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[Hod]

I'm curious to know if this school is still going. I worked there years ago, and whilst the academic management, teachers and students were very good, the admin staff did a spectacular job of messing things up.

This was whilst the school was based at a couple of locations in Petaling Jaya, which made for easy living and socialising in KL. Then it all moved to a new town called Cyberjaya near KLIA airport, and no one wanted to be based down there. Most of the teachers were pretty good and went on to British Councils and International Schools.

IH Malaysia used to offer two-month contracts during the summer holidays to cover for holidaying teachers, and I e-mailed IH recently to ask if they still did this. No reply and in some cases bounced e-mails.

If anyone reading works there or did so recently, please let me know, by pm if you want. I’m just curious about life there now.

[DanGUK]

Yeah, IH is still going as part of Lim Kok Wing in Cyberjaya. That said, it has a huge turn over in management due to the awful university it is linked to, which has also lead to an exodus of good teachers. Last I heard, there was no DOS or ADOS and the teachers were basically managing themselves. This changes from time to time, but any manager who knows their stuff ups and leaves pretty quickly.

[Hod]

Quite amusing. That university now has places all over the world, well the one I saw next to Hyde Park in London was a rented office.

Being away from LimKokWing (owned by a Mr Lim Kok Wing) also made things a lot nicer. I'm not saying he's a bad person, but he dresses head to toe in black and his staff must do likewise. The university classrooms look black too. I never met him nor bought any black clothes, but I noticed the local staff went along with his silly ways, doing extracurricular stuff at weekends, etc. I'd imagine most IH teachers there now are Malaysian.

I'm not anti-IH, as most IH schools will be better, but we had a big inspection when I was there. We told it like it was, i.e. the academic management were great, but the admin management treated them appallingly. Nothing whatsoever came of it, so is the IH badge worth the money?

[adaruby]

[Hod]

I've heard nothing good about this school in recent years, but a decade or so ago it had some very good teachers.

I was very sad to hear the ADOS back then, Kimberley Dyson, passed away yesterday.

RIP Kim