The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will reportedly open its new center in Dubai very soon in order to expand Indian Schools in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Minister for Human Resource Development, India M.M. Pallam Raju announced this through Skype at a conference of CBSE schools held at the Indian High School in Dubai on Wednesday that the new CBSE centre In Dubai would open up shortly, the Gulf News reported.
According to the report, the centre would provide to specific needs of CBSE schools in the region and will coordinate with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for the availability of books on timely basis.
Moreover, CBSE Chairman Vineet Joshi while interacting with media told that the centre would be ready in a couple of months for the execution of the programme.
"The biggest challenge facing CBSE schools in the region is the increasing number of students - there are 60,000 students between grades nine and 12 alone - and the huge responsibility it calls for. The regional centre will help deal with specific issues concerning them," Joshi was quoted as saying.
The UAE is home to around two million expatriate Indians.
-With inputs from IANS
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