Besides quality education, some parents hope their children will get to know children of super rich parents or even princes or princesses, when they study in exclusive private schools or colleges overseas. What we know as private schools are referred to as public schools in Britain and students acquire an upper class accent in the process too.
'Marlborough is an international boarding school owned by an elite private school with the same name in the UK, which boasts alumni such as the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and poet Siegfried Sassoon.'
But will you find someone like Prince William in Marlborough College Malaysia?
We cannot even attract some local well-heeled children...
'A fortnight ago, five relatively well-off families drove from KL to explore the possibility of registering their children for Foundation courses at EduCity in Nusajaya.
All backed out after only a day in Johor Baru. Reason – serious concerns about the quality of the student experience at the still relatively isolated, no-frills facility in this city.
There is a glaring negative perception about Johor, and changing that perception will take time and hard work. But at the rate EduCity is moving, this sad state of affairs may never change.
There are also serious bureaucratic interferences, like the universities being disallowed to put up billboards or even hoardings around their campus to advertise academic programmes.'
More from The Sun:
EduCity losing its stellar touch
http://www.thesundaily.my/node/251342
Our local parents are so kiasu that for those who can afford, their children would enrol in international schools in Malaysia. Just the other day, someone told us that even at Primary 1, students are learning how to spell words like 'ridiculous' and 'archaeology'! 'Ridiculous!' said another senior citizen friend of the grandfather. But in Britain, they are more likely to use 'ludicrous' instead.
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'Marlborough is an international boarding school owned by an elite private school with the same name in the UK, which boasts alumni such as the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and poet Siegfried Sassoon.'
But will you find someone like Prince William in Marlborough College Malaysia?
We cannot even attract some local well-heeled children...
'A fortnight ago, five relatively well-off families drove from KL to explore the possibility of registering their children for Foundation courses at EduCity in Nusajaya.
All backed out after only a day in Johor Baru. Reason – serious concerns about the quality of the student experience at the still relatively isolated, no-frills facility in this city.
There is a glaring negative perception about Johor, and changing that perception will take time and hard work. But at the rate EduCity is moving, this sad state of affairs may never change.
There are also serious bureaucratic interferences, like the universities being disallowed to put up billboards or even hoardings around their campus to advertise academic programmes.'
More from The Sun:
EduCity losing its stellar touch
http://www.thesundaily.my/node/251342
Our local parents are so kiasu that for those who can afford, their children would enrol in international schools in Malaysia. Just the other day, someone told us that even at Primary 1, students are learning how to spell words like 'ridiculous' and 'archaeology'! 'Ridiculous!' said another senior citizen friend of the grandfather. But in Britain, they are more likely to use 'ludicrous' instead.
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