Expats welcome at Cilegon Int'l School
Expats welcome at Cilegon Int'l School
JAKARTA (JP): The new Cilegon International School in West
Java, which will be opening this September, is almost filled up
with applicants from children of expatriates in this industrial
city.
Cosmas Batubara, chairman of Cilegon International School
Foundation, said yesterday that there was a good response from
the expatriates working in the area about the school.
Around 30 children have registered to join the school which
will have an initial capacity of 50 students in its first year.
The school will adopt the British education system.
"We have received a good response from expatriates and support
from companies operating in Cilegon," he said, adding the school
building was now 75 percent complete.
The school is expected to meet the demands of more than 700
expatriates working in local industries such as petrochemical
factories and steel plants.
Most have been separated from their children because there was
not a single international school in the area, which is quickly
expanding industrial city. At present, many of the children have
been sent to international schools in Jakarta.
The Cilegon school will comply with the regulations of the
British Department of Education and offer classes for senior,
primary and nursery students.
Cosmas explained that construction of the school would
complement the construction of Bona City real estate which will
house expatriates in the area, among other residents.
"The future of the Cilegon as an industrial estate is
promising," he said.
Cosmas said that the school curriculum, which includes local
subjects such as Bahasa Indonesia and playing the gamelan
Javanese traditional instrument, is under formulation.
He said the school teachers will be of Indonesian and other
nationalities, while those employed for administration work would
be Indonesian.
The US$500,000 school complex fills a 1.1 hectare plot within
the estate.
It is designed to accommodate 250 students between the ages of
three and 17. The annual fees will range from $3,000 to $9,000.
(par)