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Today Newspaper, 19 October 2006
Education for expats
New Raffles Campus school to accept foreign students in ?07
By Lee U-Wen
u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg

SINGAPORE-BASED education services provider Raffles Campus has announced plans to open a new integrated international school here in January.

On Monday, the Ministry of Education gave its in-principle approval to establish the Emaar International School (EIS), which aims to cater to up to 1,500 students from the expatriate community. The school will obtain full registration status only after it has complied with all the requirements.
The refurbished 44,085 sq m campus sits on the former site of the Australian International School, located at Ulu Pandan Road next to the Pandan Valley condominium.
The pioneer intake will comprise foreign students from Grades 5 to 9 and Grade 11. Grades 10 and 12 ? the equivalent of the O- and A- level years ? will be offered from 2008, while students in Grades 1 t0 4 will be admitted in the September 2007 semester.
With EIS on board, the competition for a share of the foreign student pie will soon intensify. Singapore now has two privately funded schools that take in foreign students ? ACS (International) and Hwa Chong International School. A third, St Joseph's Institution (International), will open its doors in January ? the same time as EIS.
A number of international schools, including the United World College and the Overseas Family School, also vie for the foreign student market.
For a start, EIS will offer Cambridge University's International General Certificate of Education. Advanced Level and the International General Certificate in secondary Education.
From 2009, two additional streams ? the International Baccalaureate Diploma and the American High School Diploma ? will come on board. School fees will range from $12,000 to $15,000 a year.
Facilities include more than 50 air conditioned classrooms and laboratories, a swimming pool, football field and a sports hall. The campus will also have full wireless Internet access.
EIS will boast a kindergarten that is open to children of all nationalities, including Singaporeans.
In statement, EIS named Mr. Donald Hooper from the United Kingdom as its founding principal. The 15-year education veteran has managed schools in countries like Ukraine, Colombia and Pakistan.
Raffles Campus, which made the news last month when it was acquired by Dubai's Emaar Properties ? one of the world's largest real estate companies ? said EIS is just the first of more than 100 schools it aims to build worldwide.

Business Times, 19 October 2006
Dubai's Emaar to open international school here next year

An international school to be set up in Singapore next year by Dubai-based property giant Emaar Properties has received in-principle approval from the Ministry of Education (MOE), the group said yesterday.
The school, named Emaar International School (EIS) is aimed at all expatriates and being marketed across South ? east Asia, Emaar said. It will join the network of Raffles Campus, a Singapore based private education provider that was acquired by Emaar in late September this year.
The School's "full registration status will be granted only when all requirements have been complied with", said the MOE.
EIS aims to offer three streams of internationally recognised curricula- the International Baccalaureate Diploma, The American High School Diploma, and Cambridge University's A levels and General Certificate in Secondary Education (GCSE).
It will occupy some 44,000 square metres along Ulu Pandan Road. Starting January 2007, it will open its doors to international students from grate five to nine, and grade 11.
It will also have a kindergarten open to all nationalities, including Singaporeans. From September 2007, it will also offer grades one to four. School fees will range from $ 12,000 to $ 15,000 a year.
Donald Hooper, EIS founding principal, has 15 year's experience teaching in the English system and has also headed international schools in Pakistan, Ukraine and Nigeria.
"The opening of our first international school in Singapore marks our expansion into the Asian Market," said Emaar chairman Mohamed Ali Alabbar.

Channel News Asia, 18 October 2006
Singapore might get a foreign system school to provide world-class education soon.

It will be called ER International School (EIS) and its term will begin in January 2007.
It will be the only international school in Singapore offering three streams of internationally recognised curricula.
These are the International Baccalaureate Diploma, American High School Diploma and the Cambridge University's International GCE and General Certificate in Secondary Education.
The school is a wholly owned subsidiary of Emaar Education, which is part Emaar Properties, a leading properties developer in the United Arab Emirates.
The 44,000 square metre campus is located at Ulu Pandan Road, next to the Pandan Valley Condominium and in close proximity to the expatriate communities.
Registration for ER International School will begin on November 19 during its open house.