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Indian School in Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia is 2nd largest school in Asia

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The International Indian School, Jeddah is a secondary school for boys and girls in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia It was founded in 1969. The school slogan is "Knowledge is Light". The school is colloquially abbreviated to "IISJ". The school has been reputed to be the second largest school in Asia.

It started as a small school in Jeddah. It was encouraged by expatriates and prominent people of the Indian community(only Indians) residing in Jeddah. Rafiuddin S. Fazulbhoy founded the school in 1969. Late Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi laid the foundation of then "Embassy of India School, Jeddah".

Gradually, every Indian in Jeddah started to learn in this school and they now have nearly 18000 students. The longest serving Principal of the School was Dr. Naim Ullah Khan during whose time the school shifted to the now existing marvelous building. Dr. Khan served for almost 8 years and during his tenure many developments took place in this school.

Separate Sections for Boys and Girls

In the year 1994, the school completed its boys section building. Due to the policy of the Saudi Government which didn't favour co-education, the school followed a shift system. Until then, boys and girls used the same school building. Girls attend the morning shift (7:30 am to 2:00 pm) and boys attended the evening shift(8:45 am to 3:15 pm).

Auditorium

The school has a big auditorium which is centrally air-conditioned and well-equipped with latest light and sound facilities.
[edit] Courses Offered

The school offers all subjects for primary and secondary levels to prepare the students for AISS (X) CBSE examinations. In senior secondary Humanities, Commerce and Science are offered as course streams. The optional subjects include Mathematics, Computer Science, Informatics, Home Science, Physical Education, Biology and oriental languages.

International Indian School Jeddah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Biology workshop conducted at IISJ - Arab News
 
Which one is the largest school in Asia? My peers from South Point, Kolkata used to claim their's is the largest!
 
I think City Montensery Lucknow is biggest
guinies
city montesory school is in guinness book beacuse it has more 23-26 branches in lucknow and the number of students studying in it are more than any school in whole world .no school in whole world have such number of branches and students.

but premises wise its not number 1
 
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