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The Happiness and Wellness Department provides multidisciplinary services to students and the school community to foster a positive and inclusive learning environment. The department's primary objectives include awareness of mental health, emotional well-being, and life skills through workshops, campaigns, and classroom sessions. It provides easy, confidential access to counseling, guidance, and support services for all students. It offers timely, personalized assistance for academic, emotional, behavioral, and social challenges, including counseling, career guidance, crisis intervention, and parent–teacher collaboration. Services include Individual Counselling and Group Counselling, Adolescence Education Program (AEP), Career Guidance & Academic Support, and Special Education & Multidisciplinary Support and Training.
Indian School Salalah provides Special Education & Multidisciplinary Support and Training through the Happiness and Wellness Department, indicating a SEN provision beyond general counseling. Specific types of SEN supported are not publicly disclosed. The school is not described as a specialist SEN institution. Counseling and multidisciplinary support accompany mainstream education as part of the wellbeing program. These provisions suggest a SEND support framework, but the site does not detail exact SEN categories or caseloads.
The school does not publicly disclose EAL-specific provisions. The medium of instruction is English in all classes, and English is taught as a first language. Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic, and French are offered as second languages, and Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic, and French are offered as third languages in Classes VI to VIII. There is English language enhancement CPD for teachers, indicating a focus on language development among staff, but no student-facing EAL program is described.
Mental wellbeing is addressed through the Happiness and Wellness Department. Awareness of mental health, emotional well-being, and life skills is promoted via workshops, campaigns, and classroom sessions. Easy, confidential access to counseling, guidance, and support services is provided for all students. Timely, personalized assistance covers academic, emotional, behavioral, and social challenges, including counseling, career guidance, crisis intervention, and parent–teacher collaboration. Services include Individual Counselling and Group Counselling, Adolescence Education Program (AEP), Career Guidance & Academic Support, and Special Education & Multidisciplinary Support and Training.
The Anti-Bullying Policy establishes zero tolerance for bullying and defines procedures to prevent and address such incidents on school premises. The policy states that bullying is strictly prohibited and will be dealt with according to defined processes. Safety information indicates the school complex has been inspected and certified as SAFE by the Royal Oman Police (ROP). These safeguarding provisions reflect formal policies and certified safety assurances for students.
Indian School Salalah (ISS) is a CBSE-affiliated day school in Salalah, Dhofar, Oman. It opened on 11 July 1981 and sits on a 18,195 square metre campus in Salalah that serves students from LKG through Class XII. The medium of instruction is English, with Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic and French offered as second/third languages. ISS follows the CBSE/NCERT curriculum and prepares students for the All India Secondary School Examination (Class X) and the All India Senior School Certificate (Class XII). The campus features four Computer Science laboratories, Physics, Chemistry and Biology labs, a Junior Science and Maths laboratory, a fully computerized library, a multipurpose hall and an auditorium, plus a turf playground. The Principal is Deepak Patankar and the school reports around 4,174 students and more than 180 teachers. Co-curricular clubs include Photography Club, Eco Club, Bird Watching Club, Astronomy Club, Maths Club, IT Club, Science Club, Reading Club and Gavel Club; ISS participates in CBSE Oman cluster events across sports and activities.
