Sharjah Indian School is a Senior Secondary School, Owned and Managed by the Indian Association Sharjah. Established in 1979 with 280 pupils and 13 teachers, the school stands as a landmark in the annals of the Indo-UAE friendship. Today after 43 years, the school has a strength of 8,763 students and 450 teachers. The school is approved and licensed by the Sharjah Private Education Department of the Ministry of Education, UAE, and is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, India. The school which stands on a plot of land most graciously donated by H.H Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, member of the supreme council and ruler of Sharjah, has a purpose-built and magnificent infrastructure.
The school aims to impart education, laying stress on the intellectual, physical, mental, social, aesthetic, and moral development of the children. The school thus aims at making its contribution towards establishing principles of social justice, equality of opportunity, genuine freedom, and respect for religious and moral values enshrined in the constitution of India in conformity with the social standard of living and etiquette existing in the U.A.E. With this aim in view, the school gives adequate training for the students to become role models with innovative ideas and vision to work for the betterment of humanity.