Korea - 12 Jeju International Schools to Accept 10,000 Students
2nd July 2009
Jeju Island is changing. It used to be the most favored honeymoon destination for Koreans and then turned into a haven for foreign tourists.
Now, it is striving to be Korea's leading international hub where people, goods and capital move freely, and the maximum convenience for corporate activities is guaranteed. ...
Taiwan - Non-profit pitches Taiwan as best study destination
2nd July 2009
The number of international students in Taiwan has grown double from around 8,000 in 2004 to this year's 19,496, including those who come to learn Mandarin, earn a degree, and come as exchange students, according to statistics issued by the Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan (FICHET).
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India - Massive government investment, teachers needed
2nd July 2009
Kapil Sibal has spoken. In one succinct statement, the human resource development minister has proposed scrapping the class X board exams, getting rid of the state boards in favour of one centralized board, changing from marks to grades, radically restructuring higher education, allowing foreign universities, expanding the role of the ...
UAE - International Schools
Can Stay on Schedule
2nd July 2009
DUBAI - Private schools not affiliated to the national curriculum are to re-open, as scheduled, on August 31. However, they could be given the option to reopen after Eid.
"The postponement of the commencement of the academic year 2009-2010 after the end of Ramadan will only apply to the government ...
Philippines: call for international school regulation
2nd July 2009
A lawmaker called yesterday on the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to regulate the so-called "international" schools proliferating in the country, as he warned that some of them may just be misrepresenting themselves to deceive the public.
A TEACHER Partylist Rep. Ulpiano Sarmiento said ...
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| 5272 | Total number of English-medium international schools (not including future schools) |
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| 2275828 | Total number of students | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Africa | 42 schools |
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| Americas | 38 schools
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| Asia | 331 schools
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| Europe | 100 schools
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| Oceania | 47 schools
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| Database Changes | |
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| Changes since 1st January 2009 | |
| 252 | School records added to the database |
| 4154 | Updated school records |
| 3569 | Schools checked |
| 861 | Heads updated |
| 3191 | Heads checked |
| 1088 | Emails updated |