One of the best-equipped school in Riyadh, the Delhi Public School (DPS) management envisions excellence for their students and it is keen to come up with world-class facilities for them and keep improving the results further.

Speaking to Arab News Mairaj Khan, principal of DPS Riyadh, said: “Our children grow up in a society that demands expertise in everything. Now one cannot simply sit back and decide that learning from textbooks is enough for the overall development of a child.”

He added: “It’s the age of specialization and our children cannot afford to miss out on this window of opportunity in this demanding world.”

He also said that the school’s main focus is on quality education, embodying a high standard of ethical and moral values.

“The overall aim is to produce citizens’ conscious of their responsibilities, while learning holistic and value-based educational lessons to realize their dreams,” he said.

The DPS schools also seek to develop positive attitudes, life skills and academic excellence relevant to the time, he said.

Referring to future plans, the principal said: “We have plans to introduce a training program by Quest4Education, an organization which has been created to give Mathematics and Science coaching to Indian students abroad to prepare them for engineering entrance examinations in India.”

Khan said: “DPS, Riyadh has been recognized throughout the Kingdom as a brand known for its progressive approach and commitment to excellence through well designed instructional program and 7x7 flexible and unique school management systems.”

He underlined that the key strength of DPS Riyadh is its dynamic management and experienced faculty team, which keep on improvising skills to grow up with the time and update tools to properly educate our students for better results.

“We also provide excellent training in sports for our students, which make them confident and multi-talented,” he said,

He the school management planned to shift premises to Umulhammam (behind Euromarche) to provide better spacious class rooms and sports facilities.

There are three separate buildings for kindergarten, girls and boys. They have been utilized appropriately with world-class infrastructure that is required to conduct the school in line with the recommendations of the CBSE and Cambridge boards.

He said that all the three campuses have excellent playgrounds, well-ventilated classrooms, dedicated areas for art, craft, music, library and canteen in addition to lab facilities for IT, science and mathematics.

The entire facility is planned to provide a comfortable atmosphere for children and to make it a place for fun and learning.

According to Khursheed Khan, director of finance, DPS Riyadh, is jointly managed by Nadeem Tarin, a famous NRI philanthropist and Ibrahim bin Hamad Al-Quayid, a leading Saudi educationalist. It is part of the 135 DPS schools chain spread all over India and the world.