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| Founded | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Tanios Saad and Louisa Proctor |
| Headquarters | Choueifat, Lebanon |
| Services | education management organization |
| Website | sabis |
SABIS is an international education management organization from Lebanon.
The story of SABIS dates back to 1886 when the International School of Choueifat [1] was founded in the village of Choueifat, a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. What started as a school for girls founded by the Reverend Tanios Saad and Ms. Louisa Proctor soon started accepting boys as well.
The International School of Choueifat began an expansion program outside Lebanon in the mid-1970s. So far the biggest building of SABIS is in Dreamland, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Expansion of the network outside of Lebanon began in the mid-1970s by Alaa Kamal. In 1976, SABIS opened its first school outside of Lebanon in Sharjah, in the UAE [2] In the UAE, the organization currently operates The International Schools of Choueifat and SABIS International Schools, located in six of the emirates. [3]
In 2019, SABIS announced a deal with Arada to launch a K–12 international school in Aljada, Sharjah’s largest lifestyle megaproject. [4]
SABIS also operates a number of schools in countries including Bahrain, Brazil, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Egypt, Kenya, Jordan, Panama, Saudi Arabia, [3] Pakistan, Germany and United States. It also operated a school in Bath, UK, which closed in 2019. In 2015, SABIS opened a school in Azerbaijan. [5]
In Sub-Saharan Africa, SABIS is in partnership with Africa Crest Education (ACE) Holdings. [6] [7]
In Latin America, SABIS announced its plans to tap into the Brazilian market in 2018, with a $50 million investment project. [8]
The SABIS International School Campinas – Costa Verde [9] in Panama opened its doors in September 2017.
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