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The Indian Academy Sharjah

Indian/CBSE volume school in Al Nahda.


Curriculum
Indian, CBSE
Fees, annual
AED 8–13k
Ages
3 to 18
Pupils
~5,500
Founded
2014

Fee Age Type Amount
KG1 / FS2 4 Annual AED 8,000
KG2 / Year 1 5 Annual AED 8,000
Grade 1 / Year 2 6 Annual AED 9,000
Grade 2 / Year 3 7 Annual AED 9,000
Grade 3 / Year 4 8 Annual AED 9,250
Grade 4 / Year 5 9 Annual AED 9,250
Grade 5 / Year 6 10 Annual AED 9,500
Grade 6 / Year 7 11 Annual AED 9,500
Grade 7 / Year 8 12 Annual AED 10,500
Grade 8 / Year 9 13 Annual AED 10,500
Grade 9 / Year 10 14 Annual AED 11,500
Grade 10 / Year 11 15 Annual AED 12,500
Registration Fee (new admission) One-time AED 250

  • Parent and student snippets are mostly warm, praising personal attention, helpful teachers, friendly students, and confidence-building activities.
  • Staff reviews are much less positive, with teachers flagging low pay, unpaid stay-backs, long workshops, transport issues, and workload taken home.
  • The useful read is a caring, value-fee CBSE school with stronger family-facing sentiment than employee sentiment.

Head of school

Ms. Aparna Shankar

Ms. Aparna Shankar is an experienced educational leader with over 19 years of administrative experience and 9 years of teaching experience. She holds multiple qualifications, including an MSc, BEd, PhD, and MBA. Her professional background includes serving as the Principal of The Indian Academy Sharjah, ASPAM Indian International School Sharjah, and Open Minds - The Birla School. Additionally, she has experience as a team inspector for CfBT (UK), contributing to her expertise in school evaluation and strategic education management.

Accreditations

  • IN_CBSE 01

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