IJS said it had found a suitable education provider to operate on the premises, which the Education Ministry had agreed to hand back to IJS following its request in view of the continuous decline in enrolment of students in the last decade and the escalating costs in maintaining the heritage school buildings.
“Most important of all, ACE Edventure is willing to maintain the ethos of the IJ Convent schools with their emphasis on character building, ” said Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur Sister Mary Thresa Chua in a statement on Thursday . “The co-ed school, to start as soon as approvals have been obtained from the authorities, will initially offer Year One to Year 10 classes leading to the International General Certificate of Secondary Education with an entrepreneurial component.”The IJS is looking forward to this collaboration with the education provider and the new role CLS will play towards the advancement of private education in Malaysia, said Sister Chua.
“They operate three private schools, namely Sirius Scholar in Subang Jaya, Sri Emas in Petaling Jaya and Dwi Emas in Shah Alam.”Penang education director Dr Mahanom Mat Sam as saying that three schools – SK Convent Light Street, SM Convent Light Street and SM Convent Pulau Tikus – which sit on ISJ land would be closed down and the land returned to the Sisters of Infant Jesus Malaysia.
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