Asian International Private School, Madinat Zayed

Asian International Private School (AIS) Madinat Zayed opened in 1987 to serve the Indian expat community in the capital city. In 2012, the school moved to a newly refurbished campus in Zayed City.

Asian International Private School, Abu Dhabi in Zayed City, follows the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi curriculum from kindergarten until Grade 12.

Currently, the school has 700 students, including students of determination. 35 teachers and six teaching assistants serve the student body. Most students belong to the South Asian community.

Despite being well-connected to major hubs of the emirate, AIS Madinat Zayed’s location is far away from the popular family-friendly residential communities. The nearest area is Hanshan, approximately a 20-minute drive away.

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Asian International Private School Madinat Zayed campus offers facilities like smart classrooms, science labs, a school store, a library and a multi-purpose outdoor sports area.

AIS School is situated behind Madinat Zayed Cooperative Society. The school is surrounded by Al Ruboua Street, Al Basim Street and Al Youdar Street.

Asian International Private School of Abu Dhabi has successfully served the South Asian community for over 30 years. Offering quality Indian education and a wide range of extracurricular activities, your child’s education journey is in the best hands at Asian International Pvt. School.

Asian Private School has various management levels to ensure smooth operations and make strategic decision making a success. Teachers and other non-academic staff are given training and made part of development sessions to ensure students receive a quality education from kindergarten until senior years.

AIS School in Abu Dhabi offers grades from Kindergarten until Grade 12.

Asian International Private School follows the CBSE curriculum throughout all grades. The AIS curriculum has been designed to nurture linguistic or verbal, logical, mathematical, spatial, sports, musical, interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence.

Subjects offered include English, Maths, Science, Social Science, Computer Science, Islamic Studies or Value/Moral Education and Arabic. Hindi and Urdu are offered as second languages.

The Abu Dhabi Departments of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) was formed in 2005 with the main objective of regulating and supervising both private and public schools in Abu Dhabi. The agency invests in innovative learning strategies on behalf of schools to ensure that students can face and tackle the challenges of the 21st century.

Irtiqaa Programme is one of the initiatives of ADEK where private and public schools are inspected annually and are rated based on:

• Quality of students’ achievement.
• Quality of personal and social development as well as innovation skills of the students.
• Quality of teaching and assessment.
• Quality of curriculum.
• Quality of student safety and wellbeing, as well as the guidance and support provided to them.
• Quality of school leadership and management.

The quality of the school is rated on a six-point scale as shown below:

Asian International Private School Madinat Zayed’s ADEK rating is ‘Acceptable’ for 2018 – 2019.

Some key areas of strength of Asian International Private School in Madinat Zayed include:

• Improved student achievement and effective teaching in Islamic education, Arabic and social studies, and in science in KG.
• Students’ behaviour and positive relationships, personal and social development and their understanding of Islamic values and UAE culture.
• Support and care for students of determination.

Areas where the school needs to improve includes:

• Improve students’ achievement in English, Maths, Science and other subjects through quality teaching.
• Further develop and enhance the curriculum to include 21st-century skills.
• Increase school leaders’ strategies for self-evaluation to address inconsistencies in the rate of overall improvement.

Asian International Private School – Madinat Zayed’s academic calendar runs from April until March of the following year, just like other Indian schools in Abu Dhabi. It is divided into three terms.

• The first term starts in April and ends in June.
• The second term begins in September and concludes in November.
• The third term starts in December and ends in March.

Asian International Private School Madinat Zayed’s admission process starts with the online registration of your child. Please remember, registering your child more than once will lead to disqualification.

Once you have your child registered, please submit the following documents:

• Original attested Transfer Certificate
• Original and a copy of the attested birth certificate
• Copy of parents’ and student’s passport
• Three recent passport size photos with white background.
• Copy of Mark statement / Progress Card from the previous school
• Emirates ID

Please note that your child’s admission depends on assessments, an eligibility test and previous school record and most importantly, the availability of seats.

Before initiating the admission process, parents must ensure that their child meets the following age placement criteria.

This is based on the age of the students on 31st July (for schools beginning in April) and 31st December (for schools beginning in September). Source: ADEK

* This is to cater to students transferring from systems that admit students of a younger age)

Asian International Private School Madinat Zayed’s tuition fee is approved by the ADEK and cannot be changed without prior approval from the authority. The current fee structure is as follows:

Transportation facilities are provided by Asian International Private School in Abu Dhabi. The school bus is responsible for picking and dropping students at predetermined locations.

The annual transportation charges range from AED 1,105 to AED 1,655. The bus service covers Madinat Zayed and Liwa. To start using the service, parents must fill in the transportation form available at the school at the time of registration.

Adequate sports facilities allow students to engage in physical education and numerous other sporting activities at AIS School Madinat Zayed.

To encourage students to engage their mental, emotional and physical capacity, Asian International Private School Madinat Zayed Abu Dhabi offers a wide range of extracurricular activities after school hours.

Students can take up football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, cricket, yoga, karate and dance classes. They are also encouraged to participate in:

• Enviro-Spellathon Competition
• TIMSS Competition
• Qirat Competition

To ensure that children get the most out of their academic journey, Asian Indian Private School arranges field trips to cultural sites and tourist attractions in Abu Dhabi.

The clinic facility at AIS School Abu Dhabi provides primary medical care, examines students, prescribes proper treatments and then refers students to the speciality or primary health centre if required. The facility is headed by a qualified and registered HAAD Nurse who ensures high-quality health services while recognising fundamental patient rights.

Asian International School uses different communication modes for the benefit of parents and students. Parents are encouraged to attend parent-teacher meetings held at least once every term to discuss students’ current performance.

Other than this, you can send an inquiry message via the parent communication section available on the school website.

• Telephone Number: +971-2-641-9112
• Emails
  • General Enquiries: asian.bzd@asianintlschool.com
• AIS Website