S'poreans flocking to Johor's schools

Many international schools in Johor are seeing a steady year-on-year increase of Singaporean enrollments. There are currently 29 international schools listed in Johor on the Malaysian Education Ministry website. This was an increase from the total number of international schools reported in 2022, which was 23.

JOHOR BARU: Like many Singaporean boys his age, 15-year-old Ian Chan gets up early to make sure that he gets to school on time.

He starts his day at 6am when a school van picks him up from home to head towards the campus and then sends him home again at 2.30pm.