Hong Kong’s more than 50 international schools are proving increasingly popular with local and PRC families who recognise the advantages of an English-medium learning environment, progressive teaching styles, and a cosmopolitan cohort. But how ‘international’ is an international school in Hong Kong ...

From Montessori and Waldorf to Reggio Emilia and the International Baccalaureate, Hong Kong boasts a wide choice of pre-schooling possibilities to suit the development of young students.

Montessori

Founded by pediatrician and psychiatrist Maria Montessori in 1907, the Montessori approach emphasise...

It may feel like new international schools in Kuala Lumpur are popping up every month (how many names do you recognise from this list?) and this explosive growth doesn’t look set to stop anytime soon. 

Many of you will be aware that we are on a mission to personally visit as many international scho...

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Professor Michael Fullan and Dr David Gleeson will be keynote presenters at this year’s Asia-Pacific International Schools Conference (AISC). Their presentations will address important topical well-being issues and in particular “How Does Stress And Academic Pressure Affect Teenager...

Some time ago, the SCMP reported that GSIS was illegally charging high application fees for its kindergarten. Today, the SCMP revisits the issue since the Ombudsman has launched an official investigation (Revealed: 40 Hong Kong kindergartens allowed to set application fees up to 90 times official ce...

While school is not mandatory until the age of six, the majority of children in Hong Kong begin their formal education at two, or three at the latest. To some parents, this idea seems ludicrous. 

So, should Hong Kong children attend kindergarten? At two or three – or not at all?

Fortunately, in se...

ESF’s wholly owned subsidiary, ESL Services Ltd, operates four – soon to be five – kindergartens around Hong Kong. Historically, students in these kindergartens have received priority for interview for Year 1 at primary.

In February 2013 ESF announced this would no longer be the case, effective Aug...

We've seen a huge range of international schools here in Malaysia - 34 and counting! Among them, there is a huge amount of variation in almost every respect: curriculum, facilities, school culture, vision & values, pedagogical approach, and enrichment opportunities. That variety is important: it giv...

By Juliana LiuHong Kong correspondent, BBC News

29 June 2017

When Hong Kong was handed back from the UK to China in 1997, only a quarter of the population spoke any Mandarin. 

Now, two decades later, that figure has nearly doubled.

But even as people get better at communicating in Mandarin, also...

Schools will usually ask whether your child is a Permanent Resident of Hong Kong or not. Not sure? It can be confusing. So, to help, here’s  a very brief summary of a fairly technical area:

* PR=Permanent Resident of Hong Kong

Do I need to prove that I am a Permanent Resident?

Yes. The Immigrat...

In Malaysia - and indeed, much of Asia - paid tuition is accepted as a normal component of a child's education far more than it is in Western countries such as Australia, New Zealand and England.

A combination of high levels of academic competition coupled with a perceived lack of quality of educa...

All children legally residing in Hong Kong are entitled to a place in a local school.

By ‘local school’, we mean a school primarily offering the local Hong Kong curriculum as stipulated by the Education Bureau. The vast majority of these schools use Cantonese as the main medium of instruction.

Typ...