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GEMS Education, initially Global Education Management Systems (GEMS), is an international education company. It is a global advisory and educational management firm, and is the largest operator of kindergarten-to-grade-12 schools in the world, with a network of over 70 schools in over a dozen countries.〔(Sunny Varkey ) – Profile at ''Forbes''. Retrieved 7 May 2015.〕〔(GEMS Education – Choosing a School ). ''GEMSeducation.com''. Retrieved 23 April 2015.〕 Founded by Sunny Varkey, GEMS provides pre-school, primary, and secondary education. Through its consultancy arm, GEMS Education Solutions, the company works internationally with public and private sector clients on school improvement initiatives.〔(GEMS Education Solutions ). ''GEMSEdSolutions.com''. Retrieved 23 April 2015.〕 The Varkey Foundation, formerly known as the Varkey GEMS Foundation,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bizdb.co.uk/company/the-varkey-gems-foundation-07774287/ )〕 is the philanthropic arm of GEMS Education.〔Buller, Alice. ("Exclusive Interview: GEMS Chairman Sunny Varkey Talks Profits And Philanthropy" ). ''Gulf Business''. 3 July 2013.〕 It aims to impact 100 underprivileged children for every child enrolled in a GEMS school.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.varkeygemsfoundation.org/about/message-from-our-founder )〕 Founded and headquartered in Dubai, GEMS has offices in the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore, India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Kenya, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates.〔(Jobs ). GEMS Education - Corporate Office. ''Careers.GEMSeducation.com''. Retrieved 26 April 2015.〕 ==History== GEMS Education has its roots in a family tutoring business in Dubai started by Indian-born teachers K.S. and Mariama Varkey in 1959.〔Bhatia, Asha. ("Early days of Varkey schools: it was a management challenge" ). ''Gulf News''. 9 March 2001.〕 The discovery of oil in Dubai in 1966 brought in many foreign workers to the undeveloped emirate, including many from the Indian subcontinent. With the increased demand for an English-language education for the children of Indian expatriates, the Varkeys founded Our Own English High School in Dubai in 1968.〔("Education for profit in the Arab world" ). United Arab Emirates: ''NRI Internet''. 7 December 2004.〕〔〔Guttenplan, D. D. ("Entrepreneur Seeks to Offer High-Quality Education at Fraction of Cost" ). ''New York Times''. 26 May 2013.〕 When in 1980 local authorities insisted that Our Own English High School be housed in a purpose-built facility, the Varkeys' son Sunny Varkey took over the operation of the school, which taught less than 400 students at the time.〔Hamdan, Sara. ("Building an Education Empire" ). ''Global Citizen''. July/August 2012.〕 He soon expanded the school, and added new schools as well.〔〔Kerr, Simeon. ("School rooms for everyone" ). ''Financial Times''. 18 June 2013.〕〔Hui, Kok Xing. ("Grad of the school of hard knocks" ). ''Today''. 14 September 2013.〕 The education situation in Dubai was ripe for expansion, since local schools were only for native Arabs, and the children of the ever-increasing number of expats needed education of their own.〔〔 Under his umbrella business organization the Varkey Group, Sunny Varkey opened Indian, Pakistani, and British schools,〔〔 and offered education under the different curricula: Indian (CBSE and ICSE), U.S., British, and later International Baccalaureate, French, and dual and local curricula.〔Vijayakumar, Sanjay. ("Sunny Varkey banks on Centum Learning to revive India business" ). ''The Economic Times''. 6 September 2012.〕〔Lewis, Kathryn. ("The man who built an education empire" ). ''The National''. 13 September 2008.〕〔Sharif, Arif. ("World’s Biggest Private School Operator GEMS Seeks $1 Billion" ). ''Bloomberg''. 27 March 2013.〕〔(GEMS Education – Which curriculum? ). ''GEMSeducation.com''. Retrieved 28 April 2015.〕 After creating a strong network of schools in the Gulf Arab states, in 2000 Varkey established Global Education Management Systems (GEMS), an advisory and educational management firm, in advance of his worldwide overseas expansion.〔Zachariahs, Candice. ("The McSchool revolution" ). ''The Economic Times''. 24 September 2004.〕 In 2003, he began opening GEMS schools in England, beginning with Sherborne House in Hampshire and Bury Lawn in Milton Keynes. Soon afterwards, he took over Sherfield School in Hampshire, and purchased another 10 schools in England, mainly in the north.〔Woodward, Will. ("Business class" ). ''The Guardian''. 12 December 2005.〕〔("No-Frills Public Schools: Independants' Day" ). ''NRI Internet''. 22 January 2005.〕 In 2004, the GEMS group opened its first schools in India.〔 Varkey continued to add schools in the subcontinent, and also purchased a controlling interest in the India-based Everonn Education, which the Varkey Group and GEMS manage.〔〔(About Everonn ). ''Everonn.com''. Retrieved 7 May 2015.〕 GEMS subsequently opened schools in Africa, Southeast Asia, the U.S., and Europe.〔 It is the largest operator of private kindergarten-to-grade-12 schools in the world, and as of 2015 has over 70 schools in over a dozen countries.〔〔〔(GEMS Education – Our Organisation ). Retrieved 26 April 2015.〕 Its two schools in the U.S. are in Chicago: a pre-school, and the pre-school through elementary school GEMS World Academy-Chicago, which opened in 2014 and will eventually extend through grade 12.〔(Find a School – United States ). ''GEMSeducation.com''. Retrieved 25 April 2015.〕〔("A Look Inside Downtown Chicago’s Newest School" ). ''ChicagoArchitecture.org''. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.〕 In 2010 GEMS Education became an official member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of WEF's Global Growth Companies.〔("Gems Education makes it to WEF". ) ''Trade Arabia''. 9 June 2010.〕 In 2012, it became a Global Growth Company 'Partner', entitling it to attend the World Economic Forum's flagship annual meeting in Davos.〔("Gems Attains 'Partner' Status with WEF". ) ''Trade Arabia''. 4 September 2012.〕 Also in 2010, former U.S. president Bill Clinton named GEMS Education a strategic partner of the Clinton Global Initiative, which convenes global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges.〔("Clinton names GEMS strategic partner". ) ''Trade Arabia''. 12 April 2010.〕〔("President Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton Announce More Participants for 10th Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting and Honorees and Performers for the 8th Clinton Global Citizen AwardsTM" ). Clinton Global Initiative (press release). ''Press.ClintonGlobalInitiative.org''. 11 September 2014.〕 In 2012 GEMS Education received the School of Educators Global Education Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award for Global School Education.〔(SOE Awards – Winners of 2012 ). School of Educators: Global Education Awards. ''SoEAwards.com''. Retrieved 28 April 2015.〕〔Varghese, Joseph. ("Indian Teacher Wins Award" ). ''Qatar Tribune''. 27 December 2012.〕 That year it was also named Education Company of the Year at the Gulf Business Industry Awards,〔("LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD-Gulf Business INDUSTRY AWARDS 2012" ). ''Al Bawaba''. 26 April 2015.〕〔("LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD-Gulf Business INDUSTRY AWARDS 2012" ). ''Gulf Business''. 18 October 2012.〕 and it also received that same award in 2013.〔Buller, Alicia. ("REVEALED: The Gulf Business Industry Awards Winners 2013" ). ''Gulf Business''. 24 September 2013.〕〔("Emirates awarded UAE Company of the Year at The Gulf Business Industry Awards 2013" ). Motivate Publishing. ''MotivatePublishing.com''. 24 September 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GEMS Education」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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