[191][194][195] It offers the British curriculum, and IGCSE exams as well as British-style A-levels for graduates. [245][247] The upscale school also offered merit-based scholarships of 25% to 100% tuition reimbursement for local students. [175][178] Its Didcot Primary Academy, for nursery to age 11, opened in September 2016 in Didcot, Oxfordshire in a new development designed to accommodate the town's expanding population. [126][127] In 2012 the school was recognized by the Saudi Green Building Forum for being eco-friendly, and for being the first school in Saudi Arabia to adopt basic sustainability concepts. [9][10], When in 1980 local authorities insisted that Our Own English High School be housed in a purpose-built facility, the Varkeys' son Sunny Varkey took over the operation of the school, which taught less than 400 students at the time. [252] Its new-construction sports facilities, which opened in May 2015, included a 25-meter swimming pool, a multi-sport court for basketball, netball, handball, badminton, football, etc., a climbing wall, a fitness room, and a dance studio, and these were available for use by local groups and businesses outside of school hours. [233], In the early 2010s GEMS' consultancy arm, GEMS Education Solutions, partnered in managing some U.S. schools. [11][60] Bill Clinton launched the foundation. [7], GEMS Education had its roots in a family tutoring business in Dubai started by Indian-born teachers K.S. The authors are members of Emory's Serious Communicable Disease Unit: G. Marshall Lyon, MD, Aneesh Mehta, MD, Jay Varkey, MD, Colleen Kraft, MD, and Bruce Ribner, MD, along with Dr. Brantly and co-authors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [128], In September 2012 GEMS opened The World Academy in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) in Saudi Arabia. [11][64] In 2014, the foundation's Teacher Training Programme committed to train 250,000 teachers within 10 years in under-served communities across the world. [165][164] It is an independent co-educational day school for children between the ages of 3 and 13,[165] and since 2009 has been housed in the former historic Chelsea Library, a listed building. [211] It is an upscale preschool, and operates extended hours. That's it. [84], GEMS Education was founded in Dubai, and its first school there, Our Own English High School, originally opened in 1968. [94], GEMS UAE has promoted innovation in the UAE and elsewhere. [1][13][41][42], One of GEMS Education Solutions' projects has been assisting and advising the state school system in the United Arab Emirates. An Open Access Publisher & Scientific Events Organizer and other Open Access Resources [120][121], In 2010 GEMS took over the management of Kingdom Schools, a subsidiary of Kingdom Holding Company, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Over time it has "evolved into a dynamic and versatile ecological tool" that is widely cited in scholarly publications. [131], In Egypt, GEMS opened Windrose Academy in Cairo in 2013, offering a blended curriculum focused on the National Curriculum of England. [6], Founded and headquartered in Dubai, GEMS has offices in the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore, India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Kenya, and the United Arab Emirates. [107][108][109], GEMS World Academy in Dubai, which opened in 2008, is the company's flagship school, and as of 2015 was the most expensive school in Dubai. Dr. Jay Varkey is an infectious disease specialist at Emory. [5] It aims to impact 100 underprivileged children for every child enrolled in a GEMS school. He is married and has two sons, Dino and Jay, who have taken leadership roles in GEMS Education, allowing him to focus on his philanthropic foundation. American Institute of Architects Chicago. [57] Writing in Forbes, Michael Horn wrote that the report does not take into account the extensive after-school tutoring that most public-school students receive in South Korea, which ranked second on the list after Finland. Image Source: wikimedia.org — Phoenix lady says her brother’s afterlife 3 years in the past became agnate to Floyd’s. [76], Sunny Varkey is the founder of the GEMS Education Group. 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[98] GEMS also provides teacher training for over 70 government schools in Abu Dhabi. [144] In 2014 the school received the Artsmark Gold award designation from Arts Council England. Bellevue Education is an international private schools group founded in 2003 and based in London, UK. [25] In 2012, it became a Global Growth Company 'Partner', entitling it to attend the World Economic Forum's flagship annual meeting in Davos. Subjects. [188] It also offers a summer camp for sports, fitness, arts, and other activities. [246][250][251] Many of the facilities were also open to the public. [119], In September 2014 GEMS opened GEMS Sports Academy, which is a two-year full-time education within a professional sports-academy development programme, in Dubai. Sunny's younger son Jay Varkey is an Executive Director of the GEMS Education Group and a Board Member of GEMS Global. Varkey's sister, Susan Mathews, runs pre-schools, and his wife and mother have both offered advice on the GEMS family business. [11] Varkey continued to add schools in the subcontinent, and also purchased a controlling interest in the India-based Everonn Education, which the Varkey Group and GEMS manage. Jay has 1 job listed on their profile. [129][130] In 2014 construction began to expand the school and add science labs and new design and technology facilities. [185][186], GEMS Modern Academy in Gurgaon in the New Delhi area opened in 2014. [184] Facilities include science labs, mathematics lab, computer science lab, swimming pool, indoor sports courts, dance studios, and music rooms. Son of Indian expat teachers, who migrated to Dubai in 1959, Sunny Varkey controls GEMS Education, the world's largest operator of K-12 schools. [206] In 2015 the Uganda Olympic Committee signed a partnership with the school, to incorporate Olympic studies and training as part of the school's physical education curriculum. In 2014, GEMS Education appointed former Eton College headmaster Tony Little as Chief Education Officer; he has been responsible for ensuring the quality of education across the global chain. Be sure to call ahead with Dr. Varkey to book an appointment. [92], GEMS schools overall in the UAE have had a general reputation for high-quality academic outcomes, outscoring national testing averages[94] and out-performing originating counterparts in official international curricula examinations. [51] Each week, the project has also brought in a role model – a successful Ghanaian woman – to speak to the students nationwide. [1] By 2019 it has grown to consist of 19 schools in the UK and 1 each in France and Switzerland. After 40 arduous days, he was determined to be virus-free and was quietly discharged on Oct. 19. [259][268], In September 2014 the company opened GEMS World Academy (Singapore), its first school in Southeast Asia. [223][224][225][226][227] Students receive laptops and specially equipped iPads, which are used particularly in weekly field studies around Chicago. He is the founder and chairman of the global advisory and educational management firm GEMS Education, which is the largest operator … The school is set in an 8.3-acre campus in Smart City and offers an International Baccalaureate syllabus as well as the IGCSE and ICSE curriculum. [169] In 2007 GEMS announced the sale of Kingswood College in Lancashire to developers, citing the high costs of maintaining its premises, Scarisbrick Hall, a historic 19th-century Grade I listed building;[170] local supporters purchased it and kept it open as a school. The Group also provides educational support to Bellevue Place Group, a group of Free Schools to which Bellevue's CEO, Mark Malley, and its Group Schools Director, Steve Wade, are Trustees. [140] It is sited on a four-acre campus,[140] and in 2013 a new block of classrooms was added. [272] All pupils up to age 11 are provided with a violin or cello, there are sound-proof studios for one-on-one music lessons, and there are also multiple orchestra groups and bands. "He was by far the sickest patient with Ebola virus that we’ve cared for at Emory," said infectious disease specialist Jay Varkey. To install click the Add extension button. [11][37], GEMS has two divisions: schools and educational services. [14][21] GEMS subsequently opened schools in Africa, Southeast Asia, the U.S., and Europe. [65], In 2013, the foundation helped launch the annual Global Education and Skills Forum,[66] in partnership with UNESCO and the UAE Ministry of Education. 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Rivera as Superintendent of Schools", "What’s the payoff for $4.6 billion in School Improvement Grants? Son of Indian expat teachers who migrated to Dubai in 1959, Sunny Varkey controls GEMS Education, the … As the emirate developed into an international hub, the expat demographics shifted from short-term workers from a few countries to longterm expat residents with their entire families from countries around the world. Dino Varkey is Chief Executive Officer at GEMS Education Solutions. Health Sciences, Health Care Management; Health Sciences, Public Health; View Abstract; Article Long-term Management of Panuveitis and Iris Heterochromia in an Ebola Survivor. [73][74][75] Bill Clinton co-launched the initiative. [207] The school's sports facilities also provide training grounds for a variety of national sports teams and hosting grounds for competitions. The school is located in Al Wakrah, and offers an American curriculum based around the United States Common Core State Standards, while according to GEMS still valuing the Islamic faith and Qatar's language, traditions, history, and culture. 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[10][36] According to GEMS, educational quality is maintained in the budget-range schools by using high-quality teachers, by efficiency and economisation on time and space, and by capitalising on its breadth of experience: according to the company the large network of GEMS schools shares resources and information and provides training to teachers across the whole system. [41], GEMS American Academy, Abu Dhabi was opened in 2011 by Bill Clinton. [12], In 2008 House Education was renamed The Really Great Education Company Limited (EDCO) and purchased Weston Green School in Surrey. Publication Date January 09, 2013 Journal PLOS ONE Authors Christopher W. Woods, Micah T. Mc Clain, Minhua Chen, Aimee K. Zaas, et al Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages [15][41] As of 2014 it was the world's largest single-location girls school, offered an Indian curriculum, and had a waiting list of several thousand. [188] It is a CBSE school with multiple facilities for arts, sports, sciences, technology, and academics on a five-acre campus. [199][200][201] The curriculum and equipment provide a hands-on learning approach to involve students in their own learning process. Just better. [92] Many native Emiratis as well choose to send their children to private schools, and since 2011 the number of native Emirati students in GEMS schools has risen faster than any other nationality. [196] In 2014, a 6-lane, 400-metre tartan track was completed on the school grounds, to aid young athletes; it also allows Kenya's elite athletes to train in their speed work. [272] The school's $220-million campus was projected to be fully completed by 2017, when it would be able to take in up to 3,000 students aged three to 18. Background Report for Jay Varkey. Dr. Jay Varkey, Emory University Hospital In the three months since, Emory has treated four Ebola patients; all survived. As of 2017, GEMS had 45 schools in the United Arab Emirates,[85] including 30 in Dubai,[86] 7 in Abu Dhabi,[87] 1 in Fujairah, and 4 in Sharjah. [8] In 2019, the private equity group CVC Capital Partners acquired a 30% stake in GEMS Education, which also includes its stake in Bellevue Education. [218][219][220][221] An upper school for grades nine through 12 was scheduled to open in the fall of 2017. It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on adult finfish on the web. [189], GEMS Modern Academy in Kochi, Kerala opened in 2019. GEMS Education, founded as Global Education Management Systems (GEMS), is an international education company. By 2019 it has grown to consist of 19 schools in the UK and 1 each in France and Switzerland. The sports complex included an Olympic swimming pool, ice rinks, 14 tennis courts, numerous sports fields for football, rugby, and squash, martial arts studios, and karting tracks; and a rebuild of the school's runway to re-open its flight training. [213][212][214], Also in Chicago, the company opened GEMS World Academy-Chicago in September 2014. [92][110] An International Baccalaureate school, its enrolment consists of approximately 2,000 students from more than 80 nationalities. [273][274] Language studies include ESL support for non-native English speakers, 30 minutes daily of Chinese for students under age 6, and after that continued study of either Chinese, Spanish, or French. Dr. Jay Varkey, MD is a Infectious Disease Specialist in Atlanta, GA and has over 18 years of experience in the medical field. Old Stone House (Winnsboro, South Carolina) – Wikipedia | The Stone House. [122][123] The two school campuses, one for boys and one for girls, cover kindergarten through high school and were established in 2000. [11] He expanded the school, and added new schools as well. [258], In November 2013 GEMS Education acquired its first school in France, Ecole des Roches, a prestigious 60-acre international boarding school founded in 1899 in Normandy. [20][21] The Group's CEO, Mark Malley, and School Director, Steve Wade, form part of the Trustees of Bellevue Place. [129] It offers the International American curriculum leading to International Baccalaureate certification, and according to GEMS was designed to meet international educational standards in the context of Saudi Arabian cultural values. [101] In February 2015 GEMS launched the Blended Learning Plaza, housed at its GEMS Wellington Academy–Silicon Oasis, located in Dubai's Silicon Oasis; the facility provides the latest technology in education, enabling collaborative, online, and blended learning opportunities. [187] It is a day and boarding facility for children from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. [174] It is sponsored by GEMS Education Solutions, the public-sector management and delivery arm of GEMS Education. Division of Cardiology Division of Digestive Diseases Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids Division of General Medicine [23][24], In 2010 GEMS Education became an official member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of WEF's Global Growth Companies. [8] The discovery of oil in Dubai in 1966 brought in many foreign workers to the undeveloped emirate, including many from the Indian subcontinent. [105][106] Winners of the prize, now called the Emirates Innovative Teacher Award, are announced annually in February at the Government Summit. You could also do it yourself at any point in time. [279][280] It also accommodates the Malaysian Education Ministry guidelines and teaches Malaysian language, Mandarin, Malaysian social studies, and Islamic and moral studies. His elder son Dino Varkey is an Executive Director of the GEMS Education Group and a Board Member of GEMS Education. [147][148][149] GEMS subsequently withdrew from plans to sponsor two academies, or state-funded independent schools, in Milton Keynes. [29][30] That year it was also named Education Company of the Year at the Gulf Business Industry Awards,[31][32] and it also received that same award in 2013. [134][135] It provides after-school activities such as Spanish club, cultural dance, choir, robotics, and yoga. [14][15], The company adopted the name Bellevue Education Group in 2011, prior to acquiring three more independent schools: Edenhurst Preparatory School in Staffordshire, Brabyns Preparatory School in Cheshire, and Gateway School in Buckinghamshire. Varkey lives in Dubai. [279] Facilities include a theatre, music and art rooms, a dance studio, sport halls, a football field, swimming pools, and basketball courts. [156][157] The site had previously been a girls' boarding school, North Foreland Lodge, since 1947. [202], GEMS Cambridge International School in Uganda opened in September 2013, in the Ugandan capital city of Kampala. [62][63] In September 2011, a further $1 million was pledged with UNESCO to train 10,000 school principals in India, Ghana, and Kenya. and Mariama Varkey in 1959. [141] The school offers scholarships in academic subjects, art, sport, and music,[142][143] and has a special needs provisions unit. ): No external links have been saved. [244][245] The school opened in the fall of 2013 for students from pre-school through grade 12,[246] and up to 1,000 students. [124][126] It contains a number of sports and recreation facilities, science and language labs, and libraries, and includes internet and technological access for each student. [232], In 2013 GEMS Education sought to find a location to build a school on the Upper East Side of New York City; proceedings were eventually abandoned amidst litigation relating to property contracts. [275][276] According to the school it fosters leadership skills and innovative thinking;[277] an adapted Reggio Emilia approach is used for younger students,[278] and secondary-school students assist teachers with arts, drama, music, and special presentations and celebrations. [9], Bellevue Education was founded under the name House Education by Mark Malley in 2003, when he bought Norfolk House preparatory school in London. [163], In 2004 GEMS also acquired The Hampshire School, Chelsea in Chelsea, London. He warned that the trend seen now is likely to change. [260][263][269] The school offers a combination of the British and French curriculums. [179][180][181][182], GEMS Cambridge International School in Batala, Punjab opened in 2011. [22], Bellevue Education was acquired by GEMS Education in 2018, and is a UK and European subsidiary of the Group. Basing its analysis on Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores, the study also detailed teacher salaries and class sizes in nationwide schools. [241][242][236][243], GEMS' first school in continental Europe was the GEMS World Academy Switzerland, located in Etoy, Switzerland in the Lake Geneva area between Geneva and Lausanne. [237] Results, as with many SIG recipients from 2010–2012, were mixed;[238][237][239] in August 2012 the company declined to renew its contract with one school district. [18] The group's early growth was driven by funding derived largely from Tarek Obaid, the founder of the oil company PetroSaudi, which has been implicated in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. It was formed in 2010 by Indian businessman Sunny Varkey, the founder and chairman of GEMS Education, the world's largest operator of kindergarten-to-grade-12 schools. The school had been founded in 1970 and was moved to its current site in 1987, and it caters to ages 3–18. [41][90][95] Nearly all students have continued on to university. Bellevue Education is an international private schools group founded in 2003 and based in London, UK. "Gems Attains 'Partner' Status with WEF". Sunny Varkey (born in 1957 in Kerala, India) is a non-resident Indian, Dubai-based education entrepreneur and education philanthropist. [69][70][71] The 2016 Global Teacher Prize was awarded to a Palestinian teacher, Hanan Al Hroub. [164] The school was founded by June Hampshire in Surrey in 1928, and moved to London in 1933. FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish). [266][267][268], 2014 was the first year of GEMS operation of the school,[267] and it announced an intention to double or triple Ecole des Roches's 400-student boarding and day enrolment over five years. He is the founder and chairman of the global advisory and educational management firm GEMS Education, which is the largest operator of private kindergarten-to-grade-12 schools in the world, with a network of over 130 schools in over a dozen countries. Their son, Sunny, added a visionary’s ambition to a practitioner’s experience. Dr. Jay Varkey is an infectious disease specialist in Atlanta. Sunny Varkey is the founder of the GEMS Education Group. Dr. Varkey cares for patients with infections that are difficult to diagnose and treat, and can be life-threatening. [253][254] The school aimed to distinguish itself as providing a holistic, innovative education focused on forming global citizens with an international vision and enhanced problem-solving skills. [16][17] The parent company completed the acquisition of a Swiss boarding school, Surval Mont-Fleuri, subsequently renamed as Surval Montreux. [72], In 2014 the Varkey Foundation, together with UNESCO, co-created Business Backs Education, a global advocacy campaign that encourages businesses, companies, and corporations to support education to the same degree that they support other basic services such as healthcare. [173], In 2013 GEMS set up GEMS Learning Trust, an education charity with academy-sponsorship status approved by the Department for Education, and established to run no-fee free schools and academies in the UK. 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