RIYADH: Dunes International School, Alkhobar, envisions excellence for their students with best-equipped infrastructure to spearhead modern education in Kingdom.

With the objective of seeking excellence in academics as well as co-curricular activities, Dunes School, a venture of Daratassalam International, is a modern and progressive international school in the Eastern Province.

Being one of the prestigious schools in the Eastern Province, Dunes houses state-of-the-art infrastructure with well-furnished smart classrooms, laboratories and libraries, ample play grounds, swimming pool and spacious auditorium to develop a conducive teaching and learning environment.

Moreover, Dunes offers a wholesome and balanced curriculum, up to date pedagogy and professionally skilled and richly experienced faculty in both boys and girls sections inspiring each to transcend barriers, overcome odds and work hard to bring about positive change in society retaining humility and values.

Hence, Dunes aims to produce, shape and groom.

It radiates an atmosphere that values achievements, molds character, enriches minds and imparts proper values.

Notably, speculating the growing recognition and pressure of new admissions at Dunes International, the governing committee is working on a revolutionary school expansion project on 23,000 sq meters outfitted with ultra modern infrastructure and serene learning environment accommodating 5,000 students.

The school management told Arab News that after the opening of an international school at Buraidah in April 2016, it has plans for another international school to be opened in Jubail by April 2017.

Ever since its inception in 2011, it has always been a vision translated into reality of its Chairman Dr. Ibrahim H. Al-Quayid and Managing Director Nadeem A. Tarin.

Their vision and mission is to create futuristic citizens with a great zeal to lead, excel, achieve and most importantly co-exist with the global community.

The obvious mission is a holistic pursuit of its statement ‘In sync with future’ and ever expanding approachable brand of the Kingdom within paltry five years.

With these objectives in mind Dunes chairman Dr Al-Quayid, a renowned educationalist in the Kingdom and an honored statesman accorded priority to the vision of the founder

Dr Tarin and his keenness to establish an institution on a foreign land.

His ample experience in academics, timeless endeavors and unceasing support reaped fruit and Dunes International surfaced as a flourishing school with the managing body transforming the unfamiliar name in 2011 to an illustrious institution in its initial phase.

Moreover, the school is a dream project of Nadeem A. Tarin, a distinguished and acknowledged Indian businessman, reverential philanthropist and a proficient visionary who pioneered in the arena of modern education in

the region comprehending the dearth of institutions affording quality education to Indians and other expatriates in the Kingdom.

He knows very well that unlike financial investment, which has reporting standards, audit processes, and market strategies, social investment or philanthropy is complex to evaluate.

The managing director envisages serving the society with world-class education to future citizens and has realistic plans to set up comparable schools in the other parts of the Kingdom too.

The expert team of Dunes includes:

Director Sultan Salman Al-Terais Sadey, a well acknowledged businessman and a true social worker who has always patronized the institution on account of his honest bent over expansion of education and edification in the society; Director Awad Al-Qahtani, a man of repute in the educational community of the Eastern Province and a gifted administrator who has been one of the sturdy pillars of the entire school structure and its systems; Director Amjad Khan, a maestro in management, planning and execution who has facilitated Dunes International redefine new horizons in imparting quality education with meticulous formulation for the universal and incessant growth of school and passion for accomplishing high standards, Director (academics) Saleem ur Rehman, an illustrious educationalist and a real mentor who monitors the academic excellence in totality and Principal Dharminder Menon, a seasoned educationist, a man of extensive knowledge with realistic and scientific approach and an endowed administrator who has devised the school's entire academic and extra-curricular framework.

Menon's ample experience in teaching and administration in leading Indian international schools, absolute know-how in teaching methodologies and innovative ideas has engrossed a considerable parent community of expatriates.

Persisting on translating vision into reality with a mission to produce leaders, winners and achievers in a global world, the school pursues an open-door policy to recruit exceptionally skilled and experienced teachers from different countries.