STRATEGIC EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA²): A COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE REGION

The Strategic Educational Alliance of Southeast Asia (SEA²) was established by Nanyang Girls High School in 2014 to bring together the cream of forward-thinking, dynamic schools from across the region to collaborate on developing educational technologies and policies to augment their respective education projects. The alliance participates in an annual conference and through regular engagement on training, cross-cultural initiatives and student-led projects to further these objectives.

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ABOUT

Nanyang Girls High School founded the SEA² following the success of the Strategic Alliance of Global Educators that they had established a few years prior. The intention being to achieve a similar formal arrangement specific to peer schools from the Southeast Asia region who might cooperate even more closely and who, together, would raise and promote the standing and educational quality of the respective member schools. It is a well-documented phenomenon that many parents in Southeast Asia choose to send their children to schools overseas, particularly in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia despite that schools of similar standing, quality and reputation exist locally.

The Strategic Educational Alliance of Southeast Asia exists to foster synergy amongst its member schools and other schools that are invited from time to time to participate in the alliance’s conferences and projects. Unlike many similar associations, the SEA² tends to promote student-led initiatives and participation as opposed to faculty-only.

The association’s member schools are drawn from the ranks of the best schools in a number of Asian countries including: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The member schools being: Assumption College; Darma Yudha; Hanoi Amsterdam High School; Hwa Chong Institution; Maktab Sains; MOZAC; Nanyang Girls’ High School; Sekolah Indonesia; SMS Muzaffar Syah; Tun Fatimah and Strisuksa School. In many cases the schools are considered to be the most prestigious school in their respective country.

The inaugural conference took place in 2014 at Nanyang Girls High School with a series of conferences taking place since, hosted by member schools, including: “Celebrating Diversity” at MOZAC, Malacca in 2015; “ASEAN Young Leaders” at Darma Yudha, Pekanbaru in 2016; “Life Style of Asian Countries” at  Strisuksa School, Roi-Et in 2017; “ASEAN Speaks: Origin of Language” at Maktab Sains, Brunei in 2018; and “ASEAN Youth: Agents of Change” at Assumption College, Manila in 2019.

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MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES

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