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The United World College of South East Asia (abbreviation: UWCSEA) is a member of the UWC movement and an independent, international school in Singapore. The school has two campuses, Dover and East. The rival school to this movement is other reputable international schools in Singapore. UWCSEA is the largest of the 12 United World College (UWC) schools, a movement founded by the German educationalist Kurt Hahn with the mission of bringing together students from all over the world and developing them as global citizens. The UWC movement aims to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. Since its founding, UWCSEA has offered full secondary school education. In the late-1990s the school expanded and now also offers full primary education. Today the College takes students from the age of four, offering them a holistic education consisting of five interlinking elements: academics, activities, outdoor education, personal and social education and service. The UWCSEA learning programme leads to the (I)GCSE in Grades 9 and 10 and the IB Diploma in Grades 11 and 12. There are more than 3,000 students on Dover Campus and nearly 2,300 on East Campus; once the East Campus reaches full capacity, it will enrol 2,500 students. UWCSEA is somewhat different from many of its sister colleges in the UWC movement, most of which are wholly boarding institutions which offer only a two-year International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for mainly scholarship students of around 16–19 years of age. UWCSEA admits students from the age of 4 and, the majority of students are children of expatriates in Singapore. There are also more than 300 boarders across both campuses, most of whom come from neighbouring countries in Asia or are children of expatriates living in the region. A small percentage of the students at the College come on scholarships organised by UWC national committees from around the world, or directly by UWCSEA. Singapore government policy prevents most citizens from attending international schools within the country, and therefore UWCSEA has the smallest percentage of local students of any UWC. There are more than 25 nationalities represented in the teaching staff. UWCSEA was the first UWC to be invited to become a Round Square school, and the Dover Campus is a full member of the Round Square movement, which also shares a commitment to the principles of Kurt Hahn. The East Campus is currently a regional member of Round Square. UWCSEA has high annual pass rates for GCSE examinations, with 41.5% and 36.2% of students receiving A * on Dover Campus and East Campus respectively in 2013, as compared with UK Independent schools average of 32.0%. The average UWCSEA IB Diploma score in 2013 was 36.5, as compared with the worldwide average of 29.8. The holistic programme also offers extensive sports, drama, music, clubs/societies and leadership activities, along with a challenging outdoor education programme that saw more than 500,000 student hours spent overseas in 2012. At the heart of the mission is a commitment to service, and the College Service programme is widely recognised as a model of how to involve students of all ages in meaningful service to others. The Good Schools Guide International's review of the school, states that: "This school has a deservedly good reputation academically but offers far more than exam success to its students...This is not a school for those who would be happy to sit on the sidelines...".〔http://gsgi.co.uk/countries/singapore/united-world-college-of-south-east-asia?〕 UWCSEA was named on Lifestyle Boutique's "Top 10 Schools In The World". == History == In 1970, the site on which UWCSEA's Dover Campus now stands was occupied by the St John's Army School, run by the British Army, but in the light of British military withdrawal from Singapore in 1971, it was due to be vacated. Lord Mountbatten, then the President of the UWC movement, was keen to set up a United World College in Singapore and the Singapore government was equally keen to have a school for the education of the children of expatriates. The school was opened as the Singapore International School in 1971 in an official opening ceremony attended by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The Singapore International School was affiliated with the United World College movement, and formally became a member of the movement in 1975, changing its name to the United World College of South East Asia. Originally a secondary-only school, UWCSEA Dover today has a primary section which takes students as young as four. The total number of students on the Dover Campus (Kindergarten 1 - Grade 12) is now over 3,000. In 2006, Singapore's former Ambassador to the United Nations and former President of the United Nations Security Council Kishore Mahbubani was appointed Chairman of the Board of Governors. UWCSEA's East Campus opened its doors on 1 September 2008 in a transitional campus in Ang Mo Kio. The East Infant School moved to its permanent home at the Tampines Campus in 2010. Initially a Kindergarten 1 - Grade 4 primary school for 420 students, by 2015 UWCSEA East will offer over 2,500 places to Kindergarten 1 - Grade 12 students, including 160 boarders. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United World College of South East Asia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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