COUNTRY FOCUS: UAE
Aruba helps Sabari
Indian School become
a technology leader
Sabari Indian School, a Dubai-
based school offering the
CBSE curriculum, has become
a technology leader in the
education sector in the UAE
by implementing a state-of-
the-art wireless infrastructure
from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard
Enterprise company, and
introducing iPad-based learning
and a ‘curriculum in the cloud’
education model.
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abari Indian School was acquired in the year 2015 by
Al Najah Education Limited, a specialised education
investment company that is a part of the Al Masah
Capital private equity firm. After the acquisition, the
management of Al Najah Education Limited decided to make
significant technological improvements in order to raise the
rating given to the school by Dubai’s Knowledge and Human
Development Authority (KHDA) and the IT division was tasked
with the responsibility of driving this initiative.
Ashith Piriyattiath, Group Head of IT at Al Masah Capital
Management, said: “Incorporating technological innovation
for learning is a key factor in improving a school’s KHDA
rating so we were eager to introduce eLearning and iPad-
based course delivery. We also wanted to save our students
the trouble of having to carry a five to 6kg bag to school
each day.” The school’s existing Wi-Fi infrastructure was
inadequate to support its ambitions of getting an iPad into
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