New Millennium School (NMS) – DPS provides an impetus to enhance the social skills of students in addition to the prescribed curriculum.
The school nurtures and enables students to achieve the skills of communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking.
Established in 2004 the school functions under the aegis of the reputed Delhi Public School (DPS) Society.
The culture of the school is academic excellence combined with good personal values.
It also fosters diligence, sincerity and accountability to facilitate a passion for learning.
It promotes the pursuit of excellence and creates an atmosphere which encourages high academic standards, self-reliance, co-operation, enthusiasm and initiative.
The school, under the competent leadership and guidance of chairman Dr Ravi Pillai, managing director Geetha Pillai and principal Arun Kuumar Sharma, along with the untiring support of the parents, headmistresses, teachers, staff and students, relentlessly strive for rigorous growth.
It believes in raising impeccable individuals who are knowledgeable, emphatic and proactive leaders.
Physical fitness, mental resilience, emotional balance and intellectual refinement are few of the goals of NMS-DPS.
It is the only CBSE school on the island to be adjudged ‘Good’ in the Quality Assurance Agency inspection of 2015 to 2016, receiving the ‘Silver Seal’ from the Education and Training Quality Authority.
The school creates an atmosphere of safety, harmony and cordiality where young minds bloom.
In classrooms, children navigate through the realms of knowledge, chisel their communication skills, soar high with flights of imagination and nurture lifelong friendships.
Crowning glories of the school include:
• Mentor school and lead collaborator school mandated by the CBSE;
• 100 per cent result in CBSE Board exams;
• Gulf toppers in humanities and commerce stream (2017 to 2018);
• Perfect score in SAT (2400/2400) every year since 2011;
• School alumni placed in some of the world’s best colleges and universities such as California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Indian Institutes of Technology and many more;
• Highest proficiency rate, school average and subject average among all CBSE schools in Bahrain;
• Outstanding performance in CBSE cluster meets;
• Excellent results in national-level scholarship exams such as National Talent Search Examinations and Olympiads;
• Commendable performance in International Benchmark Tests – Australian Council for Educational Research, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study and more.
The school follows a continuous assessment methodology where students are graded via regular tests, projects and presentations, making learning fun and interesting.
Students are introduced to age-appropriate sports and trained under experienced physical education teachers.
An ideal student-teacher ratio ensures personal attention and the easy-to-follow integrated curriculum is imparted by a pool of highly-qualified teachers.
The school integrates flip learning and peer learning and makes effective use of audio visual aids.
Students are exposed to balanced curricular and co-curricular activities and the school sees dynamic participation in Model United Nations conferences organised by various institutions.
The teaching methodology is aided by the IYC World’s learning and management software system and a scholarship scheme of up to 90 per cent is available for grade XI and XII students.
The school also holds events such as commerce kitchen, charity drive book sale, Clean School Green School, inter-school debate competitions, reading challenges, Drop Everything And Read period, annual and sports days, scholar’s badge and investiture ceremonies.
Special days including Indian Independence Day, Bahrain National Day, Children’s Day, Teachers’ Day and Christmas are also celebrated.
Other initiatives include inter-house events, KG graduation ceremony, special assemblies and field and educational trips.
Some of the praise-worthy facilities offered by the school are a lush green, well-secured, and safe campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology-enabled spacious and well-ventilated classrooms.
The indoor and outdoor sports facilities consist of well-carved out zones and fields for volleyball, basketball, football and cricket.
Students can enjoy a stocked library with an excellent collection of books, dedicated Science laboratories, computer lab and effective school transportation system.
The school values compassion, respect, justice, equality and strives for human excellence with a vision to nurture responsible global citizens.
With an emphasis on activity-based teaching and learning, the faculty act as facilitators and co-learners.
Computers, art, music, dance, physical education and games are the medium of imparting holistic education.
Featuring a complete Enterprise Resource Planning system, the school has a mobile application entitled ‘Digital School’ which allows interaction between parents, teachers and students in an effective manner.