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Educational Migration to Malaysia

マレーシアへ教育移住

 2018/07/31     

 

Benefits to choose Malaysia as an educational migration destination

More than 10 years Malaysia has been chosen as No.1 country for migration to Japanese people, and recently attracted attention as migration destination for the education of children.

Below are the merits of choosing Malaysia as education migration destination.

  1. English ability top in Asia

    Malaysia has been ranked the third top after the Singapore and Philippines for english ability ranking in Asians country.
    The official language of Malaysia is Malay, but you can see many Malaysians can speak English.

  2. Possible to learn other than English language

    Because Malaysia is the multi-ethnic country, English, Chinese, Malay language are being use daily. So it is possible to learn a language other than English.

  3. Learn the diverse values

    As I mentioned above, because Malaysia is a multi-ethnic nation, each ethnic groups have their own language, culture, religion, lifestyle. By spending in an environment that not only with single race , you can cultivate a variety of values.

  4. Pro-Japanese environment

    There is also the influence of the look East policy (policy of the previous-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in 1981 went "Learn from the successful Japan"), many Japanophile in Malaysian and Malaysia is a very livable environment for the Japanese.

  5. Relatively low cost

    Compared to other countries, living expenses and tuition is relatively inexpensive in Malaysia. For long term education purpose, this is an important point.

  6. Ease of long-term stay visa

    If you want to stay in Malaysia for more than three months, you will need to acquire the long-stay visa. Malaysia is a very friendly environment as guardian visa can be apply together with the student visa. Not many country will provide guardian visa.
    Furthermore, there is also long stay visa called "MM2H visa" that can be appled and if meets the requiremnt you can get the long term visa. This visa also one of the choice for migrating to Malaysia.

    Go to MM2H visa page

  7. Good safety and security

    Among the low-cost Asian country, Malaysia has relatively safe environment. Of course,beware of being a foreigner will be necessary.

The type of education system and schools in Malaysia

Malaysia's compulsory education system

Malaysia's compulsory education is a full 6 years of primary education and 5 years of secondary education starting from the age of seven.

The type of school in Malaysia

In Malaysia, there are public schools, private schools and international schools.

Public schools in Malaysia, divided into a school of Malay, Chinese, Indian, or separated boys and girls school or mix school.

Malaysian public schools tuition fee are free of charge.

For the curriculum, public schools and private schools in Malaysia follows the Malaysia national curriculum.

On the other hand, International School curriculum are different for each school.

If foreigner student wants to receive education in Malaysia, they need to go to International School.

The main reason is as follows.

  • Basically foreigner are hard to enrol into public school (except MM2H visa holder).
  • For public schools even private schools, Malay language are compulsory and the lesson is carried out in the language of each race so there is a hurdle for foreigner.

School life in Malaysia

In Malaysia, commonly parents will send and pick up their children to school. There is no culture of walking to school.

For this reason, it is common to a drop off / pick-up in by parents / guardian himself or use the school bus.

Most school will start classes from 7:30am, and up to 1:00pm or around 2:00pm.

However, because of the large number of students in public schools, there are also schools introduced different time system. Some school set the class in the morning is only the upper grade students, and lower grade students attend in the afternoon.

Public school have 2 semester per year and they start the semester every year in January.

For school holidays, there is a holiday around one week to about month in March, June, August and December.

However, for the International School, the academic year start month and the school holiday are different by school follows their own curriculum.

How to Choose an International School in Malaysia

How to Choose an International School in Malaysia

Features of Malaysian International School

Some may say, "I'm worried about getting an education with a curriculum different from my country". Don’t worry because the curriculum adopted by Malaysian international schools is in line with world standards. All of the foreigners who went to the international schools, entered university and become a global adults, so the curriculum is also applicable to your country's education.

In Malaysia, the main curriculum is British, but there are many American schools and International Baccalaureate (IB) schools. Depending on the curriculum, issues such as whether there is a test for completing the course and the affinity of the curriculum for the test at the time of entering university become issues. It is very important to choose a curriculum especially in high school for your child’s future career. Conversely, the curriculum chosen in the elementary and middle grades does not have such a big impact on life.

How To Choose your International School

How To Choose your International School

The good or bad of the international schools depend on what curriculum the school provide and how much support it has for teachers.

I have the impression that many of the teachers at international schools are excellent and confident in their teaching policies. I think it is very important for children to be able to get close to such teachers.

Conversely, if the school cannot realize your education target, you may quit immediately. The movement of teachers is seasonal, and if you leave the school in the middle of the semester, it may be difficult to fill in the gaps. Teachers also live in a world where they gain experience and get higher salaries every time the school changes, so it is a difficult environment to learn from the same teacher all the time. Even if you meet a good teacher this year, there is a risk that you will not know if it will happen next year.

I think one of the criteria for a good international school is how much the school considers the risks of such teachers. Some schools have backups in their home countries, and some schools are considering placing teachers in the same school over the medium to long term.

In that sense, many of Johor Bahru's international schools are still fresh, and some schools have the impression that their maturity has not yet increased. In general, if the school has a high cost, it will be a school that gives such consideration, and if it is a school with a low cost, it will be a school with less such consideration.

Looking at how to choose an international school for each family, I feel that few families think that once they decide, they will continue to attend that school. Depending on the situation of the child, some families may find a suitable school and change schools. Some families change schools in elementary school, junior high school, and high school.

Therefore, I think the most important thing is not so much about where to go to school, but how much parents are thinking about for their children. By all means, let's do our best to provide the best educational environment for your child's future.

The equation of success is hard to come by. But if you think about it carefully, you'll find what "this is the best choice right now." We would like to provide you with solid information so that you can make the best choice for such a home.

Features of each timing and age of education migration

Parents who are considering the education migration, parents need to think the good timing for the children. For this, there is no one correct answer, so here are how to have point of thinking.

Point 1: How far do you want your child to be recognize as Japanese and know the Japanese language (or own country language other than English)

If the life abroad, touch / study to time in own country language, lived than reduce it because it is assumed that when that is in own country, as young if younger the age at which children leave their own country, it makes it difficult to learn in perfect.

Point 2: Do you plan to return the child to own country

If you plan to return the children to own country, you must consider the migration timing, includes the course he need to take after his return to own country.You must consider the own country language ability, academic ability so it is important to concern as in elementary school, junior high school, high school, University, in which there is a point to be the turning point of enrollment and entrance examination. On the other hand, without considering returning to own country, if you think that you will proceed in Malaysia or other foreign countries(English country), there is depending on the motivation and English language skills of the person, but you do not need to be careful with the timing of the migration to there.

However, it is difficult to enroll to the international school if no English language skills and learning skills for high school and normally are not recommended.

A common feature of the timing of the age-specific education immigration
Migration timing Merit Demerit
Preschool Easy to speak English and local language ,and adapt local environment. Struggle to study own country language.
Elementary School (lower grades) Easy to speak English and local language ,and adapt local environment. Struggle to learn own country language and the own culture.
Elementary School (higher grades) Understand own country language and own culture well so it will remain. Struggle until can understand the English text book.
Middle School Finish elementary school , so basicly know own country identity well. It is hard to keep up to learn everything in English at school.
High School Cheaper compare migrate to US or Europe country. Possible to let the student alone by enrol to boarding house. Considerable English force is required and if not, it is difficult to further study after high school.
College Cheaper compare migrate to US or Europe country.( Also possible to get double degree by the Western System). If study in Malaysian University, it is hard to get a job if go back own country.

In order not to fail in education migration

After migration to Malaysia, some people need to return to their own country unexpectedly. In order to avoid such thing, advance preparation is the most important thing to do. With respect to the educational environment in Malaysia, it is important to collect the accurate information, including both bad and good side.It is important to experience the short-term school trial or a school visit once before migrate. You also need to consider in advance for your child path after the migration.

Without going through such a step,there are families coming without following he steps. If they are lucky, they may stay here with no problem. But if not, there might some problems occurs and there are families who are returning to their own country.

Since it might effect to the important child growing path, you need to consider education migration very well and make advance preparation.

International Education consulting services to our offer

To those who are consider to migrate to Malaysia, we are experienced in supporting for international school enrollment, school tour and consultation. It might be difficult to get information regarding local international school in Malaysia from foreign country. We provide summer school programme guidance, short term school trial and others consulting services in Johor Bahru and it will help you to choose the best education program for your child.

Education support content and cost

School tour support Admission support (per child, one school school)
Support
Content
Advice on selecting schools for visit
School tour (up to 3 schools per day)
School tour with city tour (up to 2 schools per day)
*Online interviews with schools can be arranged upon request.
Support to fill in the admission form
Support to prepare the enrollment documentation (medical check up, reports card, letter of recommendation etc)
Liaise with school for the admission (email, phone etc)
School tour arrangement Interpretation & translation support
School tour interpretation and pickup support Admission test arrangement
Provide information & consultation Registration fees, payment support
Fee

RM1,600 / day

RM4,000

  • The cost are not include of the payments to the school, any official translation for documentation, medical check up.

Our strengths

We are, so far we have arranged more than 150 case for school visits, school introduction and enrollment support. We open application for summer camp, short-term trial, school enrollment mainly around Johor Bahru and we have network with the schools. By using our information, network and consultation, you can enroll your child to the international school with peace of mind as we also do support lifestyle after the migration and lifestyle in school.

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