Korea's New Songdo City to Offer World Class Eduction
Two international schools for expatriates and Koreans are expected to open by 2007 in the planned Songdo New City in the Incheon Free Economic Zone (FEZ), the Chosun Ilbo has learned. Each would admit up to 2,100 students from kindergarten to high school level, or a combined 4,200. Koreans would make up about 40 percent of the intake or 1,700.
The numbers come from a report, exclusively obtained by the Chosun Ilbo, by the Harvard Advisory Group (HAG), the consulting company dealing with the establishment of international schools in Songdo New City. According to a HAG official, a school should open up by 2007 at the earliest, taking in no more than 350 students the first year. But within five years student numbers would jump to 2,100. He also said it would be desirable to keep tuition fees at around US$20,000 per person, similar to international schools elsewhere in Asia.
The report said graduates from Songdo's international schools would qualify to apply to universities all over the world, including the U.S., the U.K. and Europe. Plans are afoot to rotate staff from international schools in Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore, it added.
The HAG official said Songdo's international schools would be equipped with world-class educational facilities and predicted that competition for places would be fierce.
The numbers come from a report, exclusively obtained by the Chosun Ilbo, by the Harvard Advisory Group (HAG), the consulting company dealing with the establishment of international schools in Songdo New City. According to a HAG official, a school should open up by 2007 at the earliest, taking in no more than 350 students the first year. But within five years student numbers would jump to 2,100. He also said it would be desirable to keep tuition fees at around US$20,000 per person, similar to international schools elsewhere in Asia.
The report said graduates from Songdo's international schools would qualify to apply to universities all over the world, including the U.S., the U.K. and Europe. Plans are afoot to rotate staff from international schools in Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore, it added.
The HAG official said Songdo's international schools would be equipped with world-class educational facilities and predicted that competition for places would be fierce.
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