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22-02-13, 17:49
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/premium/singapore/dulwich-college-set-campus-here-20130222
Published February 22, 2013
Dulwich College to set up campus here
By wee le ting
BRITISH independent school Dulwich College International plans to open a campus in Singapore in August next year.
The school, Dulwich's seventh in Asia, will be situated on a 5-hectare site in Bukit Batok West. By the completion of the school to its maximum capacity of 2,500 students, total expenditure is expected to exceed $400 million, the college said yesterday.
Dulwich College currently has campuses in London, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Seoul and Zhuhai.
The school, which will cater to children aged 2-18, will be distinctive because of its emphasis on the learning of Mandarin. Children aged from 2-7 will have a full bilingual education where they will be taught by two teachers in English and Mandarin. In the junior school years till age 11, they will have daily Mandarin classes.
Children from age seven onwards will also have to sit for an aptitude test before being granted a place in the school.
The school is "academically selective", according to Nick Magnus, headmaster of Dulwich College (Singapore).
Over 20 per cent of its graduating students in Asia have gone on to study at the world's top 25 universities, such as the Ivy League universities in the US as well as Oxford and Cambridge.
Said Economic Development Board chairman Leo Yip: "The availability and quality of international schools form an important part of a country's business infrastructure for attracting investments. The establishment of Dulwich College Singapore will enhance our international school landscape, and support our efforts to attract more global companies to grow their activities here."
Fees will be similar to those charged by high-end international schools: above $20,000 a year.
Dulwich's entry will help ease the crunch on international school places. A few years ago, the problem became acute enough for foreign business chambers to warn that it was a stumbling block for global firms wanting to set up here.
Published February 22, 2013
Dulwich College to set up campus here
By wee le ting
BRITISH independent school Dulwich College International plans to open a campus in Singapore in August next year.
The school, Dulwich's seventh in Asia, will be situated on a 5-hectare site in Bukit Batok West. By the completion of the school to its maximum capacity of 2,500 students, total expenditure is expected to exceed $400 million, the college said yesterday.
Dulwich College currently has campuses in London, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Seoul and Zhuhai.
The school, which will cater to children aged 2-18, will be distinctive because of its emphasis on the learning of Mandarin. Children aged from 2-7 will have a full bilingual education where they will be taught by two teachers in English and Mandarin. In the junior school years till age 11, they will have daily Mandarin classes.
Children from age seven onwards will also have to sit for an aptitude test before being granted a place in the school.
The school is "academically selective", according to Nick Magnus, headmaster of Dulwich College (Singapore).
Over 20 per cent of its graduating students in Asia have gone on to study at the world's top 25 universities, such as the Ivy League universities in the US as well as Oxford and Cambridge.
Said Economic Development Board chairman Leo Yip: "The availability and quality of international schools form an important part of a country's business infrastructure for attracting investments. The establishment of Dulwich College Singapore will enhance our international school landscape, and support our efforts to attract more global companies to grow their activities here."
Fees will be similar to those charged by high-end international schools: above $20,000 a year.
Dulwich's entry will help ease the crunch on international school places. A few years ago, the problem became acute enough for foreign business chambers to warn that it was a stumbling block for global firms wanting to set up here.