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Our Own English High School
Established in 1968, the GEMS Our Own English High School (OOEHS) – Dubai, is one of the oldest schools in the UAE. It was the first school established by K. S. Varkey and his wife, Mariama Varkey. The school is now managed by GEMS Education founded by their son, Sunny Varkey. The first campus opened in Bastakia and moved to Oud Metha in 1983. The School moved once again to its current location Al Warqa'a. Initially the girls and boys attended the same campus during different times of day; the girls were in the morning and the boys were in the afternoon. When the male students moved to a new campus in Al Warqa’a in 2007, the girls and boys school split into separate campuses. The girls school moved to Al Warqa in 2012. Other branches This school is a subsidiary of GEMS Education *Our Own English High School, Al Ain *Our Own English High School, Fujairah *Our Own English High School, Sharjah *Our Own English High School, Ras al-Khaimah Campus Established in 1968, GEMS O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. D Long, B Reich. p.157 Established in the 18th century as a small fishing village, the city grew rapidly in the early 21st century with a focus on tourism and luxury, having the second most five-star hotels in the world, and the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, which is tall. In the eastern Arabian Peninsula on the coast of the Persian Gulf, it is also a major global transport hub for passengers and cargo. Oil revenue helped accelerate the development of the city, which was already a major mercantile hub. A centre for regional and international trade since the early 20th century, Dubai's economy relies on revenues from trade, tourism, aviation, real estate, and financial services. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjali Menon
Anjali Menon is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Anjali has won international, national and state awards for her work and is best known for her feature films ''Manjadikuru,'' ''Kerala Cafe'' (Happy Journey), ''Ustad Hotel'', ''Bangalore Days'' and ''Koode''. She is counted among the change agents in Indian cinema whose work gets attention from the audience and the critics. Anjali is the founder of Little Films a film company based in Mumbai and Kerala that produces fiction and non-fiction works. Anjali is one of the founders of the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), an organization that focuses on gender equality in the Malayalam film industry. Early life and education Anjali Menon was born in Kozhikode to T M Nair and Sarada Nair. She spent her childhood in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and travelled annually to India. Prior to her film education Anjali graduated from Providence Women's College, Kozhikode and received her Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education In Dubai
Private education in Dubai is regulated by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority. The United Arab Emirates, UAE Ministry of Education is responsible for public schools in Dubai. Currently, more than 90% of schooeducation in Dubaitakes place in the private sector, served by 194 private schools offering 17 different curricula to more than 280,000 students from 182 nationalities. Dubai has 26 international branch campuses of universities from 12 different countries - including the United Kingdom, UK, Australia and India. More than 30,000 students attend these universities, with the majority studying business, engineering and media & design. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) was founded in 2006 to develop education and human resource sectors in Dubai, and license educational institutes. Public schooling Public schools are all gender segregated. Primary and secondary education is free of cost for all Emiratis and compulsory for boys and girls at the all gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education In The United Arab Emirates
Provision of education in the UAE began shortly after the establishment of the federation with the inception of the first university in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates University. Since then, the country has progressed with efforts of ensuring high literacy rates, modern programs and women's share in education. It works on improving its youths education which is why the agenda 2021 has been set. The UAE currently devotes approximately 25 percent of total federal government spending to education. As of 2019, the overall literacy rate is 96%. Basic education In 2006, the United Nations Programme on Governance in the Arab Region rated the UAE a .79 on its Education Index. The Programme defines the Index as, "one of the three indices on which the human development index is built." It is based on the adult literacy rate and the combined gross enrollment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools. Regionally, the countries scoring higher included the Occupied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educational Institutions Established In 1968
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aayan Afzal Khan
Aayan Afzal Khan (15 November 2005) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. In September 2022, he was named in United Arab Emirates' T20I squad for their series against Bangladesh. He made his T20I debut on 25 September 2022, against Bangladesh. Later the same month, he was named in the United Arab Emirates squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In November 2022, he was named in United Arab Emirates' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Nepal. He made his ODI debut on 14 November 2022, against Nepal. Personal life Aayan was born in Goa, India, the son of Afzal and Shahista. He moved to the UAE with his family when he was two years old, growing up in Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Sharjah is the capital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parvatii Nair
Parvati Nair (born 5 December 1992) is an Indian model and actress who works in the South Indian film industry. Born into a Malayali family in Abu Dhabi, she trained as a software professional from Manipal Institute of Technology. She started modelling at the age of 15 . Nair made her acting debut with the Malayalam film '' Poppins'' as a lead in the of the 5 segments directed by V. K. Prakash during her Christmas vacations in December 2012 , before appearing in a number of critically acclaimed films across all four South Indian film industries, including '' Story Kathe'' (2014 ) and ''Yennai Arindhaal'' (2015). Her performance as a young journalist in ''Story Kathe'' won her the Best Kannada Debut Actress Award at the South Indian International Movie Awards, while the role of a vengeful wife in ''Yennai Arindhaal'' won her praise from critics and received a Filmfare nomination. In 2015, she starred in the critical and commercial success '' Vascodigama'', portraying an Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keba Jeremiah
Keba Jeremiah (born 18 October 1986) is an Indian guitarist and music producer. He works on musical soundtracks for Gospel songs, Bollywood, Tollywood (Telugu), Kollywood music industry. Early life Born and brought up in Al Karama, Dubai, Keba Jeremiah started playing music at the age of seven. He began taking guitar lessons as a kid. Keba started off on the acoustic guitar and later learnt keyboard and drums along with his two brothers. At the age of ten, he started playing for various audiences at church programs and Christian events. For his school band, he tried his hands at the bass guitars. As the guitarist of the Our Own English High School band, he won awards at various inter-school level competitions. By the year 2004, for pursuing a professional engineering degree, he flew to India and joined the Hindustan College of Engineering, Chennai. Keba started playing at the New Life Assemblies of God Church every Sunday. He drew inspiration watching various leading musician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazriya Nazim
Nazriya Nazim (born 20 December 1994) is an Indian actress, producer and former television presenter who works predominantly in Malayalam films in addition to Tamil films. She has won One Filmfare Award South, one Kerala State Film Awards, and One Tamil Nadu State Film Award respectively. She started her career as an anchor on Malayalam television channel Asianet before pursuing a career as an actress. She made her debut as a child artist with ''Palunku'' (2006) and then as a lead actress in the 2013 Malayalam film ''Maad Dad''. She has gone on to star in successful films such as ''Neram'' (2013), '' Raja Rani'' (2013), ''Ohm Shanthi Oshaana'' (2014), and ''Bangalore Days'' (2014). Following her marriage to actor Fahadh Faasil, she took a break from acting. She made a comeback in 2018 with Anjali Menon's movie ''Koode''. Early life and background Nazriya was born to Nazimuddeen and Begum Beena. She has a brother, Naveen Nazim. Her family lived in Al Ain, UAE, before moving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naeemuddin Aslam
Naeemuddin Aslam is a cricketer who has played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He is most experienced in List A cricket having played 32 games. However, his maiden century came in the first class format against Uganda in 2010. National team career 2004 Naeemuddin made his debut for the senior side during the 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge, held in Sharjah in March 2004, where he played four of the UAE's five matches. He was called upon to bat twice, making 30 against Scotland, and 12 against Namibia. UAE lost both matches where Naeemuddin batted, and their final record of three wins and two losses in the tournament was not enough to qualify them for the 2004 Champions Trophy. Naeemuddin was retained for the side that drew with Nepal in the first match of the first class Intercontinental Cup competition, totalling 39 runs in his two innings, and in July he was called up to play in the 2004 Asia Cup. UAE lost both matches in the tournament by 116 runs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roshni Chopra
Roshni Chopra is an Indian actress, television presenter and the winner of NDTV Imagine's reality show, ''Dil Jeetegi Desi Girl''. She is also known for playing the role of Pia one of the three female leads in the Zee TV series Kasamh Se. Career She is best known for playing the role of Pia one of the three female leads and the younger sister of protagonist Bani Walia in ''Kasamh Se'' on Zee TV. An alumnus of the Our Own English High School, she was also the presenter of the pre and post-match cricket show on Doordarshan known as ''Fourth Umpire''. Chopra was also one of the three hosts of the Indian variant of ''Got Talent'' series known as, ''India's Got Talent'' in 2009. Chopra starred in Vikram Bhatt's film, ''Phhir'', which released on 12 August 2011. She has hosted the show '' Comedy Circus Teen Ka Tadka'' on Sony TV in 2009–10, and is currently the anchor of 'Heroes – Moments and Memories' on ''Star Sports''. She also made an appearance in ''Maut Ka Khel'', an episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adithya (actor)
Adithya Menon (born 6 April 1974) is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Early life Adithya Menon was born in Mumbai into a Malayali family hailing from Palghat in Kerala. His family emigrated to Dubai, UAE and he spent his childhood in Dubai till the age of 18. He finished his schooling from the Our Own English High School Dubai and then migrated back to India. He earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bangalore. While in college, he auditioned for a slot at being a radio host with Radio Midday. That was his first stint in the media. Soon he started hosting live events like fashion shows and product launches. He worked as a compere and event manager for a few years after getting out of college. During this period he got into amateur theatre in Bangalore and acted in a few plays before being spotted by an actor Prakash Belawadi to star in a Kannada television serial he was to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
