DPS Monarch International School, a “purpose-built, state-of-the-art digital school”, has joined the family of DPS schools in Qatar.
The school, located in Al Wukair, was officially inaugurated at a grand celebration held in the school’s Multipurpose Hall recently.
The celebration was attended by HE the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh al-Nuaimi and Indian ambassador P Kumaran.
The function was presided over by the school’s chief patron, Mohamed bin Hammam al-Abdulla.
It was attended by prominent members of the Indian community and the council of partners of the DPS schools family, parents and teachers of the school.
School president Hasan Chougule said he has closely worked with all relevant authorities in Qatar in order to “deliver the state-of-the-art infrastructure and the school’s digital curriculum on time”.
The school building was completed in 15 months and the school opened its doors to students on September 1.
“The student strength since has been growing and reached around 550 children. Their families find the new curriculum of the school very interesting and intellectually engaging,” the school said in a press statement.
Chougule added that the school management “has also made a marathon effort to recruit and bring to Qatar the best Indian teachers from different parts of India”.
The principal, Meenal Bakshi, joined the school after completing her previous assignment as principal at an international school in the Maldives, while headmistress Madhu Uppal had previously worked at an international school in New Delhi.
The CBSE curriculum has been adopted at the school with teaching and learning strategies that “employ the digital media in such a way that it delivers students as life-long learners”.
Vice-president Yasir Nainar highlighted the state-of-the-art digital infrastructure at the school, which features a “fully integrated digital curriculum that includes pre-class digital reading, in-class digital assessments and post-class digital assignments”.
With the CBSE affiliation process already started, the school will be ready to take in students up to Class 9 in the new academic year in April 2020, the statement adds.
Dignitaries and officials at the school’s inauguration.
