Founded on the 18th of October, 1986, GEMS Modern Academy projects an educational outlook few schools can rival. Affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi, the school opens admissions to pupils from the Kindergarten level. Students at Modern learn about the world and the people in it from an early age, developing an awareness of different cultures and countries. By exploring the world, they become academically, intellectually as well as socially, culturally, economically and environmentally aware. They develop a sense of positive personal identity and adopt a universal perspective to better understand how they can make a difference in the global community. With a view to foster a competitive spirit among its students, all students are divided into various 'houses'. A number of inter-house events that fill the calendar year cover the gamut of all sporting and literary activities. These activities become the ground work for competition at a higher level. The House System at Dubai Modern High School helps to inculcate a spirit of cooperation, healthy competition and develop loyalty both to the House and to the School. Each House is headed by a Captain, who works under the guidance of House Teachers. Modern offers the following facilities: Five ICT Suites Four Computer trolleys S.T.E.M Lab Budhayana – The Spark Lab – Makers Space Innovation Centre Library for the Senior School Primary Learning Centre Discovery Centre IB Lounge Learning corridors Meditation Garden Planter’s Patch Sensorial Garden My Learning – The Learning Management System Infrastructure provision for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)