JEDDAH, 29 June — A seven-member managing committee was elected for the International Indian School, Jeddah, (IISJ) yesterday. The term of the new committee will be for three years.
Dr. Muhammad Mohsin from West Bengal, who won the highest number of votes, is the top contender for the post of chairman. The six others declared elected are Muhammad Abdul Khader (508 votes), Dr. Yusuf Khan Jawed (507 votes), both from Andhra Pradesh; Dr. Iqbal Musani from Maharashtra (474 votes), K.M. Sharief Kunju (464 votes), Ali Omer Sumesh (438 votes) both from Kerala; and M. Shanmugham from Tamil Nadu (409 votes). The lone loser was Wandoor P. Aboobacker from Kerala who polled 400 votes.
Of more than 4,000 parents on the voters’ list, only 585 cast their votes, said Brig. Iqbal Siddiqui, director of the school.
The polling started at 10:00 a.m. and closed at 5:00 p.m. The much-publicized election was held amid tight security.
Director of Foreign Education Mansoor Ghazali was on the round and had deputed two of his officials to monitor the voting process. Zikrur Rehman, first secretary at the Indian Embassy in Riyadh, was also present as an observer.
One of the Saudi officials Mustafa Al-Harbi, supervisor in the Foreign Education Department, said the "polling was smooth and there were no complaints from any side about its conduct".
