and above participate in scouts
added in the new block. At the same time the sections in and Guides. Annual outdoor camps are held besides the
each class were increased, with some having sections up weekly in-house activities. ===Sports===
to ’E’ grade. The kindergarten classes are held in a sepa- The school had participates in many sporting activ-
rate building across the road. The management is trying ities and have entered Gulf zone events in 2009. The
to acquire another larger piece of land to expand the in- school won the finals of the cricket championship last
frastructure. year and have come second in its football matches. The
school conducts an annual athletic meet. This athletic
meet showcases the talents of students in sports. Tough
Academics competition goes on between the houses on the sports
As of 2011, the school operates on a 07.50 a.m.- 02.00 day. It was a spectacular show consisting of aerobics,
p.m.schedule, Saturday to Thursday (classes 1 to 4 are P.T. display, races, shot put, discus, and gymnastics. The
closed). This includes 8 periods of study and a lunch teachers also take part in all co-curricular activities. In
break. Students are not allowed to leave the premises 2009, 7 students along with a teacher went for the first
during school hours. A uniform dress code is followed for time to participate in national athletics in India. 2008
all students. In 2011 AISSCE ( Class 12 Board exams) the saw many inter-house outdoor sports events for both
students brought laurels to the school. Students(Pathik boys and girls. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EVENTS CAN BE
Aravind and Anuja Ketan Tole) scored 99 in chemistry,98 VIEWED ON THE SCHOOL SITE.
(Heena Bapodra) in Informatics Practices, 97 in Biology
(Pathik Aravind),96 in Mathematics (Pathik Aravind),95 The House Cup
in English(15 students, 95 in Physics (Anuja Ketan Tole, 2008 was a great year for the ISS students. The students
Arshi Tandon and Abhishek Mishra).[2] [3] were divided into 4 houses, all well balanced. The race to
the top was tight but Yellow house gained first place with
Workshops / Seminars Green house 7 points behind. Red house came third and
Blue ended up last.
1. Through the resource persons at Indian School Al
Wadi Al Kabir, workshops were organized for Athletics
teachers under the leadership of Mr. Lobo, Director
of Education. In 2009 four students of ISS were selected for the National
2. Senior teachers attended Shastra Pratibha contest Athletic events to be held in Jaipur, early next year.
meeting at Indian Embassy on 21 August 2008. Pathik Aravind, Tanvi Shah, Anju and Jessy Jacob were
3. Hindi teachers attended a workshop on Hindi by Dr the winners.
Ramkaran Dabhas from SCERT, Delhi at Indian
School Muscat. Awards
4. Teachers training programme for kindergarten
The ISS won the Shastra Pratibha Contest 2 years in a row
teachers at Indian school Al Wadi Al Kabir on 16
(2008 and 2009) in the sub senior group and are the proud
November 2008 was attended by the respective
recipients of "Indian Ambassador’s rolling trophy". The
teachers.
contest is organized by Science India Forum and the tro-
5. A workshop for teachers by Serve And Inspire (SAI)
phy is awarded to the winning school.
was organized on 20 November 2008 at the school
The Indian school Sohar team composed of Akshay
premises in Sohar.
Purohit, Gaurav Mokhasi and Sachin D. Siby was ad-
In the year 2011, there were several management issues
judged Runner’s up school team category in the open
related to 1) Standard of education 2) Inadequate infra-
Quiz, held annually by Times of Oman.[4][5] The mega fi-
structural facilities 3) Misconduct of teachers other mi-
nals were held on 17 April 2009 in Qurum amphitheater.
nor issues. The parents association of Indian school sohar
179 teams participated from all over Oman and Sohar
had submitted a memorandum to the principal of the
school team was 4th. His Excellency Mr Anil Wadhwa,
school regarding these issues. A copy of the memoran-
the Indian ambassador to Oman visited the school.[6] The
dum was also sent to Indian cabinet minister E Ahamed,
school has been organizing many competitive events
Member of parliament P Rajeev, the indian ambassador
amongst the students to hone their skills.[7]
to oman and the school management committee on 18th
Gaurav Mokhasi was congratulated by the former
November 2011.
president of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, at a grand
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awards ceremony held at the Qurum amphitheater on [6] Embassy, ISS; Indian Embassy (November 2007).
20 November, for being the school’s Class X board exam "Ambassdor’s Visit". News. Indian Embassy. pp. 12.
winner. In other events held to commemorate the former http://www.indemb-oman.org/pdf/
president’s visit, Akshay Purohit and Aviral Kulshreshtha indianembassy/India%20News_November_07.pdf.
were finalists in the oratorical contest. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
ISS has always been part of the national [7] Oman, ISS; Times of Oman (24 May 2007).
news.;;;[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Also, the school has partici- "Competitions". News (Times of Oman): pp. 1.
pated in many international olympiads such as the 2009 http://www.timesofoman.com/
International Informatics Olympiad, whose school win- innercat.asp?detail=7298. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
ners were Moanis Mohamed of Class X, Akshay Purohit of [8] Creative Minds. Times of Oman, Page 7,August
Class XI, and Sirisha Jayanti of Class XII. Seven students 01,2007
secured a perfect score of 10 in Class 10 (AISSE) exams [9] Calligraphy competition in ISS. Times of Oman,
2011.[15] Four students of class 12 of 2010-11 batch were Page 5 August 9, 2007
awarded by Department of Science and Technology for [10] Maths Operation contest. Oman Tribune, Page 3,
INSPIRE scholarship of Rs 4 lakhs stretched over 5 years Nation, August 31, 2007
for securing high marks and reaching the top 1% TOP [11] Oman Tribune. Page 3, Nation, August 10, 2007
scorers in CBSE Class 12 Board exams held in 2011. The [12] Spotlight. Oman daily observer.August 01,2007
students are Anuja K Tole, Arshi Tandon,Gaurav S [13] Tribune, Nation, August 09,2007
Mokhasi and Pathik Aravind[16] [14] http://www.timesofoman.com/
innercat.asp?detail=37075&rand=0H5gIP2CXrcdS4LIYYh1QUIEmw
References [15] http://www.etimesofoman.com/popup.htm?web/
Photographs/2011/06/05/018/
[1] CBSE, ISS; CBSE (11/09/2009). "Affiliation". 05_06_2011_018_002_000.jpg
EDUCATIONAL. CBSE. pp. 1. http://164.100.50.30/ [16] CBSE circular no. CBSE/CU/INSPIRE-2011/ dated
SchoolDir/userview.aspx. Retrieved 2009-09-11. 01/07/2011
[2] http://timesofoman.com/echoice.asp?detail=45435 Recently Apoorv Verma a student of class XI won the
[3] http://www.omantribune.com/ third prize in the Ambassador’s Polemic Challenge and
index.php?page=news&id=92588&heading=Oman was congratulated by H.E. Sri Anil Wadhwa,Ambassador
[4] Oman, Times; Times of Oman (18 April 2009). of India to Sohar.
"Times of Oman Quiz". News (Times of Oman): pp. 1.
http://www.timesofoman.com/
echoice.asp?detail=24416&rand=gVhtgekFrQcTtnK732gtuBZF8Q.
External links
Retrieved 2009-09-11. • http://www.indianschoolsohar.blogspot.com
[5] Oman, Times; Times of Oman (18 April 2009). • http://www.indianschoolmag.blogspot.com []
"Times of Oman Quiz". News (Times of Oman): pp. 1. • http://www.theweek.co.om/
http://www.timesofoman.com/ printCon.aspx?Cval=2238
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echoice.asp?detail=24415&rand=XXT9vACatr7sA4jbG25WpABNuB.
Retrieved 2009-09-11. • [3]
• IS Sohar upbeat, Times of Oman, May 22,2010
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