The Pakistan International School, Al-Khobar, more popularly known by its former name as the Saudi Arabian International School (Pakistani Section) (SAIS) due to its huge Pakistani student body and teaching staff, is a school serving the Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i community of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia residing in the cities of Khobar

Khobar

Khobar is a large city located in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf. It has a population of 360,000 and forms part of the greater Dammam metropolitan area along with Dhahran, which together have a combined population of over two million...

, Dammam

Dammam

Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the most oil-rich region in the world. The judicial and administrative bodies of the province and several government departments are located in the city. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province and third largest in Saudi...

, Dhahran

Dhahran

Dhahran is a city located in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, and is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Large oil reserves were first identified in the Dhahran area in 1931, and in 1935 Standard Oil of California drilled the first commercially viable oil well...

, Thuqbah, Ras Tanura

Ras Tanura

Ras Tanura is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located on a peninsula extending into the Persian Gulf...

, Abqaiq

Abqaiq

Abqaiq, or in Arabic Bqaiq , is a Saudi Aramco camp in the interior of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, located in the desert 60 km southwest of the Dhahran-Dammam-Khobar metropolitan area. The camp was built in the 1940s by ARAMCO...

 and Jubail

Jubail

Jubail , is a city in the Eastern province on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia. It consists of the Old Town of Al Jubail, which was originally a small fishing village, up to 1975 and the new industrial area....

. The study curriculum of the school is based purely on that of Pakistani education standards

Education in Pakistan

Education in Pakistan is overseen by the government Ministry of Education and the provincial governments, whereas the federal government mostly assists in curriculum development, accreditation and some financing of research....

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The School consists of a Boys and a Girls section. The student population consists of over 4000 children ranging from ages 5 to 18. It is a K-12 educational institution

K-12

K–12 is a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand where P–12 is also commonly used...

with a certified curriculum (Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad) that has been gradually upgraded over the years. The school operates in two separate shifts of 0715–1235 hours and 1515–1945 hours. The school was founded as a small room school in 1966 by Abbas Hussain Malik from Sialkot, Pakistan.

History

With the oil boom in the Sixties, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was becoming a nucleus of trade and commercial activity. Pakistani engineers, doctors and professionals from all walks of life were pouring in. But, in the absence of any Pakistani educational institution, they could not keep their families here for long. There was a pressing need for a school. At that juncture, Mr. Abbas Hussain Malik founded the Pakistan Community High School (PCHS).

Now, after the passage of four decades, Pakistan International School, Al-Khobar has three campuses and 143 teachers. A number of teachers and professors have worked here as Principals, Vice Principals and Section Heads.

Administrative Committee

The school flourished and thrived as long as Mr. Abbas Hussain Malik was here. After his departure from the school, Board of Directors system was introduced. The system was dissolved after a few years time due to misconduct and corruption, which resulted in the depletion of the School's finances. Then, an Administrative Committee was set up, which dragged the school back from a complete disaster and made the institution financially viable.

Campus

Pakistan International School, Al-Khobar has two campuses, each for Boys and Girls wings.

Academics

Pakistan International School has two wings. The beginners course starts from the Girls wing where children start their journey for quest of knowledge. Boys and Girls study from Kindergarten to Class III in the same wing. After their promotion to Class IV, the boys and girls join their respective wings. Junior school occupies central position in the overall set up of Pakistan International School, Al-Khobar. The students of the Junior school are assessed and promoted internally at the end of the Academic Year. It is, however, pertinent to note here that the Annual Examination is not the only criterion through which the progress and academic development of the students is assessed. Monthly Progress Report is sent at the end of each month. The teacher's evaluation, monthly tests and the examinations are just a few of the yard sticks by which each student is assessed and evaluated. Parent/Teacher meetings are held twice in an Academic Year so that the parents' can discuss their child's academic progress.

Extra-Curricular activities

The school has also Extra-Curricular activities such as Fine arts and Model making, Naat competition ,Qiraat competition (the recitation of quran) ,Quiz competition ,Eassy writing ,sports week.As far as the model making competition is concerned the first prize holder of 2007 made a Jet engine with afterburner, and the first holder of 2008 made a laser communicator system (full duplex).

Fees

At the time of first admission, the admission fee is SR.300/-. In case of the student's name being struck off from the rolls, re-admission fee is SR.50/-