...- Executive Body/Owner: Sharjah Government? Is a government or private school then?
- School is profit making or non-profit:
- School day start and finish times for students:
- Number of students (approx):
- Nationality of most students, or nationality breakdown: Australian presumably
- Number of teaching staff (approx):
- Nationality of most teaching staff, or nationality breakdown: Australian?
- Qualifications offered: Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) only? (Rather than Victoria Certificate of Education)
- How much are the annual fees (and what is included / excluded - tuition, sports, transport, uniforms, extra-curricular activities):
- Breakdown of fees by grade if possible:
- Teacher salary range per month (and details of package - accommodation, flights, medical):
- Any other comments which would be helpful for students, teachers, and/or parents:
VISS is an Australian curriculum school, not the same as the Sharjah Australian School, and unrelated to the Victoria English School Sharjah (a UK curriculum school in Sharjah). What's it like to teach or study there? Add your feedback and comments here
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) when the Minister for Education and Training, Lynne Kosky, was invited by the UAE Minister of Education to present a paper at an international conference. Victoria then submitted a design proposal for an international school in Sharjah, which was subsequently accepted. The design proposal included features such as "flexible learning spaces", a "Community Facilities Funding (CFF) program" and a handful of acronyms including VCE and VCAL. VISS is the first international school built and operated outside Australia to Victorian Government school specifications, although the Victorian school curriculum had already been introduced to other countries including China and Indonesia.