INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Fast forward for in Asia
Fuelled by growing demand from expatriate and local families, Asia’s international education provision is growing fast. We report on the latest developments.
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nternational schools are poised for growth in East and Southeast Asia, according to a report released by ISC Research to coincide with March’s International Private Schools Education Forum
(IPSEF) conference in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Southeast Asia dominates the list of countries with the greatest
number of premium English-medium international schools in the greater East Asia region, according to the report. Indonesia is in third position with 190 international schools,
followed by Thailand with 181, and Hong Kong with 177. Malaysia is close behind with 170. Next is Cambodia with 114, followed by Vietnam with 111, and Singapore with 110. China, with 567 international schools, still dominates the list of
countries in the greater East Asia region. It has more than twice as many international schools as Japan, in second place with 257. IPSEF co-founder Rhona Greenhill says that the number of
international schools in East Asia has grown from 828 in 2013 to 1,125 this year. Southeast Asia, which had 725 such schools in 2013, now has 1,008. “We see a lot of growth potential in this part of the world for
private and international schools, mainly as a result of the continued growth of the economies in East and Southeast Asia,” says Ms Greenhill. “This is why we have gathered some of the world’s leading experts to present insights on the development prospects as well as challenges confronting the education sector in the region, to enable stakeholders to take advantage of the opportunities and hopefully mitigate the risks.” Currently, Malaysia leads Southeast Asia by number of students
enrolled in international schools (71,589), followed by Thailand (64,928) and Singapore (63,789). Indonesia (57,402) and Vietnam (40,003) round out the top five.
Across the Southeast Asia region, student enrolment in
international schools has increased by 33.9 per cent in the last four years. Relocate’s managing editor, Fiona Murchie, will be reporting
highlights of the IPSEF conference. Read her insights on
relocateglobal.com
Education: a key British export Another sign of Southeast Asia’s expanding education provision is the number of UK boarding schools that have opened campuses in the region in recent years. Dulwich College, Harrow School and Wellington College all have schools in China. Shrewsbury School has campuses in Bangkok and Hong Kong. Most recently, Malvern College announced plans to open its
fifth international campus in September 2018. The new school, in Hong Kong, will launch with 380 students and ultimately cater for 960, aged from five to 18. It will follow the International Baccalaureate curriculum at both primary and secondary levels, and joins Malvern’s international campuses in Qingdao, Chengdu and Cairo. Around 10 per cent of students will be from Hong Kong; the
rest will come from the expatriate community. Said Fiona Murchie, who attended the new school’s recent launch
in London, “With more people working overseas than ever before, the demand for high-quality British international schools has never been greater. And, with the commitment from world-class UK independent schools to continue expanding into popular relocation destinations, globally mobile families are in a strong position to take advantage of a British international education wherever their relocation or international assignment may take them.”
38 | Re:locate | Spring 2017
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