International Indian School Riyadh المدرسة الهنديه العالمية بالرياض | |
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Location | |
116 Saudi Arabia | |
Coordinates | 24°43′22″N 46°46′21″E / 24.72278°N 46.77250°E |
Information | |
Established | 9 October 1982 |
Founder | Zeenat Musarrat Jafri |
School district | Rawdah (Boys), Malaz (Girls) |
Principal | Mrs. Meera Rahman |
Website | www.iisriyadh.com |
International Indian School Riyadh (Arabic: المدرسة الهنديه العالمية بالرياض), formerly the Embassy of India School, Riyadh is a K–12 English-medium community-based foreign school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, run by the Indian embassy. Established in 1982 with assistance from then Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi, it was the first community-based institute in which was established to primarily serve the Indian diaspora in the country.[1] It offers curriculum prescribed by the Central Board of Secondary Education and is approved by the Ministry of Education, Government of Saudi Arabia.