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2. GLOBAL EDUCATION INSIGHTS I DECEMBER 2012
C ONTENTS
Africa Becoming an Attractive Destination................................................. 2
Increasing activity by Private Players.......................................................... 3
Collaboration in Education Space ............................................................... 3
New Courses and Institutes ........................................................................ 4
Increasing Funding and Deal Activity .......................................................... 5
New Education Regulations in the Middle East .......................................... 6
List of Institutions and Organizations ......................................................... 7
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3. GLOBAL EDUCATION INSIGHTS I DECEMBER 2012
A FRICA B ECOMING AN A TTRACTIVE D ESTINATION
UAE based Global Education Management Systems Limited (GEMS) is planning to
invest approximately US$650 million in emerging markets, including in Africa and the
Middle East, by 2017. GEMS, which operates private schools in 10 countries, is planning
to spread across 25 – 40 countries by 2017.
GEMS entered Kenya with its first private school in 2012. The company has plans to
rapidly expand in other African countries such as Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa,
Tanzania and Uganda.
Similarly in South Africa, Polokwane—based Northern Academy Independent
Secondary School has been acquired by life assurer Old Mutual, South Africa’s biggest
sovereign wealth fund PIC, and Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed education company
Curro Holdings.
The acquisition, worth ZAR150 million (US$17 million), is being seen as start of deals in
South African education sector. Established in 1996, Northern Academy currently
provides education to approximately 3,900 learners.
African nations are also attracting investments in education from other parts of the
globe. Several Indian institutes are planning to invest in African countries such as
Nigeria. Private Indian educational players, such as Educomp, Edusoft, and Amity
University are planning to provide education to approximately 4.7 million children of
primary school, who do not attend school. As per UNICEF, approximately 40% of
Nigerian children aged 6 — 11 do not attend any primary school.
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4. GLOBAL EDUCATION INSIGHTS I DECEMBER 2012
I NCREASING ACTIVITY BY P RIVATE P LAYERS
GEMS is also going to open a school in Switzerland. The 14,000-square-metre private
school will be built overlooking the Geneva-Lausanne highway, at a cost of
approximately SFR162 million (US$174 million), will be operated by GEMS. The school
will start in 2013, and will teach approximately 1,000 students under International
Baccalaureate. It will primarily cater to employees of multinational firms in the Lake
Geneva region.
In India, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has allowed private
companies to start technical education institutions. As per AICTE, any company having
turnover of at least INR 100 Crore (US$18.26 million) per year for previous 3 consecutive
years, will be allowed to setup technical institutions — providing training in engineering
and technology, pharmacy, architecture & town planning, and hotel management
catering technology.
The move is seen as an initiative to bridge the gap between demand and supply of
technical labor in India. AICTE is the government body, responsible for providing
technical education in India.
C OLLABORATION IN E DUCATION S PACE
London based outsourcing services provider, Capita Plc, has got a "preferred bidder"
status on a GBP1.7 billion (US$2.8 billion) contract to run educational services in
Staffordshire. The 20–year contract will be a joint venture between Capita and the local
authority, where Capita will look after improvement and maintenance of schools, along
with catering and introduction of other additional educational subjects. Capita will also
invest GBP24.9 million (US$40.5 million) in the first year and a further GBP6.6 million
(US$10.7 million) over the following three years, into the joint venture.
In the US, distributor of digital and physical books and entertainment products, Baker &
Taylor, is joining hands with the Penguin Group to introduce Penguin e–books into
selected libraries across the country. Baker & Taylor, which already has a distribution
network across libraries, will make Penguin's e–books to Los Angeles Public Library and
Cuyahoga County Public Library — via its Axis 360 digital media library platform.
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5. GLOBAL EDUCATION INSIGHTS I DECEMBER 2012
Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) is partnering with
UK based independent school, Cranleigh School, to open an elite campus on Saadiyat
Island. The campus, which will be ready by third quarter of 2014, will be the largest
school campus in Abu Dhabi, spread over seven hectares of land. It is expected to
provide co-educational facilities to over 1,600 students in several subjects.
In the UK, Microsoft, Intel and RM education have partnered for a program to provide
hardware and software to government–funded schools across UK, at a discount.
According to the partnership, the three companies will together provide a discount of
up to 30% to the government schools. The move is seen as a step to leverage the
increasing use of technology in education by schools and students.
Irish Literacy support software, Texthelp Limited, has entered into a partnership with
Chinese education resources and services company, China Education Alliance, Inc.
Under the partnership, Texthelp will provide exclusive rights of its English learning
software, English Hero to China Education Alliance. The software will be distributed
among Schools and students across China, to help them learn English.
Doha Academy of Tertiary Studies (DATS), Education Trust, Mauritius, has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Center for Chemical and
Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi University. The MoU is aimed at facilitating
academic exchange and scientific cooperation between both the institutions. The
institutes are expected to work collectively on several disciplines, such as marine,
chemical and biological sciences.
N EW C OURSES AND I NSTITUTES
In Europe, The Isle of Man College of Further and Higher Education is expected to
launch a new course in i–gaming. The postgraduate qualification will start from January
2013, and will help in providing skilled labor to gaming companies. The qualification will
be delivered through a work–based higher education framework, which will be
accredited by the University of Chester.
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6. GLOBAL EDUCATION INSIGHTS I DECEMBER 2012
Malaysia is inviting foreign universities to setup their campuses in the country. The
country has invited organizations, including foreign universities to setup campuses at
the Pagoh Higher Education Hub (HPTP) — a 506 acre site in the Mukim of Jorak, Muar
district, Johor. Malaysia is planning to make HPTP a higher education hub, with
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, the International Islamic University, Malaysia, the
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Research Centre and the Pagoh Polytechnic being setup
in the first phase.
London–based College of Law, has been approved by the British government, to be
converted into country’s first for–profit university. The college will now be called
University of Law. It is one of the largest professional law schools in the world,
imparting education to more than 7,000 students each year on various undergraduate
and postgraduate programs.
Clearance for private educational institutions by the government is in lines to open the
higher education sector to more competition. In order to qualify for the university title
in Britain, private institutions should fulfill the prerequisites of growing to a credible
size, and have degree-awarding powers.
I NCREASING F UNDING AND D EAL A CTIVITY
The most talked about deal was the sale of education unit of McGraw–Hill companies to
Apollo Global Management LLC. The US$2.5 billion sale will help the new company
migrate to a more subscription–based business model, which is expected to have more
predictable revenues, and less manufacturing and inventory costs.
US based BetterLesson, which offers a social network for teachers has received grant
money of US$3.5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The network offers
a free site to teachers for uploading their lesson plans and curriculum, and a premium
offering to schools and educational institutions, to create an intranet for teachers in a
certain district.
The website currently has approximately 160,000 teachers and 20 paying school
networks. BetterLesson has over last three years, already raised US$2.7 million from
angel investors and Venture Capital Firms.
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7. GLOBAL EDUCATION INSIGHTS I DECEMBER 2012
University of Michigan spinoff — LectureTools — has been acquired by Virginia based
innovative education company, Echo360. LectureTools is a web–based student response
system, which helps the teachers to connect to their students in classrooms. The
company was started by Perry Samson, professor at University of Michigan. The
acquisition is expected to help Echo360 expand its specialization in “blended learning”
technology.
Microsoft Corporation has reaffirmed its commitment to education with a US$250
million, five-year renewal of ‘Microsoft Partners in Learning’. ‘Partners in Learning’
comes under Microsoft YouthSpark, which is aimed at connecting youth around the
world with greater opportunities for education, employment and entrepreneurship.
Microsoft, through the program, has trained more than 11 million teachers and reached
more than 200 million students since 2003. The investments will help the program grow
to approximately 20 million teachers worldwide by 2018. Microsoft’s total investment in
the program is estimated to be approximately US$750 million over a period of 15 years.
N EW E DUCATION R EGULATIONS IN THE M IDDLE
E AST
In Qatar, the government has introduced new regulations for private schools, to reserve
25% of the seats for Qatari students. As per the revised licensing rules by the Supreme
Education Council (SEC), in order to obtain new license for setting up a school, private
players will have to abide by the guidelines, However the guidelines will not be
applicable in case of community schools. Other guidelines by the SEC mandate schools
to comply with the Qatari curriculum standards, such as allocating weekly hours for
teaching Arabic language and Islamic studies to Muslim students. Further, all students
will have to be taught Qatari history, as per the national standards.
A similar regulation has come up in the UAE, where private schools have been asked to
teach compulsory national identity lessons. The new regulation, aimed at emphasizing
national identity in school, will also mandate schools to include courses in include
courses in Emirati society, Islamic studies and Arabic. Further, they will be required to fly
a UAE flag and play the national anthem at morning assembly.
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8. GLOBAL EDUCATION INSIGHTS I DECEMBER 2012
L IST OF I NSTITUTIONS AND O RGANIZATIONS
Amity University Isle of Man College of Further and
Higher Education
Apollo Global Management LLC
LectureTools
Baker & Taylor
McGraw–Hill
BetterLesson
Microsoft Corporation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Northern Academy Independent
Capita Plc
Secondary School
China Education Alliance, Inc.
Old Mutual
College of Law, London
Pagoh Higher Education Hub
Cranleigh School
Pagoh Polytechnic
Curro Holdings
Penguin Group
Doha Academy of Tertiary Studies
PIC
Echo360
RM education
Educomp
Texthelp Limited
Edusoft
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Research
Global Education Management Systems Centre
Limited
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn
Intel
University of Law, London
International Center for Chemical and
University of Michigan
Biological Sciences
International Islamic University,
Malaysia
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