International schools in Singapore still growing

Singapore

EXPATRIATE growth in Singapore may have tapered off due to tighter control of the inflow of foreign labour, but demand at international schools here continues to climb, going by a study by International School Consultancy (ISC) Research.

In many other South-east Asian countries, demand is even stronger, driven by the local population, said Sami Yosef, head of South East Asia Research at ISC Research.

In Singapore, international school enrolment jumped 12 per cent from 47,000 in 2012 to 2013, but the increase has eased off thereafter. The official number as of May 2016 stands at 59,900 students, up 27 per cent over the entire period.

Across South-east Asia in general, about 94,000 more students were enrolled in international scho…