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gloomyGumi
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 Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:19 pm Post subject: Malaysia: Approx. Jan '11 semester start date? |
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We are planning to show up in KL about Dec. 6, 2011 and search for a job which I assume starts the 1st week in January 2012? January 2nd is a Monday--would this be the 1st day of the semester? Or perhaps the following Monday Jan. 9th? Need to know an approx date if anyone can shed some light  Thank you. |
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KayuJati
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:18 am Post subject: |
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In years past I would have said that early December was okay for arrival, but this year a lot of college and university programs are moving their semester start dates up as much as a month earlier.
For example, the program that I teach in usually started mid-January (local university) but the next semester's start date has been moved to 19 December!
I would suggest arriving a little earlier, perhaps mid-November, to give yourself the best job-hunting chances. Of course, it depends upon what type of school you are targeting. The international schools (secondary education) will still follow the traditional August/January start dates. Those schools would start on 2 January 2012. |
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gloomyGumi
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| thanks Kayu great info there.... unfortunately we cant get there til about Dec. 4. Yeah Ill be going for those jan. 2 starts. I know its not much time to land a job, and do you think its safe to say that if I have got no offers by Dec. 23 or so, then it aint too likely an offer will be coming along for a Jan. 2 start? |
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KayuJati
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:55 am Post subject: |
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| gloomyGumi wrote: |
| thanks Kayu great info there.... unfortunately we cant get there til about Dec. 4. Yeah Ill be going for those jan. 2 starts. I know its not much time to land a job, and do you think its safe to say that if I have got no offers by Dec. 23 or so, then it aint too likely an offer will be coming along for a Jan. 2 start? |
No, you keep looking until you get a job. Openings come up all of the time. Check out jobstreet malaysia for other openings. |
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gloomyGumi
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:13 am Post subject: |
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| just checked it out--thats an awesome site. Thank you. Even tho Jan2 is the start date, good to know jobs may still come up after that date. I suppose more than likely they'll be cram schools I'll call them, but thats OK with us, we're not picky. Need to start somewhere. |
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gloomyGumi
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| p.s. is education for our 11 yr old daughter going to be exorbitant in Malaysia do you guess? any info on that would also be great. I cant find anything on that, I searched "expat children education in Malaysia" etc but found squat. |
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KayuJati
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| gloomyGumi wrote: |
| p.s. is education for our 11 yr old daughter going to be exorbitant in Malaysia do you guess? any info on that would also be great. I cant find anything on that, I searched "expat children education in Malaysia" etc but found squat. |
Government schools = essentially free, but mostly crowd control
Former parochial schools, now under the gov't = moderate fees, best academics and extracurriculars of the gov't schools
Private international schools = very expensive, but great academics and extracurriculars (you pay for it)
Home school = depends upon the home as to how good it can be (mine was great)
And then there is a final option that I cannot discuss publically, but you can PM if you want. |
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