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Singapore-based Global Schools Foundation expands global footprint to launch 50 new international schools

Thursday, 15 September 2011 00:00 |

Indonesia become next target of expansion

GSF is Singapore's 1st educational institution to expand worldwide

The foundation continues to deliver its award-winning education to students

The Singapore-based Global Schools Foundation (GSF) today announced a US$150 million expansion plan to set up 50 new international schools in South East Asia- including Indonesia, Middle East, India, Korea and China.

Headquartered in Singapore, GSF is Singapore’s first educational institution to have established K12 schools in Japan and United States. It is also the only institution to have 21 schools in eight countries, educating students of 52 nationalities. It has also won 13 international and national awards in educational excellence within a short span of three years.

GSF owns and operates schools offering International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge IGCSE, the Indian and American curricula through its Global Indian International School (GIIS) and US-based Global School of Silicon Valley (GSSV). In Singapore, the school operates across three campuses that are located in Queenstown, Balestier and East Coast.

The first of these new schools will be strategically located in Bangalore, Noida, Ahmedabad and Indore and will offer a valuable global exposure and opportunity to its students and faculty. These new schools will be open for admissions in June 2012. Globally, GSF’s team of experienced teaching faculty, its well-crafted curriculum and top achievements by its students are testimonial to its commitment in education excellence.

“The GEEM or Global Education Excellence Model, that nurtures global leaders and role models, has become a radical idea in the K12 education sector. With a strong reputation as an education hub in Asia, which produces quality education systems, Singapore is an ideal platform to drive such a game-changing idea" said Mr Atul Temurnikar, Chairman and Co-Founder of Global Schools Foundation.

"As the agency responsible for driving Singapore’s external economy, IE Singapore, through our network of more than 35 overseas centres, is able to facilitate the internationalisation of companies such as Global Schools, by providing market knowledge, business contacts and leads,” said Azlina Sulaiman, Group Director of Lifestyle Business Group, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore.

Having entered their 10th year, Global Schools have been delivering world-class education and have produced world toppers in International Baccalaureate (IB) and the 5th world ranker in Central Board of Secondary Education (India).

Education boards of several countries such as the ADEC (Abu Dhabi Education Council) have requested GSF to set up schools in their countries. With the growing demand for quality schools offering a global exposure, the GSF expansion into Asia and Middle East is nothing but timely.

The GSF has collaborated with leading real estate and infrastructure developers in Asia to build and lease school infrastructure. It is also in talks with Singapore-based developers such as Acsendas to form REITs for school/ educational infrastructure, the value of which could be over US$350 million.

The GSF is currently in discussion with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group to secure funding for expansion into countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, India and China.

"The Foundation has always promoted Asian culture through its Asia-based schools, and champions its integration efforts through numerous local community engagement programmes. This is evident from the fact that GIIS was featured in the Singapore Ministry of Education's publication on Best Practices in Integration", said Prof MGK Menon, President, Global Schools Foundation.

Highlights of Global Schools

• 2 Global School students were IB Worldwide Toppers in 2011 and 2008 with a 100% score of 45/45

• Global School student was 5th ranker in the world in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 2011, securing 490 out of 500, from amongst 500,000 students

• Winners of 13 International and National Awards for School Education Excellence (2008—2011)

• Top scores (2400/2400) in SAT exams achieved by 3 GIIS students in 2011 and 1 student in 2008

About Global Schools Foundation (GSF)

Global Schools Foundation offers education through the six leading curricula in the world, including International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge IGCSE, CBSE, CBSE-I, ICSE and Global Montessori Programme. Now entering its 10th year, the GSF’s mission is to cultivate and nurture its students into global leaders of the future. The school provides a wide range of quality-assured and globally recognised curricula on top of a varied roster of extra-curricular activities that students can engage in.

For more information on visit:

GSSV – www.myglobalschool.org

GIIS – www.globalindianschool.org

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