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Flood of inquiries despite $20k fees at Stamford American International

		The Stamford American International School has started classes on its temporary Lorong Chuan campus. It takes in children between the ages of two and 18, and offers the International Baccalaureate and American Advanced Placement Diploma programmes. — ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN

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‘According to an internal survey, we estimated that about 2,000 expatriate students would leave Singapore this year. But to our surprise, this has not been the case. Not only are families staying on, but we are also seeing new families who just moved to Singapore this year applying for places in the school.

Mr Brian Rogove, Cognita’s chief executive officer for Asia

SINGAPORE’S newest international school was officially opened yesterday, and already, demand for places is heating up despite fees that run to $20,000 a year. Continue reading →

Another international school has opened its doors in Singapore, hoping to fill an expected demand for foreign-style education system here and in the Asia Pacific.

According to Singapore-based education group Cognita, although earlier surveys had estimated the exodus of some 2,000 international students, improvements in Singapore’s economy have in fact led to an increase in expatriates moving into the country.

The company runs the new Stamford American International School, which opened its temporary campus at Lorong Chuan on Friday. It said some 32,000 students are studying in international schools here and the number is expected to double by 2014.

Kathleen Caoyonan, expatriate from Texas, USA, said: “With the younger kids, there are so few slots. I think people are starting to find a little bit more openings, but there is still a waiting list.” Continue reading →